scholarly journals Corporate Social Accountability Standards in the Global Supply Chain: Resistance, Reconsideration and Resolution in China

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Wen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Accountability Standards ◽  
Corporate Social Accountability ◽  
Corporate Social

Fire at Tazreen Fashions: fixing responsibility in a global supply chain

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-16
Author(s):  
C. Gopinath ◽  
Muntakim M. Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Role Of The Government

Synopsis The case describes the evolution of Bangladesh's garment industry, the second largest garment exporter in the world, and its operational problems. The focus is on the fire that occurred on November 24, 2012 at Tazreen Fashions, a unit that is a part of a global supply chain for US and European retailers. The case explores the role of the government, western retailers, industry association and NGOs subsequent to the fire, and shows how increasing CSR expectations of corporations are making them take on responsibility for what should be that of the government or the garment unit. Research methodology Secondary sources; published materials. Relevant courses and levels International Business, Business and Society, Supply Chain Management, Doing Business in Emerging Markets. Theoretical basis Corporate social responsibility stakeholder theory market entry.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility Implemented by SA8000 Standard in Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Eva Abramuszkinová Pavlíková ◽  
Marcela Basovníková ◽  
Peter Huber
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Accountability Standards ◽  
Corporate Social

n this paper, corporate social responsibility (CSR) adoption is measured by the implementation of SA8000 certification. This is one of the internationally most widely used social accountability standards for retailers, brand companies, suppliers and other organizations.

Supply management and corporate social responsibility: the challenge of global chain traceability

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Merminod ◽  
Gilles Paché
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Management ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Dynamic ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Corporate Social

The sustainable supply chain has become a major research topic and has given rise to a large number of academic works. These studies focus on how supply management integrates environmental, social and economic criteria allowing a network of interlinked organizations to achieve long-term economic viability. The objective of this research is to explore the paradigm shift that buyers must undergo when adopting a sustainable development approach. This new vision extends and surpasses the traditional dyadic buyer-supplier relationship that has historically dominated the field leading to a new global supply chain dynamic. The case of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris is used to question the ability of a hub firm to ensure component traceability from first-tier and second-tier suppliers and thus consolidate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. Indeed, second-tier supplier failure to comply with CSR requirements, even if the first-tier suppliers meet these requirements, may damage customer perception of the hub firm's strategic positioning. This research mobilizes the agency theory conceptual framework to illustrate that hub firms tend to trust first-tier suppliers with verifying CSR requirements in the upstream supply chain to reduce direct agency costs (monitoring and bonding expenditures). If this approach becomes widespread, it is highly likely that CSR expansion along the global supply chain will be ineffective.

An Alternative Paradigm of Managing Sustainability in the Global Supply Chain

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lai-Ling Lam
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Social And Environmental Responsibilities ◽  
Corporate Social

Based five year field work (2006-2011) in China, the author interviewed 30 Chinese executives from 20 different foreign multinational enterprises. Only two companies chose to practice more communication with their suppliers despite interests in operational efficiency. Exemplifying an alternative paradigm of managing sustainability based on thorough understandings through change of their organizational culture and relationships with their selected Chinese suppliers. Their commitment to sustainability in the global supply chain is due to the moral consciousness of their leaders and the persistence, compassion, and humbleness of their dedicated corporate social responsibility officers. There are five major barriers for managing sustainability in the global supply chain in China: seeking low cost and production efficiency; lacking internal alignments between commercial and responsible supply chain objectives; lacking incentives to practice procedural justice or develop trusting relationships with their suppliers in China in which there is weak legal enforcement system and civil society; easily bypassing many social and environmental responsibilities in China; and evasive compliance-oriented mechanism (i.e., monitoring, evaluating, reporting and sanctioning) over Chinese suppliers. Pursuing sustainability under the existing low-cost operational efficiency paradigm cannot overcome these five barriers. Managing sustainability in the global supply chain must be driven by the spirit of caring people and environment.

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