TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical issues in international buyer-supplier relationships
T2 - A dyadic examination
AU - Carter, Craig R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper presents the results from a larger study examining the ethical issues surrounding global buyer–supplier relationships which was sponsored by the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies, the research arm of the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM). Specifically, the objectives of this paper are to: (1) develop a scale that measures unethical behavior between US purchasing managers and their non-US suppliers, and (2) examine how differences in perceptions of unethical behavior between US buyers and their non-US suppliers can influence the buyer–supplier relationship.
PY - 2000/2
Y1 - 2000/2
N2 - Buyers and their suppliers identify the same sets of activities as being unethical. Culture does not influence ethics associated with the interactions of US purchasing managers and their foreign suppliers. Additional research is needed to determine whether the results hold across other international purchasing situations. One possible extension would be to examine ethical issues when both the buyer and supplier are located outside of the US, and compare these results to ethical issues that exist when one party is located within the US. It is possible that a separate set of ethical issues, such as bribery and the use of child labor, may exist.
AB - Buyers and their suppliers identify the same sets of activities as being unethical. Culture does not influence ethics associated with the interactions of US purchasing managers and their foreign suppliers. Additional research is needed to determine whether the results hold across other international purchasing situations. One possible extension would be to examine ethical issues when both the buyer and supplier are located outside of the US, and compare these results to ethical issues that exist when one party is located within the US. It is possible that a separate set of ethical issues, such as bribery and the use of child labor, may exist.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0272-6963(99)00016-9
DO - 10.1016/S0272-6963(99)00016-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034140355
SN - 0272-6963
VL - 18
SP - 191
EP - 208
JO - Journal of Operations Management
JF - Journal of Operations Management
IS - 2
ER -