Management of Social Issues in Supply Chains: A Literature Review Exploring Social Issues, Actions and Performance Outcomes

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 621-643

  Yawar, Sadaat Ali ^a,b   Seuring, Stefan ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication and compliance; Corporate social responsibility; Performance outcomes; Social issues; Supplier development; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931085125     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2719-9     Document Type: Article

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