An Audit for Ethical Supply Chain Management
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School of Business |
Bachelor's thesis
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2018
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Mcode
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(Mikkeli) Bachelor’s Program in International Business
Language
en
Pages
36 + 8
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Abstract
Objectives The main objectives of this study were to recognize parts of the supply chain where ethical issues are most prominent, create an audit based on these issues for companies to check the performance of their supply chain, and interview companies on whether the audit can actually be used in real life. Summary Supply chains are becoming more and more complex and international. To combat all kinds of ethical issues in different parts of the supply chain, literature on the topics of supply chains, supply chain management, and ethics was researched. An audit was made based on the findings, and the accuracy of the audit was checked conducting interviews with businesses. Conclusions It is possible to use an audit to check the ethicality of a supply chain, and an audit including the main issues regarding ethical supply chain management that does not limit the variety of companies that could use it can be created. The audit can act as a summary of the most pressing ethical issues, and can be used to check both the company´s own and their partners´ state of ethicality in the supply chain.Description
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Grinsted, SusanKeywords
supply chain, supply chain management, ethics, business ethics
