Impact of environmental regulation on the activities of corporate senior management

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to present some considerations and reflections about the impact that environmental regulation has generated on the activities of corporate senior management. For this purpose, it was necessary to carry out a documentary review of the different bibliographies, documents and specialized writings in the area, both nationally and in Latin America; which allowed us to reach the following conclusions: the introduction of the different environmental regulations and the environment variable have caused significant changes in the way of doing business in the corporate sphere and in its senior management. These changes require management activities developed with green technologies that are capable of preventing environmental problems through less harmful production, operability and functioning strategies, which entails, on the one hand, a substantial outlay, which many organizations may not be able to afford. ability to pay; and on the other, a way to achieve competitive advantage that would decisively influence the corporate image, the quality of the product, its cost, marketing and export. Likewise, the insertion of the environmental dimension must imply for management a new state of consciousness that is the guide that creates profound transformations in patterns of behavior, values, aptitudes and affections that promote an ecological environmentalist role internally and externally. of the company and therefore in the global community.