How green is my outsourcer - environmental responsibility in global it outsourcing

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Babin, Ron ^a,b   Nicholson, Brian ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Environmental responsibility; Global outsourcing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PRACTICES; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CRITICAL BUSINESS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE; GLOBAL OUTSOURCING; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; IT OUTSOURCING; LITERATURE SEARCH; OUTSOURCERS; REDUCING COSTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870970214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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