Trip Trap: Managing Certification in the Global Supply Chain Case Solution & Answer

This Case is about SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

PUBLICATION DATE: October 24, 2014 PRODUCT #: W14528-PDF-ENG

A modest Danish design firm attempts to collaborate as a core component of complying with the UN Global Compact principles so as to enhance well-being, security and environmental conditions, along with labor standards, with its biggest provider in Thailand.

The business takes its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program and has developed a brand new standard for CSR in its supplier factories that audited and is executed by the non-governmental organization. New challenges evolve as attention is directed to certification of generation inputs like wood. Although Western small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) face pressures these SMEs often lack behaviors to alter in supplier factories.

The quality supervisor of the company must assess its sustainability strategy. How much leverage can a small business anticipate to have with its providers? Also, is the expense of auditing providers in a state like Thailand overly high?

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