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1、CorporatesocialresponsibilityinglobalsupplychainsMetteAndersenDanishCommerceandCompaniesAgency,Copenhagen,Denmark,andTageSkjoett-LarsenDepartmentofOperationsManagement,CopenhagenBusinessSchool,Copenhagen,DenmarkAbstractPurposeThepaperaimstopresentaconceptualframeworkforanalysingCSRpractice
2、singlobalsupplychains.ItalsoseekstodemonstratehowapioneeringSwedishcompany,IKEA,implementsandmanagesCSRpracticesatitssuppliers.Design/methodology/approachAcaseanalysisofIKEAillustratestheimplementationandmanagementofCSRpracticesinsupplychains.ThefocusisoninternalandexternalintegrationofCSR
3、practicesinthesupplychain.IKEAholdsaleadingpositioninitssupplychainandisaglobalbrand-owner.Personalinterviewsareperformedwithemployeesfromoneofthecompanystradingareas.FindingsPractisingCSRinsupplychainsrequiresthatCSRisembeddedwithintheentireorganisation,includingsubsidiariesabroadandoffsh
4、oresuppliers.Itincludesemployeetrainingandsharingofexperience,trainingofkeypersonnelatthesupplierlevel,positiveincentivesforsuppliersintheformoflong-termcontractsandenlargedpurchasingorders,andregularauditingofsuppliersperformance.Researchlimitations/implicationsThepaperfocusesonCSRpractic
5、esinaspecificcompanyssupplychain.Therefore,thefindingscannotbegeneralisedtoothercompanies.Also,thepracticeshavebeenstudiedfromtheperspectiveofthefocalcompany.PracticalimplicationsTheCSRpracticesofIKEAcanserveasinspirationforothercompaniesthatareconsideringadoptingcorporatecodesofconduct.Orig
6、inality/valueThepaperpresentsacompanythathasalongtraditionforworkingwithenvironmentalandsocialissues.ThepaperdemonstrateshowtheactualmanagementofCSRpracticesisdeterminedbycontext-dependentfactors.KeywordsCorporatesocialresponsibility,Supplychainmanagement,Economicsustainability,Casestudies
7、PapertypeCasestudyIntroductionSarkis,2003)andcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)insupplychains(PedersenandAndersen,2006;MaloniandSupplychainmanagementisanareaofincreasingstrategicBrown,2006)arereceivinggrowingattentioninthemedia,importanceduetoglobalcompetition