Exploring the Discourse on Sustainability in Public Procurement: A Q Methodology Study in Development Cooperation Programmes | Zendy

Alberto Asquer | Zendy; Igor Marcialis | Zendy

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Exploring the Discourse on Sustainability in Public Procurement: A Q Methodology Study in Development Cooperation Programmes

Author(s) -

Alberto Asquer,

Igor Marcialis

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

yearbook of swiss administrative sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2632-9255

DOI - 10.5334/ssas.68

Subject(s) - procurement , sustainability , variety (cybernetics) , business , function (biology) , sustainable development , public relations , environmental planning , environmental resource management , political science , marketing , economics , ecology , computer science , geography , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , law , biology

During last decades, the function of public procurement has been increasingly affected by the ecological and ethical principle of ‘sustainability’. Yet, relatively little we know about how public officers think about sustainability in public procurement. This Q methodology study provides some evidence of the variety of views held on what sustainable procurement is, what are the effects of sustainable procurement on organisational practices, and how sustainability principles should be implemented.

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