What does it mean for a corporation to take responsibility for its supply chain?
ISSN: 1359-0790
Article publication date: 24 August 2022
Issue publication date: 30 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Through the lens of ethical appreciation, this paper aims to discuss what it means for a company to claim taking responsibility for its supply chain and whether this is a reasonable demand to make by corporations.
Design/methodology/approach
The place of ethics in economic and legislation is not selfevident. The intersection of ethics and economics through the topic of supply chains is approached by breaking down, respectively, the integral features of supply chains and the ethical considerations in compliance regulations.
Findings
The transnational nature of global supply chains, the depth of manufacturing tiers and the power asymmetries between buyer and seller are some of the fundamental sticking points in dissecting corporate social responsibility.
Originality/value
This paper uses a unique parallel perspective of the broad ethical concerns, which have developed under the umbrella term of responsibility, as well as the finer ethical details which are integral to supply chains as international structures of dependency.
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Citation
Teichmann, F.M.J. and Wittmann, C. (2023), "What does it mean for a corporation to take responsibility for its supply chain?", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 30 No. 5, pp. 1418-1425. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-06-2022-0136
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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