Lean Management System LMS:2012

Lean Key Performance Indicators  ◾  51

are socially irresponsible because one or more stakeholders in the supply

chain—customers, suppliers, employees, and/or investors—have to pay for

them. No agenda that raises the cost of a basic necessity like food through

carbon taxes, cap and trade, or corn ethanol subsidies can claim to be

socially responsible. The same goes for an agenda that raises the cost of

energy to heat, cool, and illuminate homes or to transport people to and

from their jobs. The destruction of working people’s jobs through higher

energy costs that encourage manufacturers to move offshore is anything but

socially responsible.