Management: Cloud Computing Advantages
1-what business, personal, and social costs are involved when traveling by airplane between Copenhagen and Helsinki?
Nordea is the largest financial services group in Northern Europe. Business costs are substantial amount for flight tickets, transfer, comfort class. Personal costs are stress, and no time for friends and family. Social costs are high carbon dioxide emissions and global warming.
2-how can IT be both the culprit and the solution to environmental problems?
There are two main problems in the area of computer power consumption. These are limiting power to run the computer park and finding innovative ways of cooling down computers in use.
There are solutions to environmental problems in the area of computer power consumption. In their property management system, launching new component to identify power use results to know that surprisingly high at night. The reason was for that is PC’s never shut down at night. Power of project is installation of power management software on 23000 computers.
Server virtualization reduced the number of physical machines consuming power.
Using web cameras, headsets, software for two party video calls, and videoconferencing equipment reduces air travels and the improvement of collaborative work quality.
3-what are the arguments against corporate social responsibility?
Corporate social responsibilities that lowers economic efficiency and profit, green washing, increases costs in organization and social environment, imposes hidden costs passed onto stake holders, requires skills business may lacks, places responsibility on business rather than individuals, or government.
4-why should firms be engaged in making the world more sustainable?
The firms should be engaged in making the world more sustainable because they are profitable and efficient with a long-term horizon; and invest strategically in their sustainable future and
Nordea is the largest financial services group in Northern Europe. Business costs are substantial amount for flight tickets, transfer, comfort class. Personal costs are stress, and no time for friends and family. Social costs are high carbon dioxide emissions and global warming.
2-how can IT be both the culprit and the solution to environmental problems?
There are two main problems in the area of computer power consumption. These are limiting power to run the computer park and finding innovative ways of cooling down computers in use.
There are solutions to environmental problems in the area of computer power consumption. In their property management system, launching new component to identify power use results to know that surprisingly high at night. The reason was for that is PC’s never shut down at night. Power of project is installation of power management software on 23000 computers.
Server virtualization reduced the number of physical machines consuming power.
Using web cameras, headsets, software for two party video calls, and videoconferencing equipment reduces air travels and the improvement of collaborative work quality.
3-what are the arguments against corporate social responsibility?
Corporate social responsibilities that lowers economic efficiency and profit, green washing, increases costs in organization and social environment, imposes hidden costs passed onto stake holders, requires skills business may lacks, places responsibility on business rather than individuals, or government.
4-why should firms be engaged in making the world more sustainable?
The firms should be engaged in making the world more sustainable because they are profitable and efficient with a long-term horizon; and invest strategically in their sustainable future and