Reaching Beyond Compliance

Reaching beyond compliance:The challenges of
achieving campus sustainability examines the
obstacles to integrating principles of sustainability
into the decision-making procedure within an
institution of higher education. Critical insight
into the process of building a sustainable campus is
gained via the examination of the decision-making
process of three critical operational systems within
a university: food services, purchasing and the waste
management system. This study explores why
principles of sustainability are either embraced or
rejected in the decision-making procedures in a
university setting and reaffirms that the
decision-making process is a crucial leverage point
for reform as university strives to become sustainable.

Autorentext
J. Newman, Ph.D., is the Director and founder of the Yale Officeof Sustainability. Dr. Newman's research has focused on the roleof decision-making processes and organizational behavior ininstitutionalizing sustainability into higher education.

Klappentext
Reaching beyond compliance:The challenges ofachieving campus sustainability examines theobstacles to integrating principles of sustainabilityinto the decision-making procedure within aninstitution of higher education. Critical insightinto the process of building a sustainable campus isgained via the examination of the decision-makingprocess of three critical operational systems withina university: food services, purchasing and the wastemanagement system. This study explores whyprinciples of sustainability are either embraced orrejected in the decision-making procedures in auniversity setting and reaffirms that thedecision-making process is a crucial leverage pointfor reform as university strives to become sustainable.