Managing Fraud in Food Supply Chains: The Case of Honey Laundering

David C. Hall ()
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David C. Hall: Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435, USA

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: Recent food fraud incidents have highlighted the need to manage fraud risks in food supply chains. However, there is little research on how to manage these risks. Our study helps to alleviate this issue by examining food fraud risk management in the Asia–Pacific honey supply chain. We conducted interviews about existing food fraud risk management practices. We then used the Gioia method to generate a framework of these management practices, which expanded the “Six Ts” framework by adding a seventh dimension of Tolerance to this extant framework. Next, we empirically examined this novel Seven Ts framework. We found that managers treat many of these risk management practice dimensions as substitutes rather than complements. Our findings and managerial guidance are practically relevant for food companies. Lastly, we believe that, by implementing some of these suggestions theoretically generated and empirically validated by our framework, food supply chains may become more sustainable.

Keywords: food fraud; food supply chain; risk mitigation; sustainable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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