CSR collaboration in multi-level supply chains: a conceptual model

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to study the role of supply chain (SC) collaboration in improving the performance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation in a multi-level supply chain. By using a system dynamics approach, it attempts to find out the best form of CSR collaboration for a sustainable supply chain. The results show that SC collaboration via three sharing schemes – resources-sharing, cost-sharing and profit-sharing – plays a decisive role for efficient CSR implementation by improving the interests of individual members and the whole supply chain as well. This work allows the authors not only to have more insights into determining the best strategies to implement CSR in the supply chain but also to propose important solutions to build and boost supply chain management.

RÉSUMÉ

Ce travail vise à étudier le rôle de la collaboration de la chaîne logistique multi-échelon dans l’amélioration de la performance de la mise en œuvre de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) au sein de la chaîne. En utilisant l’approche de la dynamique des systèmes, les auteurs essaient de trouver la meilleure forme de collaboration RSE afin de concevoir une chaîne logistique durable. Les résultats montrent que la collaboration via trois systèmes de partage – partage des ressources, partage des coûts et partage des bénéfices – joue un rôle décisif pour une mise en œuvre efficace de la RSE en améliorant les gains de chaque membre et de toute la chaîne. Ce travail permet aux auteurs non seulement une meilleure compréhension sur les choix stratégiques de la collaboration RSE mais aussi de proposer des solutions intéressantes pour développer et renforcer la gestion globale de la chaîne logistique.

KEYWORDS:

• CSR collaboration
• supply chain management (SCM)
• system dynamics

MOTS CLÉS:

• RSE 
• collaboration 
• gestion globale de la chaîne logistique 
• dynamique des systèmes

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest has been reported by the authors.

Notes

¹ http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsenglobal/dk/docs/global-sustainability-report-oct-2015.pdf

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Notes on contributors

Thi Le Hoa Vo

Thi Le Hoa Vo is Associate Professor in Production and Operations Management at IGR-IAE, University of Rennes 1. She specialises in the field of control and decision-making of production systems and supply chains based on qualitative and quantitative approaches (modelling practice and simulation). She is particularly interested in the impact of CSR implementation on supply chain management.

Thi Lan Anh Nguyen

Thi Lan Anh Nguyen is currently a PhD student at IGR-IAE, University of Rennes 1. She completed her Master of Business Administration at Hanoi University of Science and has been working as a lecturer at Thai Nguyen College of Economics and Finance. Her research centres on improving the performance of CSR implementation through supply chain collaboration.