Wednesday – February 8, 2012
LOCATION:
Austin Community College (ACC) Highland Business Center (HBC)
6:00 – 6:30 PM - Networking Time6:30 – 7:30 PM - Main Speaker Presentation
7:30 – 7:45 PM - Announcements
7:45 – 8:00 PM - Door Prizes TOPIC: “Social Responsibility & Management Systems” – a Silicon Laboratories Case Study
The link between ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or sustainability is not always clear. Practitioners may be implementing a management system based on ISO, but may not be aware of how to use sustainability metrics as a tool to demonstrate commitment to P3 (people, planet, and profits), otherwise known as the Triple Bottom Line (TBL).
This session will be presented as a case study – how Silicon Laboratories, a silicon chip producer, incorporates ISO into their sustainable practices and vice versa (sustainability into ISO) – what activities are being investigated and/or undertaken; what measures are being used to gauge progress; and what actions have been taken by management.
The focus will be on building/facilities rather than chip production, to provide a more widely applicable study that any attendee will benefit from.
Using these examples, the attendee then can examine his/her own systems, to identify and improve sustainability implementation practices.
SPEAKER BIOS:
Mary McDonald is a seasoned management systems professional who has written numerous books and articles on management systems integration and sustainability. She is CEO/CTO of McDonald Consulting Group, a firm that specializes in system implementation and improvement. She is a Senior member of ASQ and a Fellow of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society. www.mcdcg.com
Michael Brucker is the Quality & Environmental Systems Manager of Silicon Laboratories. He is an ASQ Certified Quality Manager, Engineer, and Auditor, and is pursuing his Master of Science degree in Quality Management from Eastern Michigan University. He resides with his beautiful bride and two strapping sons in Austin TX.
