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Integrating Environmental and Social Standards into Supply Management — An Action Research Project

In: Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management

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  • Julia Koplin

    (Volkswagen AG)

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Summary Companies are perceived as important actors in the drive for sustainability. Linked to this and in response to increasing demands from various stakeholder groups, companies start to look at their supply chain to enhance their overall sustainability profile. Reasons for these two major issues can be identified: (1) focal companies are held responsible for environmental and social problems caused by their suppliers, which becomes more and more important as (2) an increasing share of value is created at the supplier level. In response to such demands, companies have to find ways to incorporate environmental and social aspects into their supply (chain) management. Therefore, environmental and social standards are set up in supply management by amending the purchasing processes. This paper presents an approach to integrate social and environmental standards extensively into supply management at a focal company. Therefore, action research (AR) was used as the research methodology to identify the required changes of the sourcing structures and present possible options for the company to do so.

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  • Julia Koplin, 2005. "Integrating Environmental and Social Standards into Supply Management — An Action Research Project," Springer Books, in: Herbert Kotzab & Stefan Seuring & Martin Müller & Gerald Reiner (ed.), Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management, pages 381-396, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-1636-5_25
    DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1636-1_25
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    1. George Mutugu Mwangi & Stella Despoudi & Oscar Rodriguez Espindola & Konstantina Spanaki & Thanos Papadopoulos, 2022. "A planetary boundaries perspective on the sustainability: resilience relationship in the Kenyan tea supply chain," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 319(1), pages 661-695, December.

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