Ethics and Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management

Ulas Akkucuk (Bogazici University, Turkey)

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Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781522520368

EISBN13: 9781522520375

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2036-8

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Various industries in modern society can contribute to many different sustainable development initiatives. By implementing better processes for resource usage and its impacts, businesses can play a vital role in creating a cleaner environment.

Ethics and Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on organizational procedures and methods that ensure environmental sustainability, while maintaining effective production processes. Highlighting the most innovative topics and perspectives, such as life cycle costing, waste management, and business leadership, this book is ideally designed for professionals, academics, practitioners, graduate students, and researchers interested in developing green supply chain processes.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Business Leadership
Energy Regulation
Life Cycle Costing
Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Supplier Selection
Sustainability Reporting
Warranty Cost Analysis
Waste Management

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Ulas Akkucuk is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at Bogazici University Department of Management, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Akkucuk has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University (1997), an MBA from Bogazici University (2000), and a PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from Rutgers University (2004). He has taught Statistics, CRM & Data Mining, and Global Aspects of Management courses, among others, at both graduate and undergraduate levels. He is Associate Editor for International Journal of E-Business Research and Subject Area Editor for Journal of Global Business Insights. He has edited 13 books with IGI Global a majority of which have been indexed by WoS or SCOPUS.

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