What does it mean for a corporation to take responsibility for its supply chain?

Fabian Maximilian Johannes Teichmann and Chiara Wittmann

Journal of Financial Crime, 2022, vol. 30, issue 5, 1418-1425

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.

Keywords: Regulation; Compliance; Corporate social responsibility; Ethics and economics; LkSG; Supply chain laws (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/JFC-06-2022-0136

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