ABSTRACT
In response to the author's questions about how they think about their relationship with nature, many executives demonstrated an awareness of the embeddedness of human beings within the Earth's biosphere, one of the key characteristics of an ecocentric worldview and ecological self. During the interviews, many executives demonstrated a heightened awareness of the current vulnerability of the Earth's ecosystems, also indicative of an ecocentric worldview. While describing the evolution of the priorities of his company's corporate social responsibility policy, an executive spoke about the importance of sustainably sourced products to meet the needs of nine billion people. One of the key distinctions between anthropocentric and ecocentric worldviews is whether one believes nature is to serve man or whether it has intrinsic value. A distinctive characteristic of an ecocentric worldview is the capacity to see themselves and their organizations within the complexity of ecosystems.
