Vignette: Problems with Suppliers
1. How can an organization ensure that all the members of its supply chain will behave ethically?
Answer:
· Create guidelines for your suppliers
Communicate your policy as much as possible: identify employees such as buyers or managers who will need training - but ensure the policy is available to all your staff so they know exactly how you manage your supply chain.
· Look out for suppliers' credentials
Find out if they have any certification:
· Waste
Ask your suppliers to cut down on unnecessary packaging - particularly if it's plastic - or look at more sustainable alternatives.
2. What responsibility does an organization have to ensure that its suppliers and business partners behave ethically?
Answer:
Ethics are concerned with doing good, or the right thing in a given human situation (Wilson, 1975). In the business context, ethics has to do with the extent to which a person's behavior measures up to such standards as the law, organizational policies, professional and trade association codes, popular expectations regarding fairness and what is right , plus one's own internalized moral standards (Sauser, 2005). Business ethics are, therefore, concerned with an evaluation of business practices in the light of some concept of human value; it looks at corporate profits not for their own sake but with respect to the achievement of some human good.
Manufacturers Compete on Green Computing
1. How have green computing efforts lowered the total cost of computer ownership?
Answer:
Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs), servers and peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste).
Save on initial hardware purchase cost: An entire SoftXpand system costs a fraction of a single stand-alone PC. Instead of multiple stand-alone workstations, you need to purchase only one SoftXpand host to support a high-performance multi-workstation system. In addition, any hardware installed on the PC (e.g. restoration card) is shared with the other workstations.
2. Which approach can yield greater benefits—building greener computers or implementing programs that change users’ behavior so that they operate their computers in a more responsible manner? Explain your response.
Answer:
Creating fully recyclable products, reducing pollution, proposing alternative technologies in various fields, and creating a center of economic activity around technologies that benefit the environment, through these benefits it will prevent environmental damage cause by the newest technology.
3. Do research at the EPEAT Web site and determine which computer manufacturer currently has the best green computing ratings.
Result:
Global Alliances
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