{"title":"Contagion of corporate misconduct in the supply chain: Evidence from customers and suppliers in China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109443","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Non-compliance with operational procedures can significantly disrupt the functioning of supply chains. This study examines the impact of corporate misconduct by both supplier and customer firms on the corporate misconduct of the focal firm within the supply chain. Utilizing data from 723 publicly listed companies in China, we employ a difference-in-differences approach for our analysis. The results indicate that misbehavior exhibited by both supplier and customer firms contributes to an increase in corporate misconduct by the focal firm. Based on the social contagion theory, we argue that supplier misconduct leads to an increase in focus firm misconduct through a mechanism similar to “spillover effect.” Customer misconduct leads to an increase in focus firm misconduct through a mechanism similar to the “learning effect”. And this phenomenon is influenced by the cooperation intensity and the industry sensitivity. The conclusion to our research makes some theoretical contributions. First, our research focuses on silent organizational factors in supply chain contagion, providing evidence of such factors spreading unobserved in the supply chain. Secondly, we explains the different mechanisms of transmission between suppliers and customers in the dissemination of misconduct across the supply chain. Finally, our research findings provide support for managing supply chain misconduct as well as supplier and customer collaboration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Production Economics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527324003001","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Non-compliance with operational procedures can significantly disrupt the functioning of supply chains. This study examines the impact of corporate misconduct by both supplier and customer firms on the corporate misconduct of the focal firm within the supply chain. Utilizing data from 723 publicly listed companies in China, we employ a difference-in-differences approach for our analysis. The results indicate that misbehavior exhibited by both supplier and customer firms contributes to an increase in corporate misconduct by the focal firm. Based on the social contagion theory, we argue that supplier misconduct leads to an increase in focus firm misconduct through a mechanism similar to “spillover effect.” Customer misconduct leads to an increase in focus firm misconduct through a mechanism similar to the “learning effect”. And this phenomenon is influenced by the cooperation intensity and the industry sensitivity. The conclusion to our research makes some theoretical contributions. First, our research focuses on silent organizational factors in supply chain contagion, providing evidence of such factors spreading unobserved in the supply chain. Secondly, we explains the different mechanisms of transmission between suppliers and customers in the dissemination of misconduct across the supply chain. Finally, our research findings provide support for managing supply chain misconduct as well as supplier and customer collaboration.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Production Economics focuses on the interface between engineering and management. It covers all aspects of manufacturing and process industries, as well as production in general. The journal is interdisciplinary, considering activities throughout the product life cycle and material flow cycle. It aims to disseminate knowledge for improving industrial practice and strengthening the theoretical base for decision making. The journal serves as a forum for exchanging ideas and presenting new developments in theory and application, combining academic standards with practical value for industrial applications.