The supply chain : a system in crisis / edited by Stefan Gold (Professor of Sustainability Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Kassel, Germany) and Andreas Wieland (Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Department of Operations Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gold, Stefan, editor.

Wieland, Andreas, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Social responsibility of business.

Crisis management.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"The Supply Chain: A System in Crisis highlights the multifaceted challenges facing modern supply chains. It examines the concept of a globalized economy, juxtaposing the promise of prosperity with the acute reality of worker exploitation and environmental harm. This thought-provoking book explores the interconnected relationships of supply chains with political problems, social crises, and the depreciation of natural resources. Analyzing in depth the rapid development of the global economic system and the subsequent vulnerability of the supply chain, international experts dive into the many issues exacerbated by this commercial evolution, covering the Rana Plaza disaster and Brexit shortages. Urging the reader to rethink supply chain management, the book calls for a transformation from mere value creation to sustainability and regeneration. Considering the power of systemic and holistic thinking as well as transformative public policy, it envisions a future in which supply chains emerge reborn and resilient. This seminal book is an indispensable resource for scholars of supply chain and sustainability management, corporate social responsibility, and responsible consumption and production. It will also be of critical use to practitioners, political decision makers, business strategists, and environmental and labor rights activists"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Part I: Diagnosing the crisis

1. The supply chain in crisis / Andreas Wieland and Stefan Gold

2. Supplying the anthropocene: Cultural turning in process / Pasi Heikkurinen, Toni Ruuska, Johanna Hohenthal, Jenny Rinkinen, Jarkko Pyysiäinen, Joshua Hurtado Hurtado, Jessica Jungell-Michelsson, Heini Salonen, Tina Nyfors and Milla Suomalainen

3. Fostering the crisis of supply chains: The institutional dimension / Christoph Scherrer

Part II: Symptoms of the crisis

4. The global regulation of supply chains and human rights: Linked but fractured / Janne Mende

5. Understanding modern slavery through the lens of behavioral ethics / Mehrdokht Pournader, Andrew P. Kach and Vikram Bhakoo

6. Supply chain justice / Lee Matthews and Minelle E. Silva

7. Wages, prices, and power: Can customer-mandated living wages solve supply chain exploitation? / Steve New

8. A just transition towards making precarious work rare, safe, and legal / Sandra L. Fisher, Annachiara Longoni, Davide Luzzini, Mark Pagell, Mike Wasserman and Frank Wiengarten

Part III: Ways out of the crisis

9. Humanitarian supply chains: Challenging the system / Gyöngyi Kovács and Graham Heaslip

10. Circular economy / Philip Beske-Janssen

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781803924922 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.