Pollution: Can the People Be Innocent While Their Systems are Guilty?

Abstract

The article discusses the basic relationship between the concepts of organizational behavior and environmental pollution. Interviews with employees of a business organization known for pollution showed that all members of a business organization are opposed to the pollution their company was generating. Pollution emerged as a prime example of the random nature of inter-organizational behavior. Thus, it might be expected that some of the activities of organizations would be of negative social value. While members of organizations may be opposed to how the organization is behaving, the systems themselves continue to pollute.