Purpose Firms are increasingly held accountable for the welfare of workers across entire supply chains and so it is surprising that standard forms of governance for socially sustainable supply chain management have not yet emerged. Assessment initiatives have begun to develop as a proxy measure...

In modern companies, measuring and control suppliers’ performance is a difficult - but fundamental - task. The adoption of inappropriate supplier performance measurement systems can generate undesired supplier behaviors, that can negatively affect buyer (and supply chain) performance. This...