In this total update of his classic, quality guru Philip Crosby revisits and ultimately reaffirms the thinking he introduced in the tradition-shattering Quality Is Free, which has sold nearly 1.7 million copies and has been translated into dozens of languages. Quality Is Still Free offers readers the opportunity to adopt Crosby's penetrating insights for their own enormous benefit. Illustrations.

This book contains a selection of papers on various legal issues of interest to developing countries which have been prepared by Fellows from InWent who came to Germany between 2002 and 2004 from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to research and write about subjects of their choice at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre.

"El libro Gestión Ambiental en la empresa mediante la Norma ISO 14001-2015 presenta información relacionada con los conceptos básicos de la Gestión Ambiental en la empresa. Indica, de forma pormenorizada, las etapas de puesta en marcha, el papel de la alta dirección de la empresa y su planificación. Los autores enriquecieron la descripción de la norma ISO 14001-2015, con base en sus experiencias profesionales. Dan a conocer los conceptos básicos del desarrollo sostenible y de sus objetivos, que deben ser considerados en el análisis de los aspectos ambientales de las empresas. Finalmente, el libro aborda el tema de los hitos de la Gestión Ambiental, realizando una descripción histórica de los mismos y de cómo los Estados agrupados en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas incluyan en sus Objetivos Gubernamentales. También se presenta un glosario de términos relacionados con la Norma Internacional ISO 14001-2015"--Back cover.

The Political Economy of Corporate Responsibility in India takes on the topic of socioeconomic development in India under different economic governance frameworks since the 1950s, and how each has given rise to a large number of interrelated concerns, including impacts on employment and distribution of income, emergence of new forms of vulnerabilities, weakened state structures, imbalanced demographics with sub-national disparities, environmental and biomass degeneration, and dismal performance on several human development indicators. The book includes information on the ways that institutional actors, including private sector corporations, have responded to these challenges. In addition, the increased focus and pressures by campaigners on corporations to not only minimize harm, but also maximize benefits emanating from their operations has put many leading global corporations in the line of fire, creating a profound influence in many countries, including India. This book documents these experiences in the Indian context and identifies the scope and limitations of corporations to address such concerns. Includes a political economy framework to analyze corporate social responsibility (CSR) Integrates analytical constructs on CSR in India with changes in the conditions of businesses in India using empirical data and case studies Links CSR practices in India with changing corporate management practices, their evolution, and a comparative analysis using the Anglo-Saxon model of corporate governance

"With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest and bes-known cities, like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Santiago. The region also boasts hundreds of smaller cities that stand out because of their dynamism and creativity. This edition of State of Latin American and Caribbean cities presents teh current situation of the region's urban world, including the demographic, economic, social, environmental, urban and institutional conditions in which cities are developing." -- p.4 of cover.