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Book Review: Ethical Risk

This a book for companies wishing to survive into the future, simply because developing effective protection against exposure to ‘ethical risk’ is the only possible way forward, as corporate social responsibility is growing in importance. Not the only possible way, but the only viable way.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Humanitarian aid is better when decentralized
Humanitarian operations rely heavily on logistics in uncertain, risky, and urgent contexts, making t[...]
Next time in China: Guanxi
Today's post is an extension of what I wrote yesterday, in my review of what Fu Jia and Christine Ru[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Single Point of Failure
Just out a few days ago, Single Point of Failure is a fascinating read. The author, Gary S. Lynch, i[...]
Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis
This book, Cost Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice (3rd Edition), by Anthony Boardman et al. is[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Future Value Chain Trends 2020
The twelve future trends that will shape value chains and supply chain management during this decade[...]
The supply chain of the future
Many global supply chains are not equipped to cope with the world we are entering. Most were enginee[...]
from HERE and THERE
How to get a PhD without a dissertation
This is a true story about how I was credited with a PhD without having one, just because someone mi[...]
Lean logistics = risky logistics?
A posting on Evolving Excellence called Long is not Lean caught my attention the other day. The auth[...]