Week 6 Discussion 1 Claims to Environmental Friendliness

After reading “The ‘six sins of greenwashing’: A study of environmental claims in North American markets,” discuss the tension between business’s interests in maximizing profits and the public’s interest in receiving complete, truthful, and non-misleading information about products that they purchase. From a business perspective, what are the dangers of greenwashing? If you were a marketing executive, would you have a policy against greenwashing? Why or why not?