Social Responsibility

Climate Change Presentation for Monthly Section ...

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Dear ASQ Section Leader, I’ve given twenty-three talks on climate change to ASQ Sections over the past three ...

David Saunders Jan '23

Food Insecurity

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One day on the radio several years ago I heard this statement - "Over 800,000 kids in Chicago have food ...

Steven Schuelka Apr '20

Final Auditor working hours?

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Hi team, Would you please share with me a Standard for Auditors working hours? any policy on breaks, working ...

Ismael Castillo Apr '20

Apr '20

Hi Ismael - I'm not sure if this is the most helpful, but our team put together a blog on of resources on how to conduct ...

Keeping workers safe from infection at work - Clean and ...

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A website was recently created to reduce contamination issues at a factory. It was developed by a local ...

Brion Hurley Apr '20

Apr '20

Hi Brion - Thanks for sharing! This is great.

Is America in the midst of a Cold Civil War?

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An article with the premise that the U.S. is in a Cold Civil War titled " America’s Cold Civil War" by Charles R. ...

Timothy Clark Jan '20

Jan '20

Whether common or special cause will depend on what metric you use to evaluate it. And will be difficult to get good ...

Jan '20

What metrics would you use to assess the stability of the political system?

What percent of policies supported ...

Free Book: Lean Six Sigma for Good

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I was asked to post the link to my free book in this discussion topic, for those who might be interested Lean Six Sigma ...

Brion Hurley May '18

Jun '18

Thanks! I'll give it a read. -Joe W.

Jun '18

Love it!

Nov '19

Ever wonder what a LSS project is like? Here's a podcast that discusses what a difference LSS can have with ...

Nov '19

Thank you, I look forward to reading!

Nov '19

Thanks for sharing, Joe!
It was nice speaking to you about the work you did!

SR: It's more than just responsibility to the ...

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The recently attended a workshop on B Corp certification to investigate the "what about us?" question. I was happy ...

Gregory Keyes Apr '19

Apr '19

Fascinating questions. I am going to have to do a little research and contemplation before answering these. A ...

What should we do about global recycling falling a ...

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As you may already know, China was the largest importer of recycling and they are no longer accepting our ...

Hadassah Mativetsky Mar '19

Mar '19

My personal view is that whoever manufactured & sold the item that should be recycled has responsibility for doing ...

Mar '19

I think companies are slowly starting to embrace zero waste concepts, and going back to their suppliers to see what ...

Ethics & AI... Should we be concerned?

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Someone I met at the recent ASQ meetings in Dallas followed up with me regarding an interesting topic. The question ...

Jennifer Stepniowski Mar '19

Mar '19

Ethics should govern human behavior. In the case of AI, the outcomes are not necessarily behavioral but the ...

Mar '19

I am adding Hadassah Mativetsky ‍ to this conversation which combines SR and technologies. Also Nicole ...

Mar '19

Daniel Zrymiak ‍,

You say AI outcomes are the result of algorithms and programming logic. In a strict sense, this is ...

Mar '19

Our concern for ethics should go far beyond AI.

That said, it will be interesting to see how we deal with biases that ...

Mar '19

And another critical issue is who defines what is and is not ethical? Will there need to be a different AI app for ...

Doing well by doing good - report on Social ...

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Hi everyone, attached is a report titled "Doing Well By Doing Good" by the Evolution Institute. The report is on ...

Hadassah Mativetsky Nov '18

Dec '18

Thank you for sharing this. I found the 3 recommendations at the end to resonate effectively with me.

Jan '19

"Interesting" article that seems to lump all of capitalism in the "Greed is Good" worldview [characterizing it as ...