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A Study on the Better Operation of Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems

  • Choi, Jae-Wook;Yoon, Seok-J.;Lee, Gwan-Hyung;Yang, H.S.
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.32-37
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    • 2005
  • This study was conducted to identity the characteristics of occupational health and safety management systems around the world, to survey the implementation of OHSMS in Korean companies, to find problems and corrective measures, and to understand the opinions of top management about OHSMS. Questionnaires on the operation of occupational health and safety management systems in Korean manufacturing companies were carried out. Occupational health and safety management systems around the world, including OHSAS 18001, BS8800, KOSHA 18001, VPP, J-OHSMS, were reviewed. In order to implement an occupational health and safety management system successfully, it was found that the management should consider occupational health and safety as important, provide employees with necessary training, and have a strong commitment to occupational health and safety.

A Study on the Environmental Sustainable Management (ESM) in Organic Products Retailing Markets (유기농식품 소매유통시장의 환경지속성경영 연구)

  • Yoo, Duck-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.21-40
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    • 2010
  • This work is described as an fresh effort to study environmental sustainable management in organic products retailing markets. Sustainable management means creating value for business, nature and society. The main point of this thesis is about the concept, the content and the target of environmental sustainable management, and the technical method and basis to achieve it. Also this thesis shows the strategy of sustainable management as well as the realization of sustainable development by carrying out organic agricultural production. The main content of sustainable management is that: - Rationalize the utilization of resource and energy. - Maximize economic benefit. - Minimize harm to humans and the environment. Examines business strategies that have successfully targeted markets, such as advertising, labeling, gaining consumer trust, partnerships, and diversifying operations. These included management skills, and marketing organic and other sustainably grown products to determine strategies for developing new markets for these products. Suggests that consumers are becoming more aware of the importance of environmentally sound methods for growing food, the health benefits of wholesome food, and are willing to pay more for these products.

The Study on the Licensed Restaurant Cooks' Understanding of the Environment-friendly Management System - Based on the Examples of H Group's ESH Management System - (친환경 경영 체제의 레스토랑 조리사의 의식도에 관한 연구 - H그룹 ESH 경영 시스템 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Seo, Min-Suk
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.50-69
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    • 2005
  • Environmental matters have more influence on business performances. Consequently, as a way to cope with environmental matters, much more interests in environment-friendly management have increased recently. First-rated hotels and food-service restaurants have been concentrating on gaining ISO 14001 EMS(Environment Management System), which is regarded as objective and international, to solve and prevent environmental matters. However, there are some internal and external problems emerged in the food-service industry and first-rated hotels. Therfore, covering the examples of ESH(Environment Safety Health) management which was developed by H group and based on ISO 14001 EMS, this study aims to observe merits of ISO 14001 EMS as a model that can develop an environment management system, and to consider an improvement plan for better understanding of licensed cooks in restaurants.

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Review of Ancient Wisdom of Qanat, and Suggestions for Future Water Management

  • Taghavi-Jeloudar, Mohsen;Han, Mooyoung;Davoudi, Mohammad;Kim, Mikyeong
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 2013
  • Arid areas have a significant problem with water supply due to climate change and high water demand. More than 3,000 years ago, Persians started constructing elaborate tunnel systems called Qanat for extracting groundwater for agriculture and domestic usages in arid and semi-arid areas and dry deserts. In this paper, it has been demonstrated that ancient methods of water management, such as the Qanat system, could provide a good example of human wisdom to battle with water scarcity in a sustainable manner. The purpose of this paper is twofold: Review of old wisdom of Qanat-to review the history of this ancient wisdom from the beginning until now and study the Qanat condition at the present time and to explore why (notwithstanding that there are significant advantages to the Qanat system), it will no longer be used; and suggestions for future water management-to suggest a number of new methods based on new materials and technology to refine and protect Qanats. With these new suggestions it could be possible to refine and reclaim this method of extracting water in arid areas. Also, a new multi-purpose water management model has been introduced based on rainwater infiltration management over the Qanat system as the model can be applied either in dry or wet cities to solve current urban water problems.

The Survey for Environmental Management of Korea Detector Dog (국내 탐지견의 환경 및 위생 관리 현황 조사)

  • Lee, Eun-Chae;Jeong, Ha-Jeong;Hwang, Seong-Gu;Lee, Sang-Rak
    • Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.177-182
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    • 2014
  • This research was conducted to grasp the present condition of environmental management relating to Korea detector dogs that performed their duties such as detection and lifesaving. We directly conducted a survey throughout visit to five government agencies. In environmental management case, average length and width of kennels were 1.78 m and 3.50 m, respectively. Types of floor were searched as coating cement, tile, ucrete and concrete. Most of government agencies ventilated kennels using ventilation fan systems with natural ventilation. But there were differences between government agencies in frequencies of the sanitary management items. On the other side, major diseases of the German shepherd breed as a major detector dog were in order of arthritis, measles, earache, and dermatosis. And their daily training time was average 4 hours. Finally, it is thought that these results could be used as a basic data of standard breeding management manual of Korea detector dog.

