...Michael Lewis; Matthias Thürer Purpose This paper re-examines how transparency and opacity are understood in Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM). Rather than treating opacity as a failure or absence of transparency, we frame them as co-produced and relational phenomena. Design...

...ManMohan S. Sodhi; Samuel Roscoe; Lisa Marie Ellram; Christopher Tang; Joseph Sarkis; Robert B. Handfield; Jens K. Roehrich; Martin C. Schleper Purpose The masterminds behind covert supply chain operations aim to hide their activities from government agencies and society at large, often...

...Mehmet Chakkol; Mark Johnson; Antonios Karatzas; Georgios Papadopoulos; Nikolaos Korfiatis Purpose President Trump's tenure was accompanied by a series of protectionist measures that intended to reinvigorate US-based production and make manufacturing supply chains more “local”. Amidst...

... their rights. Originality/value The authors identify systematic convergence in supplier codes of conduct. While the transactional and relational approaches are well documented in the supply chain social sustainability literature, the rights-holder approach is not. Its emergence presents an important...

...Kate McLoughlin; Joanne Meehan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how, and by whom, institutional logics are determined in the action of sustainable organisation. The authors analyse a supply chain network structure to understand how multiple stakeholders' perceptions...

...Joanne Meehan; Bruce D. Pinnington Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess whether firms' transparency in supply chain (TISC) statements indicate that substantive action is being taken on modern slavery in UK government supply chains. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyse 66...

...Simon Croom; Natalia Vidal; Wellington Spetic; Donna Marshall; Lucy McCarthy Purpose Socially sustainable supply chain (SSSC) practices address pressing social issues and may provide operational benefits as well as positive impacts on society. However, due to gaps in the current knowledge...

... and extended from the case analysis, supported by 35 interviews from buyer and supplier representatives. Findings – Examining UK military platform procurement reveals a perspective not present in fast moving high volume supply chains. In oligopolistic markets such as defence, the Ministry of Defence (MOD...