IT-Supported Assurance of Environmental Law Compliance in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
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In Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) the environmental compliance management practice is often based on relatively rudimentary work structures and IT solutions with inherent limitations for business process efficiency. Due to the growing complexity of environmental regulations and related corporate obligations that when violated may result into severe fines – today more than ever firms are forced to improve their compliance management practice. In this article an SME-specific business process reference model for environmental compliance management is proposed which has been developed based on qualitative data. The model enables companies to obtain and continuously maintain a complete set of work flows for efficient IT-supported assurance of environmental law compliance. The software solution Compliance Center Professional (CCPro) is built on the principles of the model. An overview of CCPro is contained in the article in order to exemplify the compliance management work practice targeted in our research framework. Keywords—Environmental Compliance, Environmental Management Information Systems, Business Process Efficiency, Small Medium Sized Enterprises, Green IT
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