Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain: An Application in the Food Industry

Maloni, Michael J.; Brown, Michael E.

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“…Nike's child labour) that have attracted great attention from the public. The first leading article on this development path is by Maloni and Brown (2006). Given the importance of CSR issues (e.g.…”

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“…Despite its absence on the main path, we believe their contribution is also crucial in terms of explaining the infusion of CSR issues into purchasing and supply management. Another leading article at this stage is by Andersen and Skoett-Larsen (2009), mainly influenced by Maloni and Brown's (2006) discussion. Using a case study methodology, the authors examined how the Swedish retail firm, IKEA, manages CSR practices at its suppliers (e.g.…”

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“…SCR is the concept that goes beyond CSR to capture the necessary level of social sustainability for the entire supply chain. While the focus of prior studies like Maloni and Brown (2006) is the infusion of CSR issues into a supply chain, the authors advance this early, broad approach by shifting its focus to SCR, thus providing a better understanding of social responsibility that fitted into a supply chain context. It should be noted that their theoretical background is in line with that of the work by Eltantawy et al (2009).…”

Section: Incorporating Ethical and Social Responsibility Into Suppliersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethical Sourcing: An Analysis of the Literature and Implications for Future Research

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The purpose of this study is to present a rigorous, focused review on how this field of ethical sourcing research has grown and evolved over the decades, providing implications for future research. We combine two research methodologies in this study: a systematic literature review and a citation network analysis. The former is used as a scientific tool to select the most relevant ethical sourcing articles, while the latter is then applied as a research technique to analyse these selected articles. Such a combined approach allows for a rigorous investigation into this field of research in a more scientific and objective way. Based on this approach, we identify (1) distinctive features of ethical sourcing studies such as growth trends and content issues; (2) important articles that have played a significant role in developing this field; (3) evolutionary paths that show how its knowledge has been created and transferred; (4) emerging trends that have received growing attention in the recent literature; (5) main research areas that underlie the entire ethical sourcing studies; and (6) major implications that need to be pursued in future research. The results of this study provide not only the current status of the literature but also the patterns of evolution in this field of research, thus contributing to the existing literature.

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Ethical Sourcing: An Analysis of the Literature and Implications for Future Research

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“…Their investigations cover topics such as green purchasing strategy (Azzone et al 1997, Min andGalle 2001) or how to make purchasing tools greener (Noci 1997, Schlegelmilch et al 1996, Vachon and Klassen 2006. The third strand in the literature highlights social responsibility issues in purchasing (Boyd et al 2007, Carter 2004, 2005, Drumwright 1994, Malomi and Brown 2006. The above-mentioned literature is closely related in content to the general literature on sustainability although, since the authors focus on individual elements of the sustainability concept, the results are hard to compare.…”

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Motivations Behind Sustainable Purchasing

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2011

Environmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management

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Sustainability issues in purchasing are receiving greater attention. Literature is rapidly growing, with several research programs being initiated to investigate the topic. This study presents the results of a research project which aims to reveal and structure the motivating forces leading companies to make efforts in sustainability purchasing and the means used to attain achievements in some fields of sustainability. Results presented in the literature are scattered in terms of the fields of sustainability: most of the studies focus only on green or corporate social responsibility issues and there is a lack of exploratory models. Sustainability in purchasing is addressed in a comprehensive way including green, social responsibility and corporate growth issues. After presenting the results of a literature review, theoretical development was undertaken to create a framework in which it is possible to describe the means of sustainability applied and the motivating forces behind them. This framework serves as the basis for an empirical investigation among Hungarian companies. Empirical results confirm the usefulness of the theoretical framework: the number and the characteristics of sustainability activities were determined by the particular types of motivation -to avoid negative effects, to achieve compliance with expectations and to attain positive effects.

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“…Auroi (2004), Lyon (2007), Maloni and Brown (2006) and Tallontire (2000) discussed the supply chain network structures between a fair trade company and their growing communities, Reynolds (2002) and Renard (1999) use networks to analyse the value chain within fair trade, and Nichols and Opal (2005) used social network theory as a method of analysing the way in which fair trade has communicated with the market and provide a structural review of the industry. However none of these works has explored the extent to which inter-firm networks have formed the basis of the competitive fair trade company, discussed the benefits accrued by fair trade companies from their networks or identified how these networks are managed.…”

Section: Fair Trade and Networkmentioning

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Alliances and Networks: Creating Success in the UK Fair Trade Market

Davies

2008

J Bus Ethics

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Data from a longitudinal study into the key management success factors the fair trade industry, provides insights into the essential nature of inter-organisational alliances and networks in creating the profitable and growing fair trade market in the UK.Drawing on three case studies and extensive industry interviews, we provide an interpretive perspective on the organisational relationships and business networks, and the way in which these have engendered success for UK fair trade companies. Three types of benefit are derived from the networks, Competitive Developments through virtual integration the organisations remain flexible and small whilst projecting size to the market, Intellectual Developments through the sharing of intellectual capital with a diverse network of organisations in many fields, and Ideological Developments through an Ideological Network of like minded individuals the companies can protect themselves from the assimilation of the original purpose of fair trade, to help the developing world. However, relative success at leveraging these benefits is influenced by three managerial factors, Partner Choice, Partner Use and Partner Management. Key WordsFair trade Commercialisation Alliances and networks Ideology IntroductionThe fair trade movement sprang from a desire to encourage community development in some of the most deprived areas of the world (Brown, 1993). Fair trade is achieved through the "application, monitoring and enforcement of a fair trade supply agreement 3 and code of conduct typically verified by an independent social auditing system" (Crane and Matten, 2004: p.333). Despite its public perception of being almost like a charity (Mintel, 2004), many fair trade organisations are, in-fact, profit seeking organisations (Davies and Crane, 2003, Moore, 2004). Similarly brands are now aimed at targeting mainstream customer groups and compete head-to-head for shelf space with major retail brands (Low and Davenport, 2006;Moore, 2004; Nichols and Opal, 2005;Wilkinson, 2007). Therefore despite distribution of profits (and supply chains) differing from many businesses within their markets the processes of marketing, sales and logistics are, in principle, identical to other small, social entrepreneurial start up companies (see Mair, Robinson and Hockerts, 2006;Davies, 2007). This paper investigates the importance of inter-organisational alliances and networks in creating the profitable and growing fair trade market in the UK. Drawing on three case studies, data from longitudinal participant observation, interviews and secondary sources provide an interpretive perspective on the organisational relationships and business networks. Focusing on the benefits that accrue from networked partnerships, not the structure of these partnerships, the contribution of this paper is to bring the importance of these networks to the fore in future fair trade discussions. This research uncovers that alliances and inter-company networks have been purposefully embedded in the fair trade industry since it...

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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain: An Application in the Food Industry

Cited by 810 publications

References 78 publications

Ethical Sourcing: An Analysis of the Literature and Implications for Future Research

Ethical Sourcing: An Analysis of the Literature and Implications for Future Research

Motivations Behind Sustainable Purchasing

Alliances and Networks: Creating Success in the UK Fair Trade Market

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