Perceptual mapping of practical ethics along the value chain: A multiple correspondence analysis with industry and cultural indices as supplementary variables

Antonio Ladrón de Guevara (), Anna Torres () and Josep Tribó
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Antonio Ladrón de Guevara: https://www.upf.edu/web/econ/faculty/-/asset_publisher/6aWmmXf28uXT/persona/id/3418920
Anna Torres: https://www.upf.edu/web/econ/faculty/-/asset_publisher/6aWmmXf28uXT/persona/id/3418621
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Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Abstract: This paper presents findings from a study investigating a firm’s ethical practices along the value chain. In so doing we attempt to better understand potential relationships between a firm’s ethical stance with its customers and those of its suppliers within a supply chain and identify particular sectoral and cultural influences that might impinge on this. Drawing upon a database comprising of 667 industrial firms from 27 different countries, we found that ethical practices begin with the firm’s relationship with its customers, the characteristics of which then influence the ethical stance with the firm’s suppliers within the supply chain. Importantly, market structure along with some key cultural characteristics were also found to exert significant influence on the implementation of ethical policies in these firms.

Keywords: Practical Ethics; Value Chain; Multiple Correspondence Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M14 M31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03
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