Framework Convention on Climate Change

What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Sustainable supply chain management: framework and further research directions

The fashion industry is facing increasing global scrutiny of its environmentally polluting supply chain operations. Despite the widely publicized environmental impacts, however, the industry continues to grow, in part due to the rise of fast fashion, which relies on cheap manufacturing, frequent consumption and short-lived garment use. In this Review, we identify the environmental impacts at critical points in the textile and fashion value chain, from production to consumption, focusing on water use, chemical pollution, CO2 emissions and textile waste. Impacts from the fashion industry include over 92 million tonnes of waste produced per year and 79 trillion litres of water consumed. On the basis of these environmental impacts, we outline the need for fundamental changes in the fashion business model, including a deceleration of manufacturing and the introduction of sustainable practices throughout the supply chain, as well a shift in consumer behaviour — namely, decreasing clothing purchases and increasing garment lifetimes. These changes stress the need for an urgent transition back to ‘slow’ fashion, minimizing and mitigating the detrimental environmental impacts, so as to improve the long-term sustainability of the fashion supply chain. The increase in clothing consumption, exemplified in fast fashion, has severe environmental consequences. This Review discusses the impacts of fashion on natural resources and the environment, and examines how technology, policy and consumer behaviour can mitigate the negative effects of the fashion industry.

The environmental price of fast fashion

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Fast Fashion Industry: An Analysis of Corporate Reports

The rapidly globalizing world trade requires longer supply chains with higher attention on the environmental effects of logistics activities. Latest international conventions related with environmental regulations reinforce governments and corporations to adhere to environmental protection precautions. An effort to decrease the negative environmental effects of logistics activity is the geographical concentration of logistics companies which are called logistics centers. This study aims to provide a green industrial service buying approach for the industrial customers of logistics centers. The study combines green purchasing literature with previousely developed environmental performance indicators (EPIs) and develops a green industrial buying model for logistics centers. The model provides a framework for potential residents of a logistics center and supports their industrial buying processes. The model also serves as an input for green industrial service design in a logistics center.

Greening Logistics Centers: The Evolution of Industrial Buying Criteria Towards Green

Ekonomi, toplum ve cevre arasinda bir denge kuran surdurulebilir kalkinma kavrami, kuresel, ulusal, bolgesel ve kurumsal duzeydeki uygulamalar icin yol gosterici bir kavramsal cerceve sunmaktadir. Surdurulebilirligin kurumsal duzeydeki uygulamalarinin, gunumuzde isletmeler icin rekabet ustunlugu saglayan en onemli parcalarindan birini, tedarik zincirleri boyutunda gerceklestirilen calismalar olusturmaktadir. Bu calisma Turk is dunyasi icin henuz yeni bir uygulama alani olan surdurulebilir tedarik zincirlerinin, Turkiye'de stratejik olarak nasil kavramsallastirildigi ve uygulandigini analiz etmektedir. Turkiye'de faaliyet gosteren 10 uretim firmasinin surdurulebilirlik raporlari, tedarik zinciri uygulamalari acisindan analiz edilerek, Seuring ve Muller'in (2008) sundugu teorik yaklasimdan hareketle, kavramsal olarak haritalandirilmistir. Yapilan analiz Turkiye'de faaliyet gosteren uretim firmalarinin surdurulebilir tedarik zinciri yonetimi ve tedarikci kavrami, yerel tedarikci politikasi, tedarikcilerin calisma kosullari gibi alt boyutlarina yonelik algilarini ortaya cikarmistir.

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Sürdürülebi̇li̇r tedari̇k zi̇nci̇rleri̇: sürdürülebi̇li̇rli̇k raporlarinin i̇çeri̇k anali̇zi̇

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between the globalization/adaptation debate and corporate foundation activity within a small subset of such foundations. In the light of this debate, the study analyzes the corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches of this sample of corporate-owned foundations using the tri-dimensional CSR research model of Arthaud-Day (2005) to articulate the perspective, content and strategic orientations of the companies. Design/methodology/approach – The study selects three different corporate foundations based on internationalization scale and field of activities. A content analysis methodology is applied to the data collected from the official web sites of 24 corporate foundations. Findings – The analysis results show a general compatibility between the subsidiaries and the main branches of the corporate foundations, at least on the conceptual level. However, the practices of CSR activities, targeted stakeholders or content domains differ at the opera...

Local or Global: Analyzing the Internationalization of Social Responsibility of Corporate Foundations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse how newcomers’ perceptions of organisational culture can change over time. The study tries to address whether initial working experience changes newcomers’ perceptions about the ideal organisational culture, and whether these perceptions converge with those of their supervisors. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal survey was carried out on a sample of undergraduate students to measure shifts in their perceptions of organisational culture over time. In order to interpret the results in terms of actual organisational culture, a survey was also conducted with the students’ immediate supervisors. Findings – Applying a factor analytic procedure to the aggregate sample of study, the items of an existing scale were reduced to a six-dimensional structure. Based on the results of statistical analysis, the study revealed that initial working experience might affect students’ perception of organisational culture and make these perceptions converge with those...

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Fast Fashion Industry: An Analysis of Corporate Reports

Greening Logistics Centers: The Evolution of Industrial Buying Criteria Towards Green

Sürdürülebi̇li̇r tedari̇k zi̇nci̇rleri̇: sürdürülebi̇li̇rli̇k raporlarinin i̇çeri̇k anali̇zi̇

Local or Global: Analyzing the Internationalization of Social Responsibility of Corporate Foundations

A longitudinal study on newcomers’ perception of organisational culture