Read ens 113 ing that each dey : partment’s responsibility for environmental Sst is ented in an ace cords are mainta eptal ti table format and that adequate records are ma! . demonstration of conformance to these requirements. ising and scheduling i ersoahinltie a ee ae audits of the environmental system to ‘Jéentifying, recordin; ‘umented requirements. gonformances within Ee alg through designated channels, non- ia ental system. Initiating appropri: s th ppropriate action as needed and verifying that it has taken place. Keeping abreast of . relev: i ‘eon and concerns. ant environmental legislative developments, issues Taking responsibility fc icati Be formation; ity for communications to/from outside and inside sources 8) Taking immediate acti i Pertiring such ee Be where necessary on receipt of communications 9) Day-to-day control of finances. 10) Preparing budgets, and short- and long-term planning. 11) Ensuring that funds are available to finance environmentally related projects. | 12) Monitoring vendor performance in the supply of goods and services, in terms of environmental acceptability. 13) Ensuring that plant and equipment are fully maintained and controlled under the preventive maintenance system. 14) Monitoring all_ maintenance schedules and emergency procedures with reference to environmental issues. 15) Controlling further activities following the development of @ problem. until any environmental deficiency has been corrected onment Ethics: Indian Perspective It is perhaps a remarkable feature of the Indian tradition that from its very early beginnings ethical thoughts were never too far off from the overwhelming ‘forms of life’ were derivative of or entailed 4.3.3. Envir much a% awareness of nature, in as : ‘ bya particular outlook on nature of which the human being. In their moral the early Indian people placed on the side of the ‘good’, values health, joy, calmness, friendship, and on the side of ‘bad’ more or less their opposite or sickness and injury; death, infertility, untruth, These normative values were versalised for all judgements, such as happiness, knowledge and truth; : disvalues, notably, misery, suffering, | pain, anger. enmity, a not restricted for human well-being alone, rather they wer uni ae ; ‘ jnani | — spiritspheres. j.e., gods and the sentient beings and inanimate sectors as well hee e i.e. animals and plants; and the broader i ted; the biosphere, ipealy. Sore ms comprising the elements, stones, rocks jes to the sky, the’sun, planets, stars, and gal jaxies survival, courage, biotic universe, i.e» inanimate peal earth-soil, moun! edges of the universe: tains, waters,