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  • 15 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

according to the working paper Do Management System Standards Indicate Superior Performance? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard. To earn the voluntary certification,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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By: Michael W. Toffel
My research examines how companies manage environmental issues, occupational safety, and working conditions in global supply chains. More recently, I have also begun researching the drivers and implications of CEO activism, where organizational leaders speak out on... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Performance; Environmental Strategy; Labor Management; Transparency; Institutional Theory; Economic Analysis; Quality Improvement; Operations Management; Supply Chain; Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Safety; Quality; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Pollution; Environmental Management; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Construction Industry; Asia; Europe; United States
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies

By: Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein and Katharine Lee
Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to manage their products at the end of life. Such regulations seek to internalize products' entire life cycle costs into market prices, with the ultimate... View Details
Keywords: Product; Cost; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
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Toffel, Michael W., Antoinette Stein, and Katharine Lee. "Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-026, July 2008. (September 2008.)

    Michael W. Toffel

    Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details

    • 06 Nov 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies

    Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein & Katharine L. Lee; Chemical
    • Web

    Faculty & Research

    Generative AI By: Wilbur Xinyuan Chen, Suraj Srinivasan and Saleh Zakerinia Generative AI is poised to reshape the labor market, affecting cognitive and white-collar occupations in ways distinct from past technological revolutions. This... View Details
    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

    Keywords: Occupational Health ; Safety Regulations ; Regulation ; Working Conditions ; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms ; Safety ; Health Citation Read Now Related... View Details
    • 16 Jul 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

    percentage rent above a specified revenue threshold. Normatively, the industry seeks to spend no more than 10 percent of revenue on occupancy costs, but when entering leases, restaurateurs may well be optimistic about their projected... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
    • Web

    Health Care - Faculty & Research

    Occupational Health ; Safety Regulations ; Regulation ; Working Conditions ; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms ; Safety ; Health Citation Read Now Related Allen, Joseph... View Details
    • 23 May 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

    downsides, starting with the loss of affordable housing and the tearing apart of established communities. The escalation in housing prices often forces the poorest residents to move out, making way for new occupants who are richer—and... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 17 Nov 2016
    • Op-Ed

    What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

    working-class women about diminished possibilities for their husbands and sons to provide for their families. Many supporters’ families work in blue-collar occupations such as construction, transportation, and infrastructure; live in low... View Details
    Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
    • 01 Jun 2004
    • News

    Working the Street

    invoking “probable cause” (choosing from a variety of vehicular infractions) to pull over suspicious, and possibly stolen, cars to check occupants for drugs, guns, or gang-related activity; and driving by the budget motels and low-rent... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; tattoo; removal; program; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
    • 19 Sep 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

    presented their research on occupational safety to managers at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “both they and we learned a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
    • 16 Mar 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

    intermediate term, we will see companies that rely on global supply chains be hurt. Once companies run through their existing safety stocks of raw materials or parts provided by a far-flung supplier base, they may face challenges filling... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

      Paul H. O'Neill

      Not only did O'Neill lead Alcoa to become the world's largest aluminum conglomerate, he gave the company a solid image of integrity, emphasizing life-long learning by all employees, and making occupational View Details
      Keywords: Metals
      • 01 Sep 2012
      • News

      Faculty Research Online

      OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs? As the federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is often at the center of... View Details
      Keywords: Professor Kash Rangan; Professor Michael W. Toffel; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
      • Web

      Event Guidelines | About

      needed because of the event, etc. Occupancy : The number of attendees in each space may not exceed the Maximum Occupancy of the assigned event spaces. Occupancy includes all... View Details
      • 01 Jun 2020
      • News

      Check In

      leave the safe haven of home. The coronavirus pandemic has decimated hotel occupancy rates. What does the way forward look like? Mike Depatie: Nobody could see anything like this coming—what’s happened in the hotel business is truly... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna; hotels; COVID-19; real estate; Accommodation; Hospitality
      • 23 Feb 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

      more than 20 years, the devastation in meatpacking is just one example of how lax regulation can make a grave situation deadly. The lack of safety guidance from the US Occupational Health and View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories
      • 07 Oct 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: October 7

      Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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