par
Pitron, Guillaume, author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
338.927 PIT
Date de publication
2023
Résumé
A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment. A simple 'like' sent from our smartphones mobilises what will soon constitute the largest infrastructure built by man. This small notification, crossing the seven operating layers of the Internet, travels around the world, using submarine cables, telephone antennas, and data centres, going as far as the Arctic Circle. It turns out that the 'dematerialised' digital world, essential for communicating, working, and consuming, is much more tangible than we would like to believe. Today, it absorbs 10 per cent of the world's electricity and represents nearly 4 per cent of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions. We are struggling to understand these impacts, as they are obscured to us in the mirage of 'the cloud'. Some telling numbers- If digital technology were a country, it would be the third-highest consumer of electricity behind China and the United States. An email with a large attachment consumes as much energy as a lightbulb left on for one hour. Every year, streaming technology generates as much greenhouse gas as Spain - close to 1 per cent of global emissions. One Google search uses as much electricity as a lightbulb left on for 35 minutes. All of humanity produces five exabytes of data per day, equivalent to what we consumed from the very beginnings of the internet to 2003 - an amount that would fill 10 million Blu-ray discs which, piled up, would be as high as the Eiffel Tower. At a time of the deployment of 5G, connected cars, and artificial intelligence, The Dark Cloud, the result of an investigation carried out over two years on four continents, reveals the anatomy of a technology that is virtual only in name. Under the guise of limiting the impact of humans on the planet, is already asserting itself as one of the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. 'Guillaume Pitron recalls the origins of digital technology and explains how this new communication tool has catastrophic consequences on our environment ... What happens when you send an email? What is the geography of clicks? What ecological and geopolitical challenges do they bring without our knowledge? This is the subject of The Dark Cloud ... For two years, the journalist followed, on four continents, the route of our emails, our likes and our vacation photos.' -Margherita Nasi, Le Monde 'It reveals the environmental cost of a dematerialised sector. Between the strategies of the giants who keep us in the illusion of a clean Internet and the difficulty of feeling pollution that has no taste or smell, the investigator reveals the underside of the Internet.' -Marina Fabre, Novethic Praise for The Rare Metals War- ' E xposes the dirty underpinnings of clean technologies in a debut that raises valid questions about energy extraction.' -Publishers Weekly.
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Caractères normaux
Pertinence:
0.4372
par
Weiss, Joseph W., author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
174.4 23
Date de publication
2022
Résumé
"The seventh edition of this pragmatic guide to determining right and wrong in the workplace is updated with new case studies and ancillary materials to combine stakeholder perspectives with a deep dive on workplace ethics issues. Using a unique stakeholder-based approach, this book takes business ethics out of the theory realm and provides practical ways to analyze any business decision. Including dozens of cases, Joseph Weiss looks beyond the impacts of ethical lapses on share price and profit to focus on relationships between stakeholders, including individuals, groups, corporations, and governments. The new seventh edition includes seven new cases and ten new Point/Counterpoint exercises, which challenge students to argue both sides of a contemporary issue. It incorporates the latest research as well as updated cases dealing with recent scandals at organizations such as Boeing, Facebook, and Uber. Professors will have access to online support, including teaching notes, PowerPoint slides, and sample tests. The book is equipped with a step-by-step guide to implementing stakeholder analysis, tips to help students apply ethical principles in their personal and professional lives, and comprehensive coverage of employee workplace issues. Addressing relevant topics such as risk management, preferential hiring, and sexual harassment in conjunction with the digital divide, bribery, the environment, and more, Business Ethics, seventh edition explores ethical implications in today's increasingly interconnected global business environment"--
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Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
57336.3438
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par
Hoffman, Andrew J., 1961- author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
658.408 23
Date de publication
2021
Résumé
"Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society: how it operates, whether it is fair, the extent to which it impacts the environment. This book acknowledges the great responsibility that comes with that power, challenging future business leaders to think differently about their career, its purpose, and its value. Aimed at business school students and graduates as well as those considering entering business, this guide, a supplement to formal business education, is meant to inspire all entrepreneurs to use their powers of innovation for the greater good"--
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Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
57335.0469
par
Wasieleski, David M., editor.
Numéro de rayon préféré
658.406 23
Date de publication
2020
Résumé
Volume Four focuses on research drawn from work grounded in ""Sustainability."" Scholars known in this discipline contribute to a 360-degree evaluation of the theory, including cross-discipline research, empirical explorations, cross-cultural studies, literature critiques, and meta-analysis projects
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
0.0615
par
Melissen, Frans, author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
647.94068 MEL
Date de publication
2019
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
1.3375
par
Forbes, Sharon L.
Numéro de rayon préféré
338.476632
Date de publication
2019
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
0.0371
par
Melissen, F. W. (Frans).
Numéro de rayon préféré
647.94068
Date de publication
2018
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
0.6843
par
Legrand, Willy, author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
338.4791068 LEG
Date de publication
2017
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
1.3236
par
Standards Australia Limited, issuing body.
Numéro de rayon préféré
658.72 STA
Date de publication
2017
Format :
Livres
Pertinence:
0.6934
par
Barman, Emily, author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
658.408 23
Date de publication
2016
Résumé
Companies are increasingly championed for their capacity to solve social problems. Yet what happens when such goods as water, education, and health are sold by companies - rather than donated by nonprofits - to the disadvantaged and when the pursuit of mission becomes entangled with the pursuit of profit? In Caring Capitalism, Emily Barman answers these important questions, showing how the meaning of social value in an era of caring capitalism gets mediated by the work of 'value entrepreneurs' and the tools they create to gauge companies' social impact. By shedding light on these pivotal actors and the cultural and material contexts in which they operate, Caring Capitalism accounts for the unexpected consequences of this new vision of the market for the pursuit of social value. Proponents and critics of caring capitalism alike will find the book essential reading.
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
0.4171
par
Gardetti, Miguel Angel, editor.
Numéro de rayon préféré
647.94 SUS
Date de publication
2015
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
1.2790
par
Sarkis, Joseph, author.
Numéro de rayon préféré
658.7 23
Date de publication
2014
Résumé
This monograph focuses on the issues facing sustainability in supply chains. Specifically it provides an overview of green supply chain management (GSCM) and the management of technology within this context. The topics include the operational and technological activities and characteristics of GSCM management. Organizational greening activities that play a role in GSCM operations are presented. The monograph also provides functional activities of the GSCM which include supplier management, internal operations management, logistics, and reverse logistics issues. Managerial considerations related to planning, justifying, and implementing GSCM and the respective technologies provide some insights into management decisions that will be faced in this environment. The references and bibliography provide additional readings for those interested in this emergent and complex issue.
Format :
Ressources électroniques
Pertinence:
67232.5703
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