... of the objectives of this research: ISO 9000 series Quality management Sustainable development China © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 S.X. Zeng can be contacted at: zengsaixing@sjtu.edu.cn The issue of improving sustainability of implementation of the ISO 9001 standard has...

... with the standards are considered, and the question asked, “Do EMSs lead to environmental improvement?” Law Environmental regulations Auditing Sustainable development A recent development in Europe and North America, environmental law emerged and evolved rapidly in the last third of the 20th century...

...Raine Isaksson; Rickard Garvare This conceptual paper presents a process model combining TQM values and indicators of sustainable development (SD). The intention is to find synergies in applying a process view on different systems for SD measurements. A global process is introduced and global...

... (De Prez, 2000a, p. 20). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Environmental regulations Environmental politics Sustainable development Law Corporate image Legal process Although environmental controls existed in the Middle Ages, environmental law evolved slowly in Britain (Bell...

... Sustainable development Performance Quality management Environment Ethics Business and organisations have a privilege denied to ordinary mortals – they don’t have to die. This makes them especially responsible (Hardy, 1999). It is paradoxically interesting to note that at a time of global...