Prominent buyers’ brands have been damaged because their suppliers caused major harm to workers or the environment, e.g., through a deadly factory fire or release of toxic chemicals. How can buyers motivate suppliers to exert greater care to prevent such harm? This paper characterizes a “backfiring condition” under which actions taken by prominent buyers (increasing auditing, publicizing negati...

this paper provides an analytical framework for an Agri-food supply chain (ASC) network that consists of the farmers' group and/or cooperative (FGC) as a supplier of vegetables, modern retailers (MR), and end customers. In this network, FGC cannot supply vegetables direct to MR because they cannot fulfill the requirements as a qualified supplier. However, MR needs FGC as a supplier to shorten A...

We consider a three level supply chain in which a Tier 2 supplier sells to a Tier 1 supplier, which in turn sells to a downstream (Tier 0) firm. The Tier 2 supplier potentially violates social and environmental standards, resulting in harm to the Tier 0 firm. Both the manufacturer and Tier 1 supplier can exert effort to improve the responsibility of the Tier 2 supplier. We show that the manufac...

In this paper, a socially responsible supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer is proposed. The supplier decides on replenishment cycle multiplier and the retailer invests in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and decides on the order-up-to-level under a periodic review replenishment policy. The retailer’s decisions impact on the supplier’s probability as well as the supply c...

Introduction Supplier development and management systems of U.S. aircraft manufacturers have evolved rapidly during the 1990s in an environment of reduced military procurement and a worldwide slump in commercial aircraft sales. The result has been an ongoing restructuring within the aircraft industry supplier base, with significant implications for customer-supplier relationships and, potential...

social responsibility has been recognized as one of the most important elements in the existence and survival of the organizations. therefore, studying and investigating this fundamental element considering social identity leads not only into enhancing organizational commitment, but also increasing the sense of satisfaction among stakeholders outside the organization. the present research inves...