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A Framework for Understanding Ethical Supply Chain Decision Making

The purpose of this article is to review the domain of ethical decision making in supply chain management for the purpose of suggesting how further research in this area may be developed. We examine the evolving nature of supply chain management and current efforts to include ethical decision making in supply chain management decision making. We show that, while there is growing concern with ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability , the current state of the field is fragmented with the majority of articles reviewed focusing on specific issues rather than a more holistic approach. We then review ethical decision making models from Ferrell and Gresham (1985) and Hunt and Vitell (1986) widely used in analyzing marketing ethics and use these models to suggest a framework for ethical decision making in supply chain management.

Supply chain management ethics: Analyze the Business

International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2020

Abstract- The purpose of this paper is to describe a conceptual framework of Supply Chain Management Ethics (SCM-ethics). In any organization and related business, it is very important to understand the need for business ethics and examine the moral and ethical values of the flow of business work. It can be said that business ethics is the pillar for every business and organization because whenever the industry for business is communicating with their clients, employees and related people. The ethics and the social image of the organization will be in the focus for all the, directly and indirectly, persons who are part of the organization or activities as well as passively contributing in the growth of organization. Government has already established law and regulations for every trade now it is is the duty of any business for an organization to follow these rules and guidelines to maintain the dignity and trust of all towards the business. There are many factors which are directly ...

Chapter 20: Ethical supply chain practices to achieve supply chain resilience

Handbook of Research on Supply Chain Resiliency, Efficiency, and Visibility in the Post- Pandemic Era, 2022

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical supply chain practices have been the focus of several supply chain stakeholders, such as firms, suppliers, governments and consumers. The pandemic caused a disruption that forced supply chains to reorganise their activities and sometimes make unethical decisions to ensure business survival or satisfy customers. In light of several scandals, stakeholders require increased transparency in the supply chain, and recent norms of sustainable procurement highlight its importance in this mission. The chapter revises all key concepts of business ethics, supply chain practices and supply chain resilience to explore, through the COVID-19 pandemic, unethical supply chain practices and propose solutions and recommendations based on practitioners' and researchers' studies.

Ethics and Competitiveness in Supply Chain Management

This study is motivated by a need for consideration of both ethics and competitiveness through supply chain activities and its management. This research, from the perspectives of Bosnian firms' employees, aims to identify the frequency and personal disturbance level of ethics and human rights issues, experienced supply chains and competitiveness of the local companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, how managers handle ethics and human rights issues through their business and with their employees, and how code of ethics have influences in the business level. In order to explore these issues, we adopted a survey based study which has been conducted on 185 employees of Bosnian firms from six different cities in BIH. The results mainly indicated that the employees of the surveyed companies strongly believe that their companies have considered ethics while constructing their business and supply chains. They moreover assumed that their companies do not have ethical problems. However, they...

The effects of codes of ethics on the supply chain: A comparison of LEs and SMEs

The journal of business and economic studies, 2013

This paper focuses on comparing the experiences of Large Enterprises (LEs) and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the U.S. to determine whether codes of ethics have (a) created ethical environments that lead to good behaviors, (b) been shared with members of the supply chain, and (c) impacted behaviors of members of the supply chain. The research utilized survey methodology. We used ANOVA and Factor Analysis as the tools for analyzing the data in the study. Results showed that most LEs and SMEs have formal codes of ethics, communicate their codes to employees, and provide training on these codes. However, the beneficial impact of ethics codes is more pronounced when codes are formally communicated to others and when management and employees are perceived as committed to responsible behaviors. More LEs share codes with members of their supply chains than do SMEs. However, sharing one's code of ethics has limited impacts on the behaviors of either vendor or customer employees. The extant research on the effectiveness of ethics codes has concentrated on experiences of LEs and has not been conclusive. Research addressing the experiences of SMEs is severely limited and primarily relates to European firms. These are critical shortcomings because: (a) the majority of firms in the U.S. and Europe are SMEs, and (b) the characteristics, structures, and operations of SMEs are different from those of large firms, thus making extrapolation to SMEs inappropriate. Our research is original because it addresses these two issues specifically in the context of the supply chain function.

Ethical Issues in Global Supply Chain

Despite all technological advances, global supply chains are always based on the interaction of people. And wherever people interact, a kaleidoscope of ethical issues emerges.

Ethical Issues in Global Supply Chains

Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, 2007

Despite all technological advances, global supply chains are always based on the interaction of people. And wherever people interact, a kaleidoscope of ethical issues emerges.

Ethics Codes Use in Turkish Supply Chains: Drivers, Company Performance and Sustainability

Journal of Community Positive Practices

New understandings and methods in supply chains bring new research issues to the literature. Research identifies that pros and cons of ethics in supply chains and in their sustainability is one of the most argued and researched topics. Despite the large amount of work around the world, ethics literature requires some fundamental evidence from Turkish supply chain components. This research aims to explore the drivers and outcomes of ethics codes use of Turkish companies regarding their supply chain sustainability by providing a holistic view. We collect data through a structured interview in order to see Turkish companies' critics on the generally accepted points as a result of the literature review. The target companies are a part of supply chains located in Turkey from different industries. According to the findings, (1) internally corporate culture and externally customers are most agreed drivers to employ ethics codes; (2) enhancing customer and supplier relationships; and achieving better prices, quality and efficiency are the agreed benefits of ethics codes use; and (3) Turkish firms reach economic sustainability and social sustainability, but, low level of environmental sustainability after the use of ethics codes in their supply chains. The work is important in that it is one of the few studies in Turkey settings.

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Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, 2007

In global markets, a 'competitive' corporate culture tends to develop communications and information flows, manufacturing decentralisation, decisionmaking autonomy, operating accountability and ethical conduct. In this context, the global corporate culture highlights the central role of 'ethical cross cultural management'.