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The implementation of socially sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices (i.e. assessment and collaboration) to tackle suppliers’ social deficiencies (e.g. the use of child labour) often requires a level of cooperation that can be difficult to establish. Despite this daunting...
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, substantial leverage effects for sustainability in supply chains (SCs) can be expected by reducing adverse impacts on society and … to empirically analyse the challenges associated with establishing social sustainability. The case study research is … in SA. Our findings suggest that (social) sustainability in the institutional field is mainly shaped by the Social and …
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Does responsible leadership matter when assembling an inclusive supply chain at the Base-of-the-Pyramid (BOP)? Current literature implicitly assumes that it does not. BOP scholars initially focused on the importance of shaping innovative and disruptive offerings, with radically improved...
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international buyers from firm-level corporate social responsibility (CSR) towards social sustainability of their emerging country … suppliers. We theorize, in this paper, that the effectiveness of lead firms' GVC governance strategies for social sustainability … institutions exert legal and civil society pressures for social sustainability, which shape suppliers' attitude and receptiveness …
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Labour issues in global supply chains have been a thorny problem for both buyer firms and their suppliers. Research initially focused mostly on the bilateral relationship between buyer firms and suppliers, looking at arm’s-length and close collaboration modes, and the associated mechanisms of...
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We explore offshore outsourcing through the lenses of Catholic Social Teaching (CST). First, we review the outcomes of … the 30-year debate in business ethics on issues related to offshore outsourcing. We then cluster authors into two groups … of offshoring. In the second part, we present and apply the four fundamental principles of the CST (human dignity …
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-sector partnerships and multi-stakeholder engagement for sustainability have consequently taken shape. But the call for collaboration has …-based partnerships to effectively serve the purpose of a common sustainability agenda? In selecting nine scholarly contributions, this …
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