Lu, Rainy X.A.; Lee, Peter K.C.; Cheng, T.C.E. - In: International Journal of Production Economics 140 (2012) 1, pp. 160-167
Chinese manufacturing has recently been plagued by a raft of product safety problems such as melamine-tainted milk, lead-tainted toys, toxic toothpaste, defective tyres, and fake medicines. A probable cause of these incidents is a lack of business ethics in the suppliers concerned. In the...