Reflection on SHRM and Corporate Go-Green Initiatives (890 words)

This assignment involves keeping a journal recording your thoughts, insights, and introspections following each week. In addition, you should examine and discuss your reactions and notions about how the material pertinent to a given session relates to your own past/future work/non-work situations. The purpose of this assignment is to let you take a little time once a week to reflect, so as to improve your understanding of yourself and organizational development.

Each blog entry should have 4 identifiable headings: Summary, Meaningful Ideas, Personal Connecting, Changes. Review the directions and guidance on reflective writing for more information on what to include in each week's blog posting.

The connection between SHRM and corporate-institutional initiatives to ‘go green’ are not always immediately apparent. After all, it is prima facie reasonable to ask, what does sustainability have to do with human resources? Arguably, a key element in the opacity of the sustainability-HR connection must trace back to the motivations behind a move toward sustainability. Going green comes with—potentially—significant costs: the capital costs of changes in systems and infrastructures; productivity costs associated with retooling and retraining; and the potential loss of competitive edge to competitors who choose to not undertake similar strategic and tactical development...

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