“…At present, to coordinate, manage, and monitor the sustainability practices of their supplier networks, AMNEs primarily rely on top-down sustainability governance mechanisms such as contracts, social audits, certifications, or codes of conduct ( Arora & De, 2020 ; Huq, Stevenson, & Zorzini, 2014 ; Van Tulder, Van Wijk, & Kolk, 2009 ; Yu, 2008 ). However, cross-disciplinary research (e.g., Fung, 2003 ; Schouten, Leroy, & Glasbergen, 2012 ; Soundararajan, Brown, & Wicks, 2019 ) has highlighted the numerous issues that affect these governance mechanisms.…”