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A Common Approach to Mitigate Corruption, Environmental and Labor Risks in Global Supply Chains

18 Friday Aug 2017

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The challenge of improving ethical standards in global supply chains begins with the complexity of today’s commodity networks. Richard Locke, responsible for supply chain management in such leading firms as Nike, Cola-Cola and HP, indicates current challenges come from two major shifts from supply chains in the past: changes in the geography of global manufacturing – from advanced industrial states to developing countries, and in the organization of production – which includes thousands of independent suppliers typically located in emerging markets.

This shift has important implications for achieving international ethical standards. There is a lack of visibility of second- and third-tier suppliers and gaps in accessing real-time information on supply chain activities, disparate local regulations that may not integrate well with industry requirements, and the inherent unforeseen risks of being a small business. Simultaneously, legal and regulatory developments as well as consumer pressure across the global North are pushing multi-national corporations (MNCs) and their third-party providers to have measures in place that comply with global anti-corruption norms, and environmental and labor standards.  Read More...

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