NGOs' initiatives to enhance social sustainability in the supply chain: : Poverty alleviation through supplier development programs

• Autores: Jorge A. Rodríguez, Cristina Giménez Thomsen, Daniel Arenas, Mark Pagell
• Localización: Journal of Supply Chain Management, ISSN-e 1745-493X, Vol. 52, Nº. 3, 2016, págs. 83-108
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This research studies how nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can implement supply-management practices for poverty alleviation. The research inductively builds a theoretical framework from a nested case study, which includes one NGO and six firms implementing supplier development (SD) programs. The framework suggests a set of resources that enhance the social sustainability of the supply chain without creating trade-offs between economic and social performance. This study has implications for decision-makers in firms and NGOs about the type of resources they need to develop, and the characteristics they should seek when choosing partners for undertaking collaborative initiatives in social sustainability.