Ethics and morality in business practice

Debeljak, Jelena; Krkač, Kristijan

doi:10.1108/srj.2008.36804aaa.001

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“…Despite the relationship between the origins of the terms ethics and morals, there has been little agreement upon the distinction between the two (e.g., Grace and Cohen, 1998;Weiss, 1942). A number of authors have used the terms interchangeably (e.g., Debeljak and Krkac, 2008;Lange and Fenwick, 2008). …”

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Ethical supply chains: analysis, practices and performance measures

Yusuf

Hawkins

Musa

et al. 2014

IJLSM

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Ethics has been studied in numerous disciplines and its application to various practices has been investigated over the years such as in medicine and law. This has been relatively recently extended into the business arena, and has become a matter of growing interest for many companies. It has led to questions concerning what constitutes ethical behaviour, to what extent ethical practices should be adopted and what benefits a company may derive from its adoption. There are numerous processes involved in the transformation of a product from source to consumer, and these must be managed to produce an optimal balance of business requirements, specifically profitability, and a consideration of the wider impacts they may have or make. The supply chain has become vital to organisational success that companies now compete as supply chains rather than as individual entities. Therefore the ethical conduct of the supply chains has also begun to be scrutinised, both from an internal business performance perspective, and from the increasing concerns held by the numerous stakeholders of the organisation. In light of these developments, this paper explores the notion of ethics as it applies to supply chains. It also examines supply chain ethical practices and demonstrates that there is an empirical relationship between ethical practices and performance. The results show that ethical practices have positive impacts on the performance of the supply chain. Ethical supply chains 473

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Ethical supply chains: analysis, practices and performance measures

Yusuf

Hawkins

Musa

et al. 2014

IJLSM

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“…Multiple reports mention lagging CSR performance of Asian companies with respect to their western counterpart (KPMG, 2005). Also, there is a lack of encouragement for companies in India to adopt a socially sustainable model (Debeljak and Krkac, 2008). Moreover, in developed nations, the awareness level is very high among stakeholders who act as a pressure group to ensure credible CSR practices.…”

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The value in doing good: perspective from the Indian manufacturing sector

Jha

2021

SRJ

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Purpose This study aims to identity the component of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and examine its role in industrial brand equity creation. This study examines the path via value proposition derived by industrial buyers through social performance of suppliers. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from the means-end chain paradigm, this study develops a conceptual model illustrating consequences of CSR perception. The model is empirically tested with 404 purchasing managers of manufacturing firms in India. Findings This study finds an empirical link between the CSR perception among industry buyers with consumption value and subsequent impact on industrial brand equity of suppliers. This study addresses the conundrum related to the role of social performance of supplier in purchase decision. Research limitations/implications The brand preference decision among industrial buyers has majorly focused on price quality conundrum. The supplier groups emphasis on providing the value to customer group across the price quality continuum. However, with growing importance of social accountability, the social performance of suppliers has become integral to decision-making for decision-makers. The supplier groups are expected to create offering with amalgamation of social responsiveness. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate the impact of CSR perception on value proposition for industrial buyers. Multiple theories have advanced the importance of value in brand equity; the empirical study is probably first in the context.

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Ethics and morality in business practice

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Ethical supply chains: analysis, practices and performance measures

Ethical supply chains: analysis, practices and performance measures

The value in doing good: perspective from the Indian manufacturing sector

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