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CRR Conference 2014

Kennet. M.

How Do Current Purchasing And Supply Chain Methods In Large International Companies Affect Stakeholders? Research To Investigate The Effect Of Purchasing And Supply Trends And Practises On People And The Planet. The Analysis Contrasts Stakeholder And Green Economics Approaches And Takes An Holistic Perspective.

Kennet. M., M.A., MSc., Oxon, MCIPS
The Business School, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, and Mansfield College, University of Oxford. Editor of International Journal of Green Economics.
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Abstract
The objective of the study is to investigate how current procurement, practices and structure affect a range of stakeholders. The research questions who are the relevant stakeholders and then analyses methods, tools and data to explain the effects of the practises on the stakeholders as defined by the study and the literature. The hypothesis examined by the study is that current procurement methods contribute to globalisation and have a detrimental effect on some stakeholders. The UK Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply is currently focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility and the study goes further to examine the duties of the procurement specialist as agent and the effects on and rights of stakeholders who have no direct contract with the company. The scope is global and international companies with branches or headquarters in Europe.

The initial findings of this study, which should be regarded as work in progress, are that two parallel developments are distinguishable at the supply chain level. The first, which is accelerating the contraction of the supply chain and its transaction costs and its practise can more correctly be called sourcing. It involves outsourcing, off- shoring and reduction supplier base, transparency, market opportunity for smaller and more diverse players and even to dump any kind of social or environmental responsibility. The second, on the other hand is working in the opposite direction: this impetus is seeking to “green” the supply chain, to avoid child labour, to implement corporate social responsibility, democracy, accountability and diversity within the supply chain.

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