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dc.contributor.authorGorton, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorKastenhofer, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorLemke, Fred
dc.contributor.authorEsquivel, Luis
dc.contributor.authorNicolau, Mariana
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-16T03:14:02Z
dc.date.available2023-08-16T03:14:02Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-4544
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10551-023-05509-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/7253
dc.description.abstractMultinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly judged not only on their own social impacts but also on those of their supply chain partners. To reduce this environmental dependence, many MNCs implement social evaluations and codes of conduct which suppliers must follow. But how do MNCs legitimise and implement social evaluations in their supply chains? To address this, we draw on and augment resource dependence and legitimacy theories, to analyse a multinational grocery retailer’s implementation of labour standards for its fruit and vegetable suppliers. The case study utilises interviews, analysis of a database of audits, internal documents, and observational data. It provides the basis for theorizing corporate reputation as a resource dependency, with social evaluations a distinct means to co-opt external actors to preserve the focal organization’s autonomy while reducing environmental contingencies. The legitimacy of social evaluations of supply chain partners depends on processes that reconcile both moral and pragmatic concerns, allowing the focal organization to mitigate resource dependencies without ceding control over enforcement and enabling actions.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectMultinational Organizationsen_US
dc.subjectResource Dependency Theoryen_US
dc.subjectSocial Evaluationen_US
dc.titleResource dependencies and the legitimatization of grocery retailer’s social evaluations of suppliersen_US
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Business Ethicsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentNewcastle University Business School and National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, 5 Barrack Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4SE, UKen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCollaborating Centre On Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), Hagenauer Strasse 30, 42107, Wuppertal, Germanyen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1573-0697
vlerick.knowledgedomainMarketing & Salesen_US
vlerick.typearticleFT ranked journal article  en_US
vlerick.vlerickdepartmentMKTen_US
dc.identifier.vperid186039en_US


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