Purpose – This paper seeks to describe an integrated management systems (IMS) approach for the integration of corporate sustainability into business processes. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of published literature was conducted. Building on existing research, the paper...

Purpose – This paper seeks to describe an integrated management systems (IMS) approach for the integration of corporate sustainability into business processes. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of published literature was conducted. Building on existing research, the paper...

This paper illustrates a perennial self‐audit model for quality management system (QMS) improvement. The model is based on the concepts of self‐ and nano‐audits, which directly contradict the two central tenets of classical auditing, namely auditor independence and the discrete nature of...

Because of the avalanche of management system standards for business functions ranging from quality and environment to corporate social responsibility, integration of management systems that these standards describe has become a popular topic of research and practice. This paper provides a...

Purpose – In recent years, the number of management systems (MSs) has sharply increased. These MSs can be certified with, for example, the quality standard ISO 9001 or the environmental standard ISO 14001 and they can subsequently be integrated into one single, jointly managed system. The main...