Strategies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Empirical Investigation of Large German Companies

Harms, Dorli; Hansen, Erik G.; Schaltegger, Stefan

doi:10.1002/csr.1293

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“…A growing body of research indicates that SSCM does focus on improving both environmental and social performance of firms in the supply chain context (Schaltegger and Burritt, 2014;Amann et al, 2014;Harms et al, 2013). Nevertheless, there is very limited research that integrates the management practices with regard to social aspects into the framework of SSCM.…”

Section: Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning

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Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Zhang

Tse

Doherty

et al. 2018

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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ReuseThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. This licence only allows you to download this work and share it with others as long as you credit the authors, but you can't change the article in any way or use it commercially. More information and the full terms of the licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. Abstract: Drawing from the research of green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility, this paper proposes a hierarchical structure of sustainable supply chain management and develops a multiitem measurement scale to reflect the specific management practices of sustainable supply chain management. In this research, sustainable supply chain management is operationalised as a third-order factor reflected by three second-order factors, namely external green supply chain management, internal green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility. Utilising a rigorous, multi-step scale development method and data from 293 Chinese manufacturers, this paper validates a 31-item measurement scale and approve the proposed third-order structure. The results confirm the multidimensionality of sustainable supply chain management, which suggests that it is necessary for the future researches to consider both environmental and social aspects. The valid measurement scales provide managers with a "to do list" to make the specific business decisions to achieve sustainable development in the supply chain.A third-order model of sustainable supply chain management is proposed.The measurement scales of sustainable supply chain management are developed. The authors of this paper greatly appreciate your second round comments. The comments help this manuscript improve significantly. We hope that we have addressed all the issues you raised.Reviewer 2:1. Is this true? Despite the wide discussion of sustainable supply chain management with the triple bottom line, few empirical studies consolidate its social and environmental aspects.This statement is the finding from several reviewer paper in the field of sustainable supply chain management (such as Seuring and Muller, 2008;Kleindorfer et al., 2005). However, we thank for the . Indeed, it is not appropriate to include the quotation in the abstract. So we remove the sentence in the abstract of revised version. 5. "This paper" "this study" or "this research" should be unified in your context. Please just choose one. TReviewer 3:1. Provide highlights and a graphical abstract.Thanks for the reminder. We uploaded the files of highlights and a graphical abstract (i.e. our higherorder model structure) in the manuscript system, as required by the journal. 2nd round Response to ReviewersBelow are the highlights of this research: A third-order model of sustai...

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Section: Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning

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Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Zhang

Tse

Doherty

et al. 2018

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“…As a result, sustainability issues along the supply chain might lead to a decrease in financial performance [6] or a loss of competitiveness [7]. This risk-oriented strategic approach to managing sustainability along supply chain processes is effected through supplier evaluation, whereas a focus on supplier development seeks to develop a business case from sustainable supply chain policy implementation [8].…”

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management Implementation–Enablers and Barriers in the Textile Industry

Oelze

2017

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Abstract:The distinct definition of accordance in the perceived barriers and enablers for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) policy implementation has been the subject of various research studies, but a distinct focus on the textile sector has been the object of limited previous attention. However, it has been found that it affects the approach to developments in company approaches to sustainable supply chain management within that industry. This article presents the results of an in-depth comparative case study analysis, drawing on 23 interviews with managers of 10 companies from the textile industry. The analysis demonstrates that specific modes of collaboration can both enable an effective SSCM and diminish barriers for policy implementation. The width and depth varies between a collaborative management approach for an effective internal SSCM versus industry collaboration and buyer supplier collaboration to address external barriers and enablers.

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“…The appropriate reaction strongly depends on the type of issue. Besides financial aid for the child or children [as suggested for example by Social Accountability International (2008)], supplier development can offer further opportunities (Harms et al 2013). Increased commitment, collaboration, and supportive treatment of suppliers can be steps that may already be taken in order to mitigate issues, particularly for high-risk suppliers (Locke et al 2009).…”

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An information system for assessing the likelihood of child labor in supplier locations leveraging Bayesian networks and text mining

Thöni

Taudes

Tjoa

2018

Inf Syst E-Bus Manage

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This paper presents an expert system to monitor social sustainability compliance in supply chains. The system allows to continuously rank suppliers based on their risk of breaching sustainability standards on child labor. It uses a Bayesian network to determine the breach likelihood for each supplier location based on the integration of statistical data, audit results and public reports of child labor incidents. Publicly available statistics on the frequency of child labor in different regions and industries are used as contextual prior. The impact of audit results on the breach likelihood is calibrated based on expert input. Child labor incident observations are included automatically from publicly available news sources using text mining algorithms. The impact of an observation on the breach likelihood is determined by its relevance, credibility and frequency. Extensive tests reveal that the expert system correctly replicates the decisions of domain experts in the fields supply chain management, sustainability management, and risk management.

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Strategies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Empirical Investigation of Large German Companies

Cited by 196 publications

References 75 publications

Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Sustainable supply chain management: Confirmation of a higher-order model

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Implementation–Enablers and Barriers in the Textile Industry

An information system for assessing the likelihood of child labor in supplier locations leveraging Bayesian networks and text mining

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