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      • 24 Feb 2006
      • Conference Presentation

      Turning Themselves In: Why Some Firms Self-disclose Regulatory Violations

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Governance Compliance; Corporate Governance
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Turning Themselves In: Why Some Firms Self-disclose Regulatory Violations." Paper presented at the Conference on Institutional Mechanisms for Industry Self-Regulation, February 24, 2006.
      • 2006
      • Chapter

      Coerced Confessions: How Regulatory Deterrence Drives Self-Policing

      By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Governance Compliance; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Coerced Confessions: How Regulatory Deterrence Drives Self-Policing." In Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, edited by K. Mark Weaver. Academy of Management, 2006. (Winner of Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper presented by Academy of Management. Previously titled "Turning Themselves In: Why Some Firms Self-disclose Regulatory Violations".)
      • 2005
      • Dissertation

      Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Management
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?" Diss., University of California, Berkeley, December 2005. (Winner of Academy of Management. Social Issues in Management Division. Best Dissertation Award presented by Academy of Management. Nominated for Academy of Management. Organizations and Natural Environment Division. Best Dissertation Award presented by Academy of Management. 2005.)
      • November 29, 2005
      • Comment

      Transparency Needed in Berkeley Lab Nanotechnology

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Argues that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory should be significantly more transparent about the health and environmental issues associated with its new nanotechnology facility. View Details
      Keywords: Disclosure; Transparency; Nanotechnology; Precautionary Principle; Corporate Disclosure
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Transparency Needed in Berkeley Lab Nanotechnology." Berkeley Daily Planet (November 29, 2005).
      • 25 Aug 2005
      • Conference Presentation

      The Health and Safety of Quality Programs: An Empirical Evaluation

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Quality; Programs
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      Toffel, Michael W. "The Health and Safety of Quality Programs: An Empirical Evaluation." Paper presented at the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Meeting, Oakland, CA, August 25, 2005.
      • 11 Apr 2005
      • Conference Presentation

      Resolving Information Asymmetries in Supply Chains: The Role of Certified Voluntary Programs

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Information; Supply Chain; Programs
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Resolving Information Asymmetries in Supply Chains: The Role of Certified Voluntary Programs." Paper presented at the National Environmental Partnership Summit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL, April 11, 2005.
      • 2005
      • Chapter

      Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

      By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel and Diahanna Post
      The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Climate Change; European Union; United States
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      Vogel, David, Michael W. Toffel, and Diahanna Post. "Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States." Chap. 9 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena, edited by F. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, and J. Pieters, 247–276. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
      • 2005
      • Article

      Framing the Elusive Concept of Sustainability: A Sustainability Hierarchy

      By: Julian D. Marshall and Michael W. Toffel
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      Marshall, Julian D., and Michael W. Toffel. "Framing the Elusive Concept of Sustainability: A Sustainability Hierarchy." Environmental Science & Technology 39, no. 3 (2005): 673–682. (Profiled by the Network for Business Sustainability.)
      • 2004
      • Chapter

      Institutional Pressure and Environmental Management Practices

      By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
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      Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Institutional Pressure and Environmental Management Practices." Chap. 10 in Stakeholders, the Environment and Society, edited by Sanjay Sharma and Mark Starik, 230–245. New Perspectives in Research on Corporate Sustainability. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004.
      • Article

      Strategic Management of Product Recovery

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Manufacturers of an expanding range of durable products are facing regulatory and market pressures to manage the products they manufactured upon their end of life (EOL). In part, this attention is motivated by a growing number of countries—especially across Europe and... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Government Legislation; Logistics; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Europe; Asia; United States
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Strategic Management of Product Recovery." California Management Review 46, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 120–141.
      • Article

      Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience

      By: Kellie McElhaney, Michael W. Toffel and Natalie Hill
      This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a sustainability management system (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification by a... View Details
      Keywords: Design; Governance Compliance; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; United States
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      McElhaney, Kellie, Michael W. Toffel, and Natalie Hill. "Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience." Greener Management International: The Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy and Practice 46 (Summer 2004): 103–116.
      • July/August 2004
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      Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework

      By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
      Despite burgeoning research on companies' environmental strategies and environmental management practices, it remains unclear why some firms adopt environmental management practices beyond regulatory compliance. This paper leverages institutional theory by proposing... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Environmental Management; Adoption; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Framework; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework." Business Strategy and the Environment 13, no. 4 (July/August 2004): 209–222.
      • 2004
      • Contribution

      The Leverage of a Small Designer Group: Designworks

      By: Michael W. Toffel
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      Toffel, Michael W. "The Leverage of a Small Designer Group: Designworks." Contribution to Raising the Bar: Creating Value with the UN Global Compact, by Claude Fussler, Aron Cramer, and Sebastian van der Vegt, 47. Sheffield, U.K.: Greenleaf Publishing, 2004.
      • May 2004
      • Article

      Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings

      By: Michael W. Toffel and Arpad Horvath
      Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Information; Environmental Sustainability; Business Ventures; Technology Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., and Arpad Horvath. "Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings." Environmental Science & Technology 38, no. 11 (May 2004): 2961–2970.
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      Improving Environmental Performance Assessment: Comparative Analysis of Weighting Methods used to Evaluate Chemical Release Inventories

      By: Michael W. Toffel and Julian D. Marshall
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      Toffel, Michael W., and Julian D. Marshall. "Improving Environmental Performance Assessment: Comparative Analysis of Weighting Methods used to Evaluate Chemical Release Inventories." Journal of Industrial Ecology 8, nos. 1-2 (January 2004): 143–172.
      • 2003
      • Chapter

      Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
      This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification. The... View Details
      Keywords: Design; Governance Compliance; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; United States
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      Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience." In From Principles to Practice, 57–83. Case Studies Series. Global Compact Office, 2003.
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      The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Requiring manufacturers to manage the their products when they become waste is an innovative form of regulation, one that has been adopted by countries in Asia, Europe, and North America on a variety of products that range from vehicles to appliances to batteries.... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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      Toffel, Michael W. "The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management." California Management Review 45, no. 3 (Spring 2003): 102–129.
      • 2003
      • Article

      BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
      This article describes preliminary results and ongoing challenges faced by Designworks/USA, an industrial design subsidiary of BMW Group, in its sustainability management efforts since it implemented the world's first certified Sustainability Management System (SMS).... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Standards; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Auto Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 3 (2003).
      • 2003
      • Article

      Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging... View Details
      Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Energy Conservation; Product Development; Strategy; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 9 (2003).
      • 2003
      • Article

      Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
      This article describes how Designworks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social, and traditional business issues. After several months of deploying the SMS throughout its... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Standards; Operations; Auto Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 2 (2003).
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