TY - JOUR
T1 - Researching the drivers of socially responsible purchasing
T2 - A cross-national study of supplier diversity initiatives
AU - Worthington, Ian
AU - Ram, Monder
AU - Boyal, Harvinder
AU - Shah, Mayank
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - What drives organisations to engage in socially responsible purchasing initiatives? To investigate this important question, this article uses a case-study approach to examine the context within which supplier diversity programmes have emerged in both the U.S. and U.K. The analysis identifies legislative and policy developments, economic imperatives, stakeholder pressures and ethical influences as forces shaping organisational responses. It reveals important contextual differences between U.K. and U.S. experience and offers an empirical and theoretical explanation of corporate behaviour.
AB - What drives organisations to engage in socially responsible purchasing initiatives? To investigate this important question, this article uses a case-study approach to examine the context within which supplier diversity programmes have emerged in both the U.S. and U.K. The analysis identifies legislative and policy developments, economic imperatives, stakeholder pressures and ethical influences as forces shaping organisational responses. It reveals important contextual differences between U.K. and U.S. experience and offers an empirical and theoretical explanation of corporate behaviour.
KW - Drivers of CSR
KW - Ethnic minority businesses
KW - Socially responsible purchasing
KW - Supplier diversity
KW - Supply chain
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=42149139098&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-007-9400-x
U2 - 10.1007/s10551-007-9400-x
DO - 10.1007/s10551-007-9400-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:42149139098
SN - 0167-4544
VL - 79
SP - 319
EP - 331
JO - Journal of Business Ethics
JF - Journal of Business Ethics
IS - 3
ER -