Ethical Sourcing: An Analysis of the Literature and Implications for Future Research

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1033-1052

  Kim, Seongtae ^a   Colicchia, Claudia ^a   Menachof, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citation network analysis; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical sourcing; Sustainable sourcing; Sustainable supply chain management; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979258366     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3266-8     Document Type: Article

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