The Role of Legal Compliance in Sustainable Supply Chains, Operations, and Marketing ​.

Cover -- Contents -- Disclaimer -- Part I: The Role of LegalCompliance in SustainableBusiness -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Legal Compliance Is Merely a Step Toward Sustainable Business -- Part II Legal Compliance in Sustainable Supply Chain Management -- Chapter 3: SCM Social Impacts -- Chapter 4: SCM Environmental Impacts -- Part III Legal Compliance in Sustainable Operations Management -- Chapter 5: Operations Managementand Water Pollution -- Chapter 6: Operations Managementand Air Pollution -- Chapter 7: Operations Management and Industrial Waste -- Chapter 8: Operations Management and Workplace Health and Safety -- Part IV Legal Compliance and Marketing Sustainability -- Chapter 9: Truth-in-Advertising and Sustainable Product Design -- Chapter 10: Truth-in-Advertising and Sustainable Product Supply Chains -- Part V: Legal Compliance and Climate Change Mitigation -- Chapter 11: EPA's Climate Change Programs to Date -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Ad Page -- Cover.

Sustainability is a global megatrend with ramificationsacross all functional areas of business. This book addressesan underdeveloped topic in the field of sustainablebusiness--the use of corporate resourcesdedicated to legal compliance.In order to comply with the law, supply chain, operations,and marketing professionals must know what the applicablelegal frameworks are. In order to promote sustainablebusiness, these same professionals must go beyond merecompliance with these laws. This book will assist you inboth respects by (1) offering concise discussions of the primarylegal frameworks governing the social, economic, andenvironmental dimensions of supply chain management,operations management, and marketing; and (2) making the business case for going beyond mere compliance with legalrequirements.Written by an expert in environmental law and publicpolicy, this book argues that companies that go beyondmere compliance with social, economic, and environmentalsafeguards inherent in legal regimes will capture greaterbenefits and incur fewer risks from their supply chain, operations,and marketing activities.

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