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Article: The moral argument for sustainability & green practices.
- Article from:
- Strategies: The Journal of Legal Marketing
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Law firms tend to expend an enormous amount of time and resources every single year on their compensation review process. They form committees and task forces to deal with the issue, and members of the firm participate in countless meetings discussing how to divide the pie. These meetings take place in the interest of consultation and fairness--they are not seen as optional or an inappropriate expenditure of time.
But you will rarely see such debates over the development of a sustainability, or a "green," program in a law firm, because many firms consider sustainability to be a fad, expensive, a waste of time or simply one for the "too hard" pile. As legal ...