Table 1

Overview of positive and negative effects associated with SA8000

Positive effectsExemplary referencesNegative effectsExemplary references
Improvement of workingconditionsCastka and Balzarova (2008) High costsFuentes-Garcia et al. (2008) 
Tencati and Zsolnai (2009) Murmura and Bravi (2020) Stigzelius and Mark-Herbert (2009) Koster et al. (2019) 
  
Enthusiasm among employeesStigzelius and Mark-Herbert (2009),Merli et al. (2015) Murmura and Bravi (2020) Labour constraints and production cost increaseMiles and Munilla (2004),de Andrade and Bizzo (2019) Koster et al. (2019) 
  
  
Absenteeism and staff turnover reductionHenkle (2005),Stigzelius and Mark-Herbert (2009) Murmura et al. (2017) Constraints in supplier selectionKlassen and Vereecke (2012) Merli et al. (2015) El Abboubi et al. (2021) 
  
  
Increased attractiveness of skilled workforceMiles and Munilla (2004),Fuentes-Garcia et al. (2008) Merli et al. (2015) Decreased supply chain flexibilityLeipziger (2009),Leipziger (2010) Merli et al. (2015) 
  
  
Product quality and technical innovation improvementBeschorner and Muller (2007) Koplin et al. (2007) Gilbert and Rasche (2007) Poor knowledge of the standard by the customersSalomone (2008),Fuentes-Garcia et al. (2009) Koster et al. (2019) 
  
  
Increased labour productivity and business process efficiencyRohitratana (2002) Complex data managementLeipziger (2001) 
Battaglia et al. (2014) Leipziger (2009) 
Orzes et al. (2017) Leipziger (2010) 
Improvement of corporate image and reputational risks reductionRohitratana (2002) Increased delivery timesLeipziger (2009) 
Battaglia et al. (2014) Leipziger (2010) 
Murmura et al. (2017) 
Brand loyalty and demand growthWerre (2003)   
De Magistris et al. (2015) 
Orzes et al. (2017) 
Increased communication and collaboration with business partners and improved supply chain performanceTencati and Zsolnai (2009)   
Ciliberti et al. (2009) 
Chiarini and Vagnoni (2017) 

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