Overview of positive and negative effects associated with SA8000
| Positive effects | Exemplary references | Negative effects | Exemplary references |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement of workingconditions | Castka and Balzarova (2008) | High costs | Fuentes-Garcia et al. (2008) |
| Tencati and Zsolnai (2009) Murmura and Bravi (2020) | Stigzelius and Mark-Herbert (2009) Koster et al. (2019) | ||
| Enthusiasm among employees | Stigzelius and Mark-Herbert (2009),Merli et al. (2015) Murmura and Bravi (2020) | Labour constraints and production cost increase | Miles and Munilla (2004),de Andrade and Bizzo (2019) Koster et al. (2019) |
| Absenteeism and staff turnover reduction | Henkle (2005),Stigzelius and Mark-Herbert (2009) Murmura et al. (2017) | Constraints in supplier selection | Klassen and Vereecke (2012) Merli et al. (2015) El Abboubi et al. (2021) |
| Increased attractiveness of skilled workforce | Miles and Munilla (2004),Fuentes-Garcia et al. (2008) Merli et al. (2015) | Decreased supply chain flexibility | Leipziger (2009),Leipziger (2010) Merli et al. (2015) |
| Product quality and technical innovation improvement | Beschorner and Muller (2007) Koplin et al. (2007) Gilbert and Rasche (2007) | Poor knowledge of the standard by the customers | Salomone (2008),Fuentes-Garcia et al. (2009) Koster et al. (2019) |
| Increased labour productivity and business process efficiency | Rohitratana (2002) | Complex data management | Leipziger (2001) |
| Battaglia et al. (2014) | Leipziger (2009) | ||
| Orzes et al. (2017) | Leipziger (2010) | ||
| Improvement of corporate image and reputational risks reduction | Rohitratana (2002) | Increased delivery times | Leipziger (2009) |
| Battaglia et al. (2014) | Leipziger (2010) | ||
| Murmura et al. (2017) | |||
| Brand loyalty and demand growth | Werre (2003) | ||
| De Magistris et al. (2015) | |||
| Orzes et al. (2017) | |||
| Increased communication and collaboration with business partners and improved supply chain performance | Tencati and Zsolnai (2009) | ||
| Ciliberti et al. (2009) | |||
| Chiarini and Vagnoni (2017) |
| Positive effects | Exemplary references | Negative effects | Exemplary references |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement of workingconditions | High costs | ||
| Enthusiasm among employees | Labour constraints and production cost increase | ||
| Absenteeism and staff turnover reduction | Constraints in supplier selection | ||
| Increased attractiveness of skilled workforce | Decreased supply chain flexibility | ||
| Product quality and technical innovation improvement | Poor knowledge of the standard by the customers | ||
| Increased labour productivity and business process efficiency | Complex data management | ||
| Improvement of corporate image and reputational risks reduction | Increased delivery times | ||
| Brand loyalty and demand growth | |||
| Increased communication and collaboration with business partners and improved supply chain performance | |||
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