Measuring Corporate Social and Environmental Performance: The Extended Life-Cycle Assessment

This papers attempts to bridge business ethics to corporate social responsibility including the social and environmental dimensions. The objective of the paper is to suggest an improvement of the most commonly used corporate environmental management tool, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The method...

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Autore principale: Gauthier, Caroline (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2005
In: Journal of business ethics
Anno: 2005, Volume: 59, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 199-206
Altre parole chiave:B Corporate social responsibility
B Business Ethics
B Sustainable Development
B life cycle assessment
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Riepilogo:This papers attempts to bridge business ethics to corporate social responsibility including the social and environmental dimensions. The objective of the paper is to suggest an improvement of the most commonly used corporate environmental management tool, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The method includes two stages. First, more phases are added to the life-cycle of a product. Second, social criteria that measure the social performance of a product are introduced. An application of this “extended” LCA tool is given.
ISSN:1573-0697
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-3416-x