The role of manufacturing in affecting the social dimension of sustainability

Abstract

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Understanding Interdependencies among Social Sustainability Evaluation Criteria in an Emerging Economy

“…Interests and rights of employees (SSC5) and employment practices (SSC8) deal with employees (primary stakeholders). Communities, suppliers, and employees all have related by different stake in the sustainment of the focal firm, and what might be a responsible social decision in the eyes of one stakeholder might not be seen in the same light as others [28,65,66]. According to Ehrgott et al [15], stakeholder views in SCSS research have been started being examined recently.…”

Managing the Socially Sustainable Global Manufacturing Network

“…The integrated approach is particularly advantageous by including the distribution, service and transport network within the strategic redesign of the production network [4]. Concepts for production networks, slightly modified from [2,3,5] In short, the figure actually systematizes the following eight (or two times four) generic features for designing production networks:…”

“…By means of industrial examples, this paper exploits the effects of offshoring and re-shoring in global manufacturing networks from the social and economic dimensions of sustainability The customers are part of the society in which the remote location is integrated, and sometimes even part of the local community. This makes the question of the potential for manufacturing to be a bridge towards mutual benefits important [2]. In particular the fourth reason demands to offshore activities to low-wage countries.…”

“…In particular the fourth reason demands to offshore activities to low-wage countries. The social dimension of sustainability then becomes important related to potential reputation problems in the sales markets [2].…”

Field of Research in Sustainable Manufacturing

“…This is in accordance with the observation provided by Arena et al in 2009 already, in their extensive state-of-the-art of industrial sustainability study: while the social dimension of sustainability is generally viewed to be worth considering, only few specific solutions have been provided to date which address these social issues. In their summary of published research on the role of manufacturing in social sustainability, Sutherland et al (2016) state that manufacturing enterprise still lacks standardised approaches for internalising social sustainability and for outlining directions of future work in order to mitigate this situation, such as the further development of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA).…”