Corporate environmental behavior research: informing environmental policy

Federal and state environmental agencies are naturally interested in understanding both motivations for corporate environmental behavior (CEB) and likely business responses to available policy interventions. Consequently, the legal and social science research communities' recent interest in corporate environmental responsibility is welcome, and in fact, is increasingly supported by EPA through science to achieve results (STAR) grants. It is imperative that this type of research shapes the direction of environmental policy for the future. However, to do so, it needs to be well focused and understandable to policy makers. The principal purpose of this paper is to help scholars focus their research to make their results more useful to decision makers.