A Study on the Key Factors of CSR Indicators for Tenderers in Procurement Screening Using the Delphi Method and DEMATEL-Based Analytic Network Process

Kuo-Yu Peng () and Hsiu-Li Liao
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Kuo-Yu Peng: College of Business, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan
Hsiu-Li Liao: Department of Information Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan

Administrative Sciences, 2022, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: European Union public procurement law increasingly allows countries’ authorities to take corporate social responsibility (CSR) into account in public procurement decisions. Up to 2022, few public procurements were determined by these key factors of CSR scoring items. It is worthy to study whether there is consistency in tenderers’ views on CSR indicators and factors. In this study, 10 experts working in companies from different government entities were invited to participate in a questionnaire survey. In this study, a DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP) was applied to find out the weights of each indicator. Our finding shows the important criteria selected for tenderers were measures to support “work–life balance” for employees and “salary increase for employees”. These are important responses to the problems encountered by companies in CSR practices and can be used as a reference to enhance corporations’ CSR goals or pursue future sustainable business excellence.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility (CSR); public procurement; employees’ compensation; decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL); DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP); green procurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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