Business Driven Technology
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781259567322
Author: Paige Baltzan Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter B, Problem B9.8MBD
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Listing business department and its environmental issues:
- Accounting and finance department
- Issues
- This department has the issues in computer updates and usage of energy.
- Globalization and the weight for standardization.
- Issues
- Marketing department
- Issues
- The papers are wasted in the marketing campaigns.
- Any kind of devices they use to invite business such as bouncing balls or staplers with the company logo.
- Issues in computer use and energy usage.
- Issues
- Sales department
- Issues
- Energy used with travel and sending sales information.
- Cell phones and additional personal digital assistant (PDA) needed to operate the given job.
- Issues
- Manufacturing department
- Issues
- In this department, the huge amount of energy wasted for producing any product.
- More number of materials is used for creating a product.
- Issues
Most e-waste crating department:
- The manufacturing department makes the most e-waste.
- Reasons
- This department consumes more energy for creating product.
- More number of materials is used for creating a product. So it will increase the waste of product.
- Reasons
Solving environmental issues in each department:
- In sales department
- Supporting customers to solve their given issues.
- Offering services to solve customers’ environmental issues...
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