Socially Responsible Organizational Buying: Environmental Concern as a Noneconomic Buying Criterion

Drumwright, Minette E.

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“…To primary producers and intermediary traders in international supply chains, standards are rules that they may voluntarily comply with. By complying with the standards, producers and traders receive licenses to sell, either a formal certificate or a designation of ''preferred supplier'' (Drumwright 1994;Ingenbleek et al, 2007;Maignan and McAlister 2003), because, by complying with the standards, they transfer the positive traits of the standards to the customer company.…”

Section: Background On Sustainability Standards and Fair Tradementioning

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The Development of a Market for Sustainable Coffee in The Netherlands: Rethinking the Contribution of Fair Trade

Ingenbleek

Reinders²

2012

J Bus Ethics

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In recent years, researchers have observed the process of mainstreaming Fair Trade and the emergence of alternative sustainability standards in the coffee industry. The underlying market dynamics that have contributed to these developments are, however, under-researched. Insight into these dynamics is important to understand how markets can develop to favor sustainability. This study examines the major developments in the market for certified coffee in the Netherlands. It finds that, in the creation of a market for sustainable coffee, decisions that significantly influence market creation are made in the lead companies (retailers and coffee roasters). These decisions are made possible by the availability of multiple systems of sustainability standards and by the existence of a small segment of loyal Fair Trade customers that ensured that sustainability remained an issue on the coffee market in the years before the market creation took-off. Fair Trade did not become the new rule in this process, but it became the benchmark against which companies could compare themselves and the basis upon which they built in adopting or developing new standards that would be more feasible in their business models.

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Section: Background On Sustainability Standards and Fair Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

The Development of a Market for Sustainable Coffee in The Netherlands: Rethinking the Contribution of Fair Trade

Ingenbleek

Reinders²

2012

J Bus Ethics

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“…Their investigations cover topics such as green purchasing strategy (Azzone et al 1997, Min andGalle 2001) or how to make purchasing tools greener (Noci 1997, Schlegelmilch et al 1996, Vachon and Klassen 2006. The third strand in the literature highlights social responsibility issues in purchasing (Boyd et al 2007, Carter 2004, 2005, Drumwright 1994, Malomi and Brown 2006. The above-mentioned literature is closely related in content to the general literature on sustainability although, since the authors focus on individual elements of the sustainability concept, the results are hard to compare.…”

Section: Understanding Of Sustainable Purchasing In the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…High importance is given to cooperation with stakeholders and to compliance with their expectations (Reeve andSteinhausen 2007, Vachon andKlassen 2006). It is also highlighted that the role of individuals might be of importance (Drumwright 1994).…”

Section: Literature On Motivations For Sustainable Procurementmentioning

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Motivations Behind Sustainable Purchasing

Vörösmarty

Dobos

Tátrai

2011

Environmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management

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Sustainability issues in purchasing are receiving greater attention. Literature is rapidly growing, with several research programs being initiated to investigate the topic. This study presents the results of a research project which aims to reveal and structure the motivating forces leading companies to make efforts in sustainability purchasing and the means used to attain achievements in some fields of sustainability. Results presented in the literature are scattered in terms of the fields of sustainability: most of the studies focus only on green or corporate social responsibility issues and there is a lack of exploratory models. Sustainability in purchasing is addressed in a comprehensive way including green, social responsibility and corporate growth issues. After presenting the results of a literature review, theoretical development was undertaken to create a framework in which it is possible to describe the means of sustainability applied and the motivating forces behind them. This framework serves as the basis for an empirical investigation among Hungarian companies. Empirical results confirm the usefulness of the theoretical framework: the number and the characteristics of sustainability activities were determined by the particular types of motivation -to avoid negative effects, to achieve compliance with expectations and to attain positive effects.

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“…Increasing number of periodicals and scientists that are worried about the future of the human race, criticizes the effects of industrialization, and pressuring on governments and firms to be green, shows that this community has common values, beliefs, and norms. Furthermore, many studies empirically demonstrated that the values, beliefs, and moral obligations behind environmental movement affect the practical implications and motivate managers to adopt green management strategies to their companies (Drumwright 1994;Carter et al 1998;Tzschentke et al 2008;Babiak and Trendafilova 2011;Wu and Wu 2014). Therefore, we can suggest that GMA has a well-grounded set of metaphysical values, beliefs, assumptions, and norms, which differentiate it from TMA.…”

Section: Integrity Of Values Beliefs and Normsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Evaluation of the evolution of green management with a Kuhnian perspective

Güner

2017

Bus Res

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The purpose of this study is to examine the evolutionary development of green management. To do this, first, Kuhn's ''paradigm'' concept has been operationalized and the development stages of a movement of thought were determined. The green management is then scrutinized within the framework of each of these stages and the impacts of environmentalism in management research and practice are examined. It is concluded that the crises in normal science, existence of a scientific community, the presence of common beliefs, values and norms, and the increasing anomalousness are strengths of the green management. However, the core position of profit orientation in business strategies weakens the green management.

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Socially Responsible Organizational Buying: Environmental Concern as a Noneconomic Buying Criterion

Cited by 477 publications

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The Development of a Market for Sustainable Coffee in The Netherlands: Rethinking the Contribution of Fair Trade

The Development of a Market for Sustainable Coffee in The Netherlands: Rethinking the Contribution of Fair Trade

Motivations Behind Sustainable Purchasing

Evaluation of the evolution of green management with a Kuhnian perspective

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