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Case Study 4

Mark T Gamber

School of Business Liberty University

Author’s Note

Mark T. Gamber

I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mark Gamber

at mgamber1@liberty.edu

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1. As we are revising the book, the coronavirus epidemic is disrupting normal life. What is

the impact of this disruption on carbon emission? What drives this impact?

With the onset of the coronavirus, a worldwide pandemic economies have been put to the

ultimate test. With the largely unsuccessful draconic lockdowns and restrictions of personal

freedoms individuals at least are using their private vehicles less. Of course, on the flip side is

that instead of having an few hundred offices filled with a work force of people and schools

filled with children using electricity and heat during the daytime, we now have millions and

millions of houses using these resources within their houses all day and night. These measures

caused significant alterations in different sectors, mainly transportation, industrial, residential

and public buildings, and power generation around the globe (Global Energy Review, n.d.).

As pointed out by Sikarwar, Reichert, Jeremias, and Manovic (2021) “So, there might be an

overall reduction of carbon emissions due to less commuter traffic and air traffic. COVID-19

enforced lockdowns led to temporary reduction in anthropogenic CO

emission” (p. 1). The true

impact of the coronavirus on carbon emissions would be an interesting study to determine

whether it was a net decrease or a net increase with emissions just being shifted from one source

to another i.e., from commuter traffic to commercial traffic and office buildings to individual

houses.

2. Should a company coordinate supply chain risk management strategies with

sustainability strategies? If so, how?

It would seem that supply chain risk management strategies and sustainability strategies

have little to do with each other. The concepts presented for supply chain risk management are

for mitigation of potential failures that not only can occur but are likely to occur which will

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Case Study 4 1 Case Study 4 Mark T Gamber School of Business Liberty University Author’s Note Mark T. Gamber I have no known conflict of interest to disclose. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mark Gamber at mgamber1@liberty.edu Case Study 4 2 1. As we are revising the book, the coronavirus epidemic is disrupting normal life. What is the impact of this disruption on carbon emission? What drives this impact? With the onset of the coronavirus, a worldwide pandemic economies have been put to the ultimate test. With the largely unsuccessful draconic lockdowns and restrictions of personal freedoms individuals at least are using their private vehicles less. Of course, on the flip side is that instead of having an few hundred offices filled with a work force of people and schools filled with children using electricity and heat during the daytime, we now have millions and millions of houses using these resources within their houses all day and night. These measures caused significant alterations in different sectors, mainly transportation, industrial, residential and public buildings, and power generation around the globe (Global Energy Review, n.d.). As pointed out by Sikarwar, Reichert, Jeremias, and Manovic (2021) “So, there might be an overall reduction of carbon emissions due to less commuter traffic and air traffic. COVID-19 enforced lockdowns led to temporary reduction in anthropogenic CO2 emission” (p. 1). The true impact of the coro ...
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