Essays about: "social responsibility in purchasing and supply"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words social responsibility in purchasing and supply.
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1. Controlling Social Sustainability in the Apparel Industry : A qualitative study of how Scandinavian apparel companies control social sustainability in their supplier networks
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The apparel industry is one of the first industries being criticized and publicly shamed for not taking enough social responsibility for the workers in their supply chain. Today, most of the apparel production takes place in developing countries such as Bangladesh, China, Cambodia and Vietnam. READ MORE
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2. The Business Case for Sustainable Sourcing : A Corporate Social Opportunity
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknikAbstract : Sustainability has become a prevalent societal value and is ubiquitous in public discourse. Securing sustainable economic growth on increasingly globalized markets is perceived by many as one of the greatest challenges of our time. Supply chains have become globally dispersed and are increasingly complex to manage. READ MORE
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3. Analysing the behavioural barriers to transparency in the upstream textile supply chain : A cultural orientation lens on behaviours
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : Transparency within the supply chain has become a key priority for textile brands in response to the growing stakeholder concerns around social and environmental impacts of the textile value chain. Textile industry is extremely labour dependent and adds massively to the environmental degradation, adding on to this the highly complex and scattered global supply chain network makes it more difficult for brands to implement transparency in their supply base. READ MORE
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4. Sustainable Supplier Selection- Selection and evaluation of logistics service providers based on sustainability in the Swedish market - a qualitative approach
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Integrating social and environmental aspects in supply chain management has received much consideration and attention from both companies and the society over the past decade. Organizations have recognized the high significance of sustainability which now has become an integral part of their business strategy. READ MORE
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5. Safeguarding compliance with supplier codes of conduct : Investigating how buying organizations ensure the compliance of suppliers with higher bargaining power
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : An increasing number of companies are using Supplier Codes of Conduct to ensure socially responsible behavior in their supply chains. Previous research on SCCs have focused on powerful brand owning multinational corporations and have concluded that a cooperative approach, the cooperation model, has yielded better results than a more traditional approach based on monitoring and sanctions, the compliance model. READ MORE