Land Use Management Issues of the Urban Fringe in the UK

  • Kim, Soo-Bong;Kim, Yong-Bum;Jung, Eung-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.511-519
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    • 2003
  • It is difficult to define the urban fringe using a specific geographical designation in the physical planning system because the existence of the urban fringe is certainly not equal in all directions from the inner urban area to the rural area, and is often a discontinuous spatial phenomenon from the inner fringe to the urban shadow. Nevertheless, the urban fringe raises land use management issues which stem from its own peculiar set of land use characteristics. For example, in the UK, how the public can enjoy access to the countryside in the urban fringe while at the same time recognising and acknowledging the importance of landowners and farmers property rights\ulcorner how can a poor quality environment and degraded landscape be improved aesthetically and physically to meet the multiple recreational needs of a diverse population when local authorities are confronted with limited ability to fund and acquire land for these purposes\ulcorner The challenge of addressing these land use management issues necessitates approaches which build a coalition of interest groups and public and non-government organizations in the management processes in order to improve the physical, economic and social environments and facilitate the management mechanism.

Interlocking Earthen Masonry Units for Sustainable Residential Building Construction

  • Lubbering, Noah;Awolusi, Ibukun;Langar, Sandeep;Schultz, Arturo
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1024-1031
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    • 2022
  • In addressing the goal for sustainability in the construction industry, the very materials used for construction and the methods utilized to implement said materials must be analyzed. Specifically, some traditional residential construction materials consist of wood, steel, and concrete. Because these materials vary in their levels of sustainability, there is a need to develop and explore new or other materials that can be used for residential construction. The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of interlocking earthen masonry units (IEMU) as an alternative option for residential building construction. This is in an effort to explore the variables impacting their existing and potential applications as sustainable materials and a method for residential building construction. IEMU's are then examined under the triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability framework which includes analyzing the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of IEMU's. The findings of this review may lead to further progression in the development of a framework for evaluating U.S. stakeholder adoption of IEMU's and potential implementation in U.S. residential construction.

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A Public and Environmental Economic Analysis of Management Aspects and Institutional Management Framework of Marine Recreational Fisheries (해양낚시(해양유어)의 제도적 관리 타당성에 관한 공공경제학 및 환경경제학적 분석연구)

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    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.137-156
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    • 2003
  • Increasingly, leisure time is being used for outdoor recreational activities, and fishing is one of the principal forms of marine recreation. Marine recreational fishing is a popular activity in Korea and this activity has led to the development of a sector of substantial social and economic value. Also it is considered as one of the important outdoor leisure industries in Korea. With rising of income level and development of marine outdoor leisure industries, social, economic demand increase of marine recreational fishing are showing us new advance ability of marine aquatic bio-industry. However the recreational use of fish stocks has become an important consideration in the public and environmental economic analysis of management aspect of fishing, having grown considerably over recent years to reach a level in Korea where the fish stocks and coastal ecosystem has become a significant management problem. we are inevitably facing marine environmental deterioration and overfishing in marine recreational fishing. In this study, not only resources and environmental problems which are occurred by recreational fishers, but also illegal fishing behaviors and other problems such as market's failure are going to analyze basic management theories and methods of recreational fishing through mathematical principals and economic rents which maximize net social benefits. In view of the likelihood of marine recreational fishers adopting high rates of discount, the conservation of fish resources would appear to require continual public surveillance and control of the physical yield and condition of the fish stocks and the optimal use level. The institutional management of recreational fisheries is the way of escaping the collapse of recreational fisheries just like as the situation of management's failure of commercial fisheries worldwide. One of the effective management measure is a license system. In this system, optimal fee is paid by recreational fishers, which prevent them from overfishing, environmental problems to some extents and carry out the optimal number of outings. And money obtained by license fee should be spent for more improvement fishing culture and welfare for marine recreational fishing. Marine recreational fishing is to be promoted under sound conservation and management principles.

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Global Trends in Mercury Management

  • Kim, Dae-Seon;Choi, Kyunghee
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.364-373
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    • 2012
  • The United Nations Environmental Program Governing Council has regulated mercury as a global pollutant since 2001 and has been preparing the mercury convention, which will have a strongly binding force through Global Mercury Assessment, Global Mercury Partnership Activities, and establishment of the Open-Ended Working Group on Mercury. The European Union maintains an inclusive strategy on risks and contamination of mercury, and has executed the Mercury Export Ban Act since December in 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency established the Mercury Action Plan (1998) and the Mercury Roadmap (2006) and has proposed systematic mercury management methods to reduce the health risks posed by mercury exposure. Japan, which experienced Minamata disease, aims vigorously at perfection in mercury management in several ways. In Korea, the Ministry of Environment established the Comprehensive Plan and Countermeasures for Mercury Management to prepare for the mercury convention and to reduce risks of mercury to protect public health.

Marketing Knowledge Management and Innovation Performance: Examining the Moderating Role of Business Environmental Volatility

  • Li, Yinnan;Kim, Jongsung;Lee, Young Woo
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.51-69
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    • 2020
  • This study empirically examines the link between marketing knowledge management and innovation performance focusing on the moderating role of business environmental volatility. We define marketing knowledge management as the integration of knowledge generation, knowledge dissemination and knowledge storage. Using a unique data set that consists of 439 employees at 156 firms in China, we find that knowledge dissemination and knowledge storage have a positive effect on innovation performance. Also found is the negative moderating effect of business environmental volatility on innovation performance. Our findings suggest that firms should strengthen their marketing knowledge management to improve innovation performance and stay flexible to cope with the ever-changing and often volatile market environments.