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

Sustainability is a global megatrend with ramifications
across all functional areas of business. This book addresses
an underdeveloped topic in the field of sustainable
business—the use of corporate resources
dedicated to legal compliance.
In order to comply with the law, supply chain, operations,
and marketing professionals must know what the applicable
legal frameworks are. In order to promote sustainable
business, these same professionals must go beyond mere
compliance with these laws. This book will assist you in
both respects by (1) offering concise discussions of the primary
legal frameworks governing the social, economic, and
environmental dimensions of supply chain management,
operations management, and marketing; and
(2) making the business case for going beyond mere compliance with legal
requirements.
Written by an expert in environmental law and public
policy, this book argues that companies that go beyond
mere compliance with social, economic, and environmental
safeguards inherent in legal regimes will capture greater
benefits and incur fewer risks from their supply chain, operations,
and marketing activities.
Disclaimer .................................................................xi
Part I The Role of Legal Compliance in Sustainable Business ....1
Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................3
What Are We Doing Here?...........................................3
Let’s Get the Controversy Out in the Open...................4
Sustainable Business in Context....................................5
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly News........................7
Where Do We Go From Here?......................................7
Key Terms.....................................................................8
Practical Applications....................................................8
Chapter 2 Legal Compliance is Merely a Step Toward
Sustainable Business .................................................................11
Compliance as Bare Minimum Care...........................11
Relationship Between Compliance and
Risk Management .................................................................12
Why Companies Go Beyond Mere Compliance..........14
The Importance of Maintaining Social License............16
Violations of Environmental Law................................17
Regulatory Arbitrage...................................................20
Key Terms...................................................................20
Practical Applications..................................................21
Part II Legal Compliance in Sustainable Supply
Chain Management ................................................... 23
Focusing on Impacts Upstream and Downstream........23
Chapter 3 SCM Social Impacts: Human Trafficking .................................................................25
Key Terms...................................................................28
Practical Applications..................................................28
Chapter 4 SCM Environmental Impacts ........29
Extended Producer Responsibility...............................30
Product Design...........................................................31
Key Terms...................................................................35
Practical Applications..................................................35
Part III Legal Compliance in Sustainable
Operations Management ...........................................37
Chapter 5 Operations Management and Water Pollution .......39
History........................................................................39
Scope and Applications...............................................39
Business Ramifications................................................44
Key Terms...................................................................46
Practical Applications..................................................46
Chapter 6 Operations Management and Air Pollution ........49
History........................................................................49
Scope and Applications...............................................51
Business Ramifications................................................55
Key Terms...................................................................56
Practical Applications..................................................57
Chapter 7 Operations Management and Industrial Waste ......59
History........................................................................59
Scope and Applications...............................................60
Business Ramifications................................................63
Key Terms...................................................................66
Practical Applications..................................................66
Chapter 8 Operations Management and Workplace
Health and Safety...........69
History........................................................................69
Scope and Applications...............................................70
Business Ramifications................................................77
Key Terms...................................................................80
Practical Applications..................................................80
Part IV Legal Compliance and Sustainability Marketing .......83
Chapter 9 Truth-In-Advertising and Sustainable Product Design ...........85
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and the
Greenlist™ Lawsuit ...........85
Federal Trade Commission Green Guides.....................87
Key Terms...................................................................90
Practical Applications..................................................90
Chapter 10 Truth-in-Advertising and Sustainable Product
Supply Chains ........... 93
Greenwashing.............................................................93
FIJI Water and the “Carbon Negative” Lawsuit...........95
Nike, Inc. and the Sweatshop Lawsuit.........................97
Key Terms.................................................................100
Practical Applications................................................100
Part V Legal Compliance and Climate Change Mitigation .103
Chapter 11: EPA’s Climate Change Programs to Date ...........105
The Scientific Rationale for Carbon
Dioxide Regulations ........... 105
Current and Prospective Regulation
of Greenhouse Gases ...........109
Key Terms.................................................................116
Practical Applications................................................117
Conclusion ...........119
Notes ...........123
References ...........133
Index ...........143