“…The SSCQM theory was constructed based on the rationale of addressing the complexities of integrating multiple sustainability agendas (economic, ecologic, social) through a fashioned management perspective, incorporating the deeply rooted QM and SCM principles for structuring, facilitating and catalyzing organizational sustainable development [17][18][19]24,26,27,30]. A highly growing number of organizations, operating in a wide range of geographical regions and industrial sectors are adopting ISO 9001 quality management system, making ISO 9001 philosophy (and its seven principles) a fundamental part of the SSCQM construct due to "its wide implementation level in organizations globally, its applicability to most business sectors, high availability of support for its implementation compared to other QM methods, familiarity of managers with its principles and its well-recognized role in structuring and catalyzing organizational performance measurement and improvement" [5,6,19,24,[41][42][43]46,48]. The supply chain integration principle was added as the eighth principle of the construct, with a view to reinforce the influence of QM principles internally and externally, facilitating implementation of sustainable development across the supply chain network, identified as a critical enabler of SSCM [18,19,24,29,41,46,49,50].…”