From chain liability to chain responsibility: MNE approaches to implement safety and health codes in international supply chains
| Autor: | Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder, Jeroen van Wijk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Management dp, Department of Business-Society Management |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
business.industry Supply chain Liability Stakeholder Accounting Competitor analysis Public relations General Business Management and Accounting Outsourcing Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Multinational corporation Economics Corporate social responsibility Business and International Management Business ethics business Law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Business Ethics, 85(Suppl. 2), 399-412. Springer Netherlands Journal of Business Ethics, 85(suppl.2), 399-412. Springer Netherlands |
| ISSN: | 0167-4544 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10551-008-9742-z |
| Popis: | This article examines whether the involvement of stakeholders in the design of corporate codes of conduct leads to a higher implementation likelihood of the code. The empirical focus is on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). The article compares the inclusion of OSH issues in the codes of conduct of 30 companies involved in International Framework Agreements (IFAs), agreed upon by trade unions and multinational enterprises, with those of a benchmark sample of 38 leading Multinational Enterprises in comparable industries. It is found that codes of the IFA group have a higher implementation likelihood in OSH than the codes of the benchmark group. Further, European firms, culturally more used to stakeholder involvement, score higher than their US and Japanese competitors, and hence are more capable of addressing the safety and health issues in international supply chains. The implementation likelihood of codes seems closely related to the type of corporate CSR approach.KEY WORDS: chain responsibility/liability, codes of conduct, CSR strategies, international framework agreement, occupational safety and health, outsourcing,stakeholders |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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