Editor’s and president’s column.

Introduces this issue of Consulting Psychology Journal. The author also discusses the new Internet home page of Division 13 (Consulting Psychology). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editor’s and president’s column.

In this column, the author (as both editor and president of the Consulting Psychology Journal) provides news and information that he would like to relay to the readers. He makes several announcements including the appointment of a new editor, Dick Diedrich and provides details on the 1998 Conference on Consultation to Corporations and Business. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editor’s and president’s column.

After 10 years as editor of the Consulting Psychology Bulletin cum Consulting Psychology Journal, the time has come to pass the baton to the new editor, Dick Diedrich. This will be my last editor's column. Without getting maudlin, it has been a memorable 10 years for me and, I hope, the journal. Taking over a well-edited divisional newsletter from Paul Lloyd, I shared my vision of creating a journal devoted to consultation with the divisional leadership after several years on the job. They were enthusiastic and very supportive. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Kermit’s Lament: It’s Not Easy Being Green

Sustainable development has become a catchphrase within engineering and corporate management, and green engineering is now viewed as the techniques applied in order to achieve sustainable development. In this paper, we first describe the origin and rationale for green engineering, and then describe the motivational forces behind the green engineering movement and the surveys of corporate leaders, concluding that most of the motivational forces are based on corporate profitability and are at best amoral (not morally admirable). We then report on a survey of corporate leaders on their attitudes toward green engineering and sustainable development and show that many engineers and managers do espouse to the principles of green engineering without a profit motive. Lastly, we consider why, all things considered, an engineer would want to engage in green engineering and conclude that the objective is best describes using the Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia, or the attainment of meaning and contentment with one’s life.