| | Analysing the Environmental Awareness in Czech Companies, |
| | 1,57 | | MB | Comparison with Finland |
| | 109 | | stron |
| | 4336 | | ID | Masaryk University Brno |
| | 2005 | | rok |
| | TABLE OF CONTENTS: |
| | 1 INTRODUCTION6 |
| | A. THEORY PART8 |
| | 2 IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.8 |
| | 2.1 EMS EVOLUTION.8 |
| | 2.2 EMAS.9 |
| | 2.2.1 P = plan11 |
| | 2.2.2 D = do.14 |
| | 2.2.3 C = check16 |
| | 2.2.4 A = act.18 |
| | 2.3 ISO 14001.20 |
| | 2.3.1 Differences between ISO 14001 and EMAS.20 |
| | 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS24 |
| | 3.1 DEFINING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.24 |
| | 3.2 EVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS25 |
| | 3.2.1 The first stage of environmental awareness.26 |
| | 3.2.2 The second stage of environmental awareness27 |
| | 3.2.3 The third stage of environmental awareness28 |
| | 3.2.4 The fourth stage of environmental awareness29 |
| | 4 MOTIVATION.30 |
| | 4.1 DEFINING MOTIVATION30 |
| | 4.1.1 Motives30 |
| | 4.1.2 Stimuli.31 |
| | 4.2 MOTIVATION THEORIES32 |
| | 4.2.1 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs32 |
| | 4.2.2 Herzberg’s Motivation and Hygiene factors33 |
| | 4.2.3 The Theory X-Y35 |
| | 4.2.4 Adams' Equity Theory36 |
| | 4.2.5 The Theory of Planned Behaviour.37 |
| | 4.3 MOTIVATIONAL TYPES39 |
| | 4.3.1 Two-types classification.39 |
| | 4.3.2 Four-types classification39 |
| | 4.4 MOTIVATION FOR AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSIDERATE BEHAVIOUR.43 |
| | 4.4.1 Self-interested motives.44 |
| | 4.4.2 Unselfish motives45 |
| | 5 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 47 |
| | 5.1 INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING - TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING |
| | ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 47 |
| | 5.1.1 Information dissemination.47 |
| | 5.1.2 Training.47 |
| | 5.2 ROLE OF EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATION IN ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE COMPANY |
| | CULTURE.50 |
| | 5.2.1 Employee involvement50 |
| | 5.2.2 Organization of environmental management.51 |
| | B. EMPIRICAL PART.53 |
| | 6 THE WASTE MANAGEMENT TERMINOLOGY54 |
| | 7 SURVEY OF WASTE MINIMIZATION AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOUR IN INDUSTRY56 |
| | 7.1 SURVEY THEORY56 |
| | 8 SURVEY IN CZECH COMPANIES58 |
| | 8.1 REGION58 |
| | 8.1.1 Companies.60 |
| | 8.2 RESULTS60 |
| | 8.2.1 Environmental and Management Systems61 |
| | 8.2.2 Waste Amounts63 |
| | 8.2.3 Waste Prevention and Minimization64 |
| | 8.2.4 Barriers to waste minimization67 |
| | 8.2.5 Usage of chemicals and hazardous materials68 |
| | 8.2.6 Influencing waste minimization69 |
| | 8.2.7 Attitudes72 |
| | 9 SURVEY IN FINNISH COMPANIES75 |
| | 9.1 COMPANIES76 |
| | 9.2 RESULTS.76 |
| | 9.2.1 Environmental and Management Systems76 |
| | 9.2.2 Waste Amounts77 |
| | 9.2.3 Waste Prevention and Minimization78 |
| | 9.2.4 Barriers to waste minimization82 |
| | 9.2.5 Usage of chemicals and hazardous materials82 |
| | 9.2.6 Influencing waste minimization83 |
| | 10 SUMMARY OF CZECH-FINNISH COMPARISON.85 |
| | 11 RAISING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF EMPLOYEES87 |
| | 11.1 NEEDS 87 |
| | 11.2 ATTITUDES 89 |
| | 11.3 HABITS 90 |
| | 11.4 INTERESTS.90 |
| | 11.5 IDEALS AND VALUES.90 |
| | 12 CONCLUSIONS 92 |
| | REFERENCES 95 |
| | LIST OF FIGURES 100 |
| | LIST OF TABLES 101 |
| | APPENDIX 1: CZECH QUESTIONNAIRE 102 |
| | APPENDIX 2: FINNISH QUESTIONNAIRE 106 |