Melnyk Et Al 2003. ✏️📋🇺🇸

Question 1

What assumption does Melnyk et al (2003) evaluate ?

Answer 1

EMS systems are critical to a firm’s ability to reduce water and pollution while simultaneously improve overall performance.

Question 2

What methodology do Melnyk et al (2003) use?

Answer 2

A survey of North American managers to assess their attitudes to EMS and ISO 14001. This study assesses effects of formal but uncertified EMS v formal, certified system.

Question 3

What were the results from Melnyk et al’s (2003) study?

Answer 3

See positive impacts well beyond pollution abatement and see a number of positive dimensions in operation performance.

Question 4

What does ISO14001 allow according to Tibor & Feldman 1996? SEE diagram (EMS & life cycle assessment)

Answer 4

Commitment to pollution prevention
Facilitate planning, controlling , monitoring
Ement planning throughout org
Set processes to manage and audit EMS

Question 5

What are the disadvantages of ISO14001?

Answer 5

They are process standards (to describe a system to help organisation achieve own environmental objectives & not performance standards. It assumes the company that certified its ENS has a management system in place to deal with impacts.

The cost may discourage small medium size businesses