A model of site-specific antecedents of ISO 14001 certification

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Melnyk, SA; Sroufe, RP; Calantone, RJ
• 署名单位: Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Boston College
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 369-385
• 关键词: ISO 14001; environmental management systems; Decision Analysis; Survey; logit analysis

摘要

ISO 14001 constitutes a major dilemma for many American firms. This new standard holds the promise of waste reduction and better process management, but the benefits and costs are very difficult to predict. This study attempts to identify and explain antecedents impacting the decision to pursue certification for some of the first plants certified in the United States. Using data from a large survey of U.S. managers and a Logit analysis, we find the factors influencing management decisions to actively pursue ISO 14001 certification to be distinctly different from those factors influencing management's decision not to pursue certification. For the latter, the decision is economically based; for the former, it is driven by other, more qualitative considerations.