Retailers' management of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their supplier relationships – does practice follow best practice?

Autor:	Jens Hultman, Ulf Elg
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Marketing Economics and Econometrics Retail industry Internationalization Supply chain Best practice Sustainability Corporate social responsibility Business Business and International Management Qualitative research Retail sector
Zdroj:	The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research. 21:445-460
ISSN:	1466-4402 0959-3969
DOI:	10.1080/09593969.2011.618887
Popis:	The aim of this study is to further explore (a) the extent to which retailers deploy corporate social responsibility (CSR) best practices to ensure social and environmental sustainability in international supplier relationships and (b) the association between firm characteristics and the retailers' CSR activities in the supply chain. As a first step, the study identifies eight best practices based on earlier research and the authors' qualitative studies of IKEA. As a second step, a survey of Swedish retailers was conducted. The results of the study suggest that a significant amount of the actors in the Swedish retail sector do not follow the majority of best practice as outlined and discussed in this study. Furthermore, it is found that sector belonging has a considerable impact on the extent that a retailer follows best practice, while firm size and internationalization experience also have a significant, albeit limited, impact on retailer behavior.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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