In this article we examine a key business question: how much should organizations know about their extended supply base, and what should they do with this information? This question has become of urgent practical significance for firms across industry sectors, as they square up to the complex...

This paper summarizes the events surrounding the dramatic product recalls of Mattel toys during 2007. Drawing on press reports and official documents, the paper explores the way in which issues relating supply chain integration, product inspection and quality management become part of political...

The increased interest of UK and global firms in social and environment responsibility has driven the growth of a new industry broadly defined as ‘CSR consulting’. Our case study evaluates several features of CSR consultancy in practice. In particular, we have sought to better understand...

The increased interest of UK and global firms in social and environment responsibility has driven the growth of a new industry broadly defined as ‘CSR consulting'. Our case study evaluates several features of CSR consultancy in practice. In particular, we have sought to better understand what...

Why are national governments increasingly adopting policies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? What is the rationale and purpose of these policies? Scholars from various disciplines including Political Science, International Relations and Management Studies have offered explanations for...

The literature explains the link between CSR and domestic institutions by highlighting how national institutional complementarities serves as a key determinant of a company’s CSR initiatives. One set of explanations sees CSR as fitting in with domestic institutional structures as either...