Using Safety to Introduce Ethics into Operations Management Courses
Wayne Buck and Jeffrey Schaller
Eastern Connecticut State University
Introduction
One of the most significant developments in operations management (OM) over the past decade or so has been growing attention to sustainability. This has become a focus of practical concern on the part of numerous companies, regulatory authorities, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as an important area of research for academics.1
The touchstone of nearly all definitions of sustainability was articulated by the United Nations in 1987: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own ...
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