Sustainable operations management: A typological approach

This paper discusses the nature of sustainability and sustainable development as they relate to operations management. It proposes a typology for sustainable operations management that is based on the life cycle stages of a product and the three dimensions of corporate social responsibility. The aim...

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Autor: Corbett, Lawrence Michael
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/8142
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/8142
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Operations management
Sustainability
Environment & development series
Medi ambient
Desenvolupament sostenible
Direcció d'operacions
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Medi ambient
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament sostenible
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Resumo:This paper discusses the nature of sustainability and sustainable development as they relate to operations management. It proposes a typology for sustainable operations management that is based on the life cycle stages of a product and the three dimensions of corporate social responsibility. The aim is to show how this typology development could provide a useful approach to integrating the diverse strands of sustainability in operations, using industrial ecology and carbon neutrality as examples. It does this by providing a focused subset of environmental concerns for an industrial ecology approach, and some research propositions for the issue of carbon neutrality.