Supplier assessment based on corporate social responsibility criteria in Indian automotive and textile industry sectors

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-369

  Baskaran, Venkatesan ^a   Nachiappan, Subramanian ^b   Rahman, Shams ^c  

^a K L N COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; Indian manufacturing sector; regression analysis; small and medium enterprises; supplier selection

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPERATION; BUSINESS PRACTICES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS; EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS; ETHICAL ISSUES; HUMAN ISSUES; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR; PERSPECTIVE VIEWS; QUALITY , DELIVERY; SELECTION CRITERIA; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; SUPPLIER SELECTION; TEXTILE SECTOR; UNETHICAL CONDUCT; WORKING HOURS;

COMPETITION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84859401192     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2011.579360     Document Type: Article

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