Chain liability in multitier supply chains? Responsibility attributions for unsustainable supplier behavior

• Main Authors: HARTMANN, Julia, BENOIT, Sabine
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Supply chain management; Environmental issues; Attribution theory; Vignette-based experiments; Structural equation modeling; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7575; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8574/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0272696314000060_main_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

When it becomes publicly known that products are associated with suppliers that engage in unsustainable behaviors, consumers protest, as Nestlé, Zara, and Kimberly Clark, among others, have learned. The phenomenon by which consumers hold firms responsible for the unsustainable behavior of their upst...