Review of key literature on socially sustainable supply chain management
| Studies | Key findings | Purpose/goal of the study |
|---|---|---|
| Alghababsheh et al. (2023) | Buyer’s justice increases suppliers’ social performance | Role of buyer’s justice in achieving socially SSCM |
| Silvestre et al. (2023) | Use of blockchain and AI to monitor social sustainability compliance in supply chains | Technology-driven solutions for SSCM |
| Zhang et al. (2024) | Guanxi has a positive impact on socially SSCM, and this positive effect is strengthened when the individual cultural values of the supplier’s representative | Investigates the role of individual cultural values on the adoption of socially sustainable supply chain management |
| Seuring and Müller (2008) | Role of Regulator Pressure, consumer awareness and corporate social responsibility | Drivers of socially sustainable supply chains |
| Marshall et al. (2015) | Firms can engage in social auditing, supplier evaluation and sustainable reporting frameworks | Auditing/measuring process in social SSCM |
| Mani (2022) | AI-driven audits improving supplier social performance monitoring | Advancements in auditing socially SSCM |
| Cao et al. (2024) | The authors identify a transactional-based approach that utilises collective buyer power, a relational-based approach that emphasises mutual capacity building between buyers and suppliers | To assess accountability for upholding worker rights and well-being in the supply base |
| Kouhizadeh et al. (2021) | Integration of technologies, role of stakeholder collaboration and advancement of policies | Advancing social SSCM through future research |
| Zhou et al. (2024) | Institutional pressure positively influences companies to enhance socially SSCM, including assessment and collaboration practices | Explore the factors that motivate firms to adopt socially sustainable supply chain management (socially SSCM) practices |
| Studies | Key findings | Purpose/goal of the study |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer’s justice increases suppliers’ social performance | Role of buyer’s justice in achieving socially SSCM | |
| Use of blockchain and AI to monitor social sustainability compliance in supply chains | Technology-driven solutions for SSCM | |
| Guanxi has a positive impact on socially SSCM, and this positive effect is strengthened when the individual cultural values of the supplier’s representative | Investigates the role of individual cultural values on the adoption of socially sustainable supply chain management | |
| Role of Regulator Pressure, consumer awareness and corporate social responsibility | Drivers of socially sustainable supply chains | |
| Firms can engage in social auditing, supplier evaluation and sustainable reporting frameworks | Auditing/measuring process in social SSCM | |
| AI-driven audits improving supplier social performance monitoring | Advancements in auditing socially SSCM | |
| The authors identify a transactional-based approach that utilises collective buyer power, a relational-based approach that emphasises mutual capacity building between buyers and suppliers | To assess accountability for upholding worker rights and well-being in the supply base | |
| Integration of technologies, role of stakeholder collaboration and advancement of policies | Advancing social SSCM through future research | |
| Institutional pressure positively influences companies to enhance socially SSCM, including assessment and collaboration practices | Explore the factors that motivate firms to adopt socially sustainable supply chain management (socially SSCM) practices |
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