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Should you buy your customer's values? On the transfer of moral values in industrial purchasing
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 03:19 authored by Lutz PreussThis article discusses a transfer of moral values between purchasing and supplying organisation in the manufacturing sector. In the first part, the relevant literature is discussed to glean criteria, which could facilitate such a transfer. Given a scarcity of research into ethics in purchasing, the literature review is extended into related fields, such as total quality management, environmental purchasing in retailing and minority vendor programmes in the U.S. In the second part, the question is raised whether such a transfer can at all lay claim to being of moral value. The process is screened against established ethical theories, which are found to support it. Finally, the financial impact of such a policy on the supplier is considered.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
International Journal of Value-Based ManagementISSN
0895-8815Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
Issue
2Volume
13Page range
141-158Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes