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Purchasing and Social Responsibility: A Replication and Extension
Author(s) -
Carter Craig R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of supply chain management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1523-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.2004.tb00175.x
Subject(s) - purchasing , business , social responsibility , marketing , sample (material) , diversity (politics) , corporate social responsibility , replication (statistics) , extension (predicate logic) , public relations , sociology , political science , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , chromatography , anthropology , computer science , programming language
SUMMARY Socially responsible purchasing continues to be an area of interest from both managerial and scholarly perspectives. Socially responsible purchasing has implications for all elements of the supply chain, including suppliers, employees and customers, among others. This article empirically examines purchasing social responsibility (PSR) across a large sample of manufacturing and service organizations. It is a replication of earlier work on PSR within consumer products industries. The article models PSR across the following five constructs: diversity, the environment, human rights, philanthropy and community, and safety. Findings and specific managerial implications are presented.