Research Paper on:
Triple Bottom Line Commitment of Dow Chemical

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not intended to be a part of the paper in bold italic. Problem Statement and Hypotheses Dow Chemicals senior management believes that  operating ethically and with attention to the triple bottom line (TBL) is more cost effective than the more traditional approach to business that focuses solely on the financial bottom line.  The triple bottom line includes attention to financial results of course, but it also addresses the issues of whether the organization is socially responsible and engages in activities that  are sustainable over time. This idea flies in the face of most corporate financial wisdom in todays business environment. When the bottom  line encompasses only financial results, senior management is expected to post positive gains on a quarterly basis regardless of what the company is involved in that can build for the  future. Environmentalism is all well and good, just as long as it does not detract from financial results. The problem with this  view is that it does not allow organizations to build for the future in terms that truly are sustainable over time. It generally requires that organizations continue to maintain  the status quo so that they can continue to gain positive financial results from the activities that have given them positive financial results in the past. This is a  limiting view that severely restricts the organizations ability to change with changing customer needs and certainly with changing regulatory requirements. The question is  whether this intense attention only to the financial bottom line is valid. Also, there is a common belief that straying from historical modes of operation is costly and does