Moral (de)coupling: moral disengagement and supply chain management

摘要: This research aims to fill an important gap in focusing on why individuals are able take part and/or support activities that have effects economic, environmental, and social dimensions not consistent with their sense of right wrong. The focuses the relationship between supply chain management moral disengagement, how this relation affects responsibility. After observing avoiding responsibility for misconduct explanatory concept, decoupling, was proposed. Moral decoupling considers a flow chain. occurs when is restricted. If at identifiable point it called point. concept developed by identifying linking specific structures theory explains deactivation self regulation. suggest reduce disengagement improve To validate suggestions literature review conducted identified sixteen elements management. based were compared large overlap found. Lastly, map network proposed, links presented, coupling added as complementary term decoupling. A model explaining ethical guidelines, responsibility, In current theoretical knowledge thesis has contributed field socially responsible application new lens gives one explanation identifed important. understanding reached increased depth following identification generative mechanism, subject conditions also applied context earlier research, shows some complexity applying real-world global context. (de)coupling help practitioners identify what they should focus increase offer `why?'. findings can be used construct chains less prone where aware immoral behavior. value originality centered It only area which identifies mechanisms level human behavior those subject. itself novel