The Wicked Character of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Evidence from Sustainability Reports

摘要: Supply chains are changing their business paradigm as they strive for sustainability and not just increasing profits. Sustainability, however, is a concept that open to interpretation since it based on societal organizational values. Little known about what companies actually mean when referring sustainability, how this contrasts with the understanding at different echelons of supply chain. Diverging interpretations translations among stakeholders, termed wicked problems, affect progress sustainable chain management. This paper aims contribute closing gap between our common sense expectations actual evidence from reports evolves abstract ideas operational practices across To end, study employs computer-aided content analysis 142 corporate 12 industries. Building findings, using lens provides guidance practitioners develop strategies effective whole Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ERP Environment