Supply Chain Management: Volume 14 Issue 2

Corporate social responsibility in global supply chains

Mette Andersen, Tage Skjoett‐Larsen

The paper aims to present a conceptual framework for analysing CSR practices in global supply chains. It also seeks to demonstrate how a pioneering Swedish company, IKEA…

Leveraging closed‐loop orientation and leadership for environmental sustainability

C. Clifford Defee, Terry Esper, Diane Mollenkopf

The paper's aim is to develop a closed‐loop supply chain orientation as a strategic alternative available to supply chain organizations seeking competitive advantage in a setting…

Supply management ethical responsibility: reputation and performance impacts

Reham A. Eltantawy, Gavin L. Fox, Larry Giunipero

There is a lack of extensive research related to the immediate consequences of supply management ethical responsibility (SMER) and the moderating and/or mediating factors that…

The many and the few: rounding up the SMEs that manage CSR in the supply chain

Esben Rahbek Pedersen

The purpose of this paper is to outline the anatomy of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that try to manage corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the supply chain.

Codes to coordinate supply chains: SMEs' experiences with SA8000

Francesco Ciliberti, Gerard de Groot, Job de Haan, Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo

Contracts and trust are mechanisms to coordinate processes in supply chains. However, contracts are incomplete and trust takes time to develop. The aim of this paper is to show…

Sustainable procurement in the United Kingdom public sector

Helen Walker, Stephen Brammer

This study aims to investigate sustainable procurement in the UK public sector.

Current status of CSR in the realm of supply management: the case of the Korean electronics industry

Ki‐Hoon Lee, Ji‐Whan Kim

The purpose of this study is two‐fold: to survey research on supply management and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reported over the past two decades; and to carry out an…

Developing supply chains in disaster relief operations through cross‐sector socially oriented collaborations: a theoretical model

François Maon, Adam Lindgreen, Joëlle Vanhamme

This study seeks to provide insights into corporate achievements in supply chain management (SCM) and logistics management and to detail how they might help disaster agencies. The…

Introduction

Adam Lindgreen, Francois Maon, Valerie Swaen