You are a new buyer in the Purchasing organization of a large multinational firm with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. One of your responsibilities includes working with the information systems organization to acquire the best value single-user portable computers for the firm. The firm is on a three year replacement cycle for these devices and each year acquires roughly 7,000 portables and associated accessories at a cost of about $10 million. As you review the previous years purchasing recommendation, you notice that the choice of hardware vendors was based solely on getting the most powerful computers at the lowest possible price. There was no consideration of the environmental impact of these devices, their energy efficiency, and the level of hardware maintenance effort required to keep them running. Should you attempt to introducethese factors into the purchasing decision? You are concerned that the others involved in the selection of laptop vendors may ignore your suggestions and view you as a newcomer critical of previous practices. Should you drop this line of thought? If not, what is the best way to proceed to ensure these factors are given consideration? Give your thoughts after analysing the situation rationally which must reflect your in-depth knowledge and concerns about green computing.