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First,wemustlearnthatpersonalgreedandaggrandizement,

tothedetrimentofsocietyandtheenvironment,

isnotanacceptableoutcomeofcapitalism.The

successofidealcapitalismisbasedonthepremisethat

personalachievementisacomplement,notahindrance,to

society'swell-being.Ethicsmustbeamajorcomponentof

ourdecisionmakingandthusapervadingthemeinour

academicprogram.

Second,wemustnotallowtheacademicintegrityof

collegesanduniversitiestosuccumbtoanytrendthat

devaluesscientificandquantitativelearning--especially

forthenonsciencemajors.Wemustallbeequippedas

ethical,informedcitizenstovoteandactwithafirmfoundation

inscienceandlogicaldecisionmaking.Aseducators

andthosebeingeducated--andweallareboth--wemust

putasideself-interestandcommitourselvestotruequantitative

literacyforallthosepassingthroughourundergraduate

institutions.Wemustrespondtotheworld'senvironmentalcrisis

witheducationofthecurrentandfuturegenerations,and

wemustrespondwithaction,notcomplacency.Wemust

respondtotheenvironmentalcrisesthatarenowapparent

becausewewillcontinuetodiscovermore.Wecannot

continuetolagbehind.Wemustrespondproactively,not

withtalkordebatethroughcountlesslayersofbureaucracy,

sothatrealresultsareforthcoming.

SomecompaniesintheUnitedStatesareresponding

toenvironmentalchallengesinvariousmanners.These

corporationsarealreadyreachingbeyondthelimitsof

governmentmandatestoaddresspertinentissues.Some

examplesare:ErgonIncorporated,aprivatecorporation

locatedinMississippi,isaleaderinoil-spillremediation

andenvironmentalproductresearch;Kimberly-Clark

Corporationhasdevelopedacompany-widecultureof

environmentalawareness;3-MCorporationdevotesasubstantial

portionofitsannualbudgettodevelopmentofnew

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