Managing supply chain uncertainty with emerging ethical issues

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1272-1307

  Simangunsong, Elliot ^a   Hendry, Linda C ^b   Stevenson, Mark ^b  

^a Monash University and Senior Lecturer   (Indonesia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical purchasing; Multi case study; Parallel interaction; Supplier collusion; Supply chain ethics; Supply chain uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989246635     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2014-0599     Document Type: Article

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