Tossed any flourescent tubes lately? How about computers? Monitors? Batteries? Did you know that these are frequently considered toxic materials? Did you toss any of these items in your trash bin?
Don't know? Don't care?
Either way—you and your company will pay the price for violations...
This content is our response to the
Ben Elgin and
Brian Grow article posted in Business Week, E-Waste: The Dirty Secret of Recycling Electronics, 15 October, 2008. Monitoring technology assets--even AFTER official disposal--is part of the responsibilities of an effective technology asset manager. Here is how you can protect your company from crippling fines, penalties, and negative publicity due to ineffective E-Waste disposal.
Real World - American Companies - The EPA can fine you and/or your company as much as $10,000 per toxic chemical contained in every system you illegally dump--even if YOU didn't dump it.
Corporations—especially American corporations—should take a very
careful look at their methods for disposal of ANY company-owned
assets that contain toxic chemicals. In the case of this
article—these assets will include computer systems that American
companies assumed were correctly placed for recycling—an legal disposal process that is frequently NOT carried out.
In these financial times we need to
carefully consider the likelihood of businesses in a developing
country happily purchasing our technology scrap for improper
recycling. If we look at this trend—and compare it to the global
copyright piracy enforcement trends—we can expect to see the
respective governments of the less-than-ethical recyclers bringing
charges against American businesses for illegally dumping toxic
waste. After all, once they have made their bundle, the in-country
recyclers will simply dissolve their profitable businesses and fade
away, leaving a countryside coated in American-generated toxins.
Do you want to know how to protect yourself and your company from the fines,
penalties, and negative publicity relating to illegal disposal of toxic
technology components? Sign in and read on. Once you do you'll also be able to download the included exclusive E-Waste - Illegal Disposal of Technology Products Can Cost You Big Money
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And the resultant lawsuit is starting
out at $100 million? Is this a simple (?!?) question of a failed
software implementation, or is it an indication that the disconnect
between suppliers and business technology consumer continues to
widen? More importantly, what lesson could you learn—for your
business—in the latest software implementation failure?
Does anyone remember the article
several years ago about Goodyear's
ERP program difficulties? To the tune of +$100Million? Is there a
pattern emerging?
According to the initial filing:
“Unknown to Waste Management, this ‘United States’ version
of the Waste and Recycling Software was undeveloped, untested, and
defective.” See Andy Moon's Tech Republic blog materials HERE.
When it comes to software asset
management or technology asset management, the pre-purchase work you
perform as a responsible business technology consumer is absolutely
vital to the ongoing relationship—or the lack there-of. Judging
even by the minimal information supplied in the related articles,
Waste Management swallowed the vendor hype, hook, line, and sinker.
Who's at fault? Could there be an entire industry out there that
tends to sacrifice long term customer value in favor of short term
profits? (Picture
the Goose and the Golden Egg Story.)
Read on for 7.65 Guaranteed Ways of
Smoothing the Technology Acquisition and Utilization Waters—before
the tsunami of product or implementation failure crashes over your
collective corporate craniums.
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American business are the most heavily audit companies on the planet. Our businesses are exposed to the most onerous anti piracy tactics in history with whistle-blower rewards reaching $10,000 to as much as $1,000,000.
Your company--you--even your kids--are being targeted by coypright enforcement industry predators. Make sure the right people are managing your technology environment.
You could easily avoid as much as 90% of the enforcement audit activities along with reducing the unnecessary costs of business technologies by up to 25%. AND, you could accomplish all of this in the first year of establishing an effective asset management initiative.
Sign in to discover how technology personnel can actually expose you and your company to unnecessary costs and risks. Here is why these hard working experts are NOT the primary choice
as IT asset managers or copyright compliance assurance managers.
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There are two serious problems with existing corporate policies/procedures: Personnel don’t know why these guidelines are necessary and the documents are too complicated to follow. Want to strengthen policies and procedures? Here’s how.
Policies should inform employees what and why while procedures guide us in how a given task is performed along with why a specific process is used. In our societies, it’s critical that policies clarify the reasons for their existence—otherwise, and let’s be realistic: Folks probably won’t bother.
Individuals—real people—need to understand the honest reasons why a given guideline was created, the need to fully comply with it, and the consequences of not complying with it. When this is accomplished, your chances of employee buy-in for policies will improve dramatically.
I’m Alan Plastow and we at The Business Technology Consumer Network have created this Internet presence and association for you. Do you want to become more capable—more diverse—in your professional abilities? Would you find value in enhancing your business skills? Is it worth your time to expand the quality of service you provide your company? Is so—it’s time to sign in to this site and pick up the knowledge edge you really need to succeed! Even better: It’s free.
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