Addressing modern slavery in supply chains: an awareness-motivation-capability perspective

IF 7.1 2区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

International Journal of Operations & Production Management Pub Date : 2022-02-08 DOI:10.1108/ijopm-07-2021-0425

Ruoqi Geng, Hugo K. S. Lam, M. Stevenson

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Abstract

PurposeThere is still significant variation in firms' efforts to address modern slavery issues in supply chains despite the importance of this grand challenge. This research adopts the awareness-motivation-capability (AMC) framework to investigate AMC-related factors that help to explain this variation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors hypothesize how AMC-related factors, including media coverage of modern slavery issues, slavery risks in supply chains and corporate sustainability performance, are related to firms' efforts to address modern slavery in supply chains. The proposed hypotheses are tested based on 201 UK firms' modern slavery statements and additional secondary data collected from Factiva, Factset Revere, The Global Slavery Index, Worldscope and Sustainalytics.FindingsConsistent with the AMC perspective, the test results show that firms put more effort into addressing supply chain modern slavery issues when there is greater media coverage of these issues, when firms source from countries with higher slavery risks, and when firms have better corporate sustainability performance. Additional analysis further suggests that firms' financial performance is not related to their efforts to address modern slavery issues.Originality/valueThis is the first study adopting the AMC framework to investigate firms' efforts to address modern slavery in supply chains. This investigation provides important implications for researchers studying firm behaviors related to modern slavery issues and for policymakers designing policies that enable firms to address these issues, in view of their awareness, motivation and capability.

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解决供应链中的现代奴役:一个意识-动机-能力的视角

尽管这一重大挑战很重要，但企业在解决供应链中现代奴隶制问题方面的努力仍然存在显著差异。本研究采用意识-动机-能力(AMC)框架来探讨有助于解释这种差异的AMC相关因素。设计/方法/方法作者假设与amc相关的因素，包括媒体对现代奴隶制问题的报道，供应链中的奴隶制风险和企业可持续性绩效，如何与企业解决供应链中现代奴隶制的努力相关。所提出的假设是基于201家英国公司的现代奴隶制声明，以及从Factiva、Factset Revere、全球奴隶制指数、Worldscope和Sustainalytics收集的额外二手数据进行测试的。与AMC观点一致，测试结果表明，当媒体对这些问题的报道更多时，当公司从奴隶制风险较高的国家采购时，当公司具有更好的企业可持续发展绩效时，公司会更努力地解决供应链现代奴隶制问题。进一步的分析表明，公司的财务业绩与他们解决现代奴隶制问题的努力无关。原创性/价值这是第一个采用AMC框架来调查公司解决供应链中现代奴隶制的努力的研究。这项调查为研究与现代奴隶制问题相关的企业行为的研究人员和政策制定者设计政策使企业能够解决这些问题提供了重要的启示，考虑到他们的意识、动机和能力。

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

17.20%

发文量

期刊介绍： The mission of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management (IJOPM) is to publish cutting-edge, innovative research with the potential to significantly advance the field of Operations and Supply Chain Management, both in theory and practice. Drawing on experiences from manufacturing and service sectors, in both private and public contexts, the journal has earned widespread respect in this complex and increasingly vital area of business management. Methodologically, IJOPM encompasses a broad spectrum of empirically-based inquiry using suitable research frameworks, as long as they offer generic insights of substantial value to operations and supply chain management. While the journal does not categorically exclude specific empirical methodologies, it does not accept purely mathematical modeling pieces. Regardless of the chosen mode of inquiry or methods employed, the key criteria are appropriateness of methodology, clarity in the study's execution, and rigor in the application of methods. It's important to note that any contribution should explicitly contribute to theory. The journal actively encourages the use of mixed methods where appropriate and valuable for generating research insights.