Achieving a socially responsible supply chain through assessment and collaboration

C. Sancha Fernández; C. Giménez Thomsen; V. Sierra

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.137

Achieving a socially responsible supply chain through assessment and collaboration

C. Sancha Fernández^*
, C. Giménez Thomsen
, V. Sierra

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Our study analyzes the effectiveness of two sustainable supply management practices (i.e., assessment and collaboration) on achieving a socially - responsible supply chain. Based on data from 120 Spanish manufacturers the paper investigates the impact that both practices have on the buying firm's and the supplier's social performances. SmartPLS was used to test the hypothesized relationships between practices and performance. Our results suggest that while assessing suppliers contributes to improve the buying firm's social performance, collaborating with them enhances the suppliers' social performance. Furthermore, the paper provides some additional insights on how to measure social performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1934-1947
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	112
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.137
Publication status	Published - 20 Jan 2016

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Keywords

Assessment
Collaboration
Partial least squares
Social performance
Sustainable supply chains

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