PAPER: Transparency in Supply Chains
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/00081256221126204
Transformational Transparency in Supply Chains: Leveraging Technology to Drive Radical Change
November 2022
Searcy C, Castka P, Mohr J, Fischer S 2022. Transformational Transparency in Supply Chains: Leveraging Technology to Drive Radical Change. California Management Review 65(1): 19-43.
ABSTRACT
Many companies are implementing transparency initiatives to improve environmental and social impacts throughout their supply chains. Meaningful change, however, is elusive, and transparency efforts are often criticized as legitimizing mechanisms or “window-dressing.” This article introduces a model of transformational transparency that enables new insights to drive radical change in companies and supply chains, as well as in industries and society at large. The model highlights the need for technological investments grounded in improving data, empowering stakeholders, and applying moral leadership. It presents examples that demonstrate how the model allows companies to foster dramatic improvements in social and environmental impacts.
KEYWORDS
transparency; transformation; supply chain; social; environmental; sustainability; technology; moral leadership; citizen science; sustainability; legitimacy; strategy; trust
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