Why research in sustainable SCM should have no future - Review: what don't we know about SSCM? - Issue 5: measuring supply chain impacts

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Why were there valid and more objective measures of non-economic outcomes associated with sustainability developed that were not based on managerial perceptions?

  1. Managers focused on profitability who are asked about their perception of social and environmental issues are likely to give socially desirable but not necessarily valid answers.
  2. A manager's perception of what is acceptable performance in these areas of responsibility may not match the views of other stakeholders.

The valid and more objective measures of non-economic outcomes associated with sustainability have two limitations. Name these two.

  1. The measures do not measure the full chain's impacts.
  2. The measures tend to have an artificial upper limit.

Explain why measures of non-economic outcomes associated with sustainability generally do not measure the full chain's impact.

The measures don't have the ability to capture the entire chain but focus on a limited set of impacts. For example, reduced emissions at the focal firm may mean outsourcing of pollution to a supplier.
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Explain why measures of non-economic outcomes associated with sustainability tend to have an artificial (fake) upper limit.

The measures don't have the ability to examine chains that have gone beyond no impact towards being regenerative or having positive impacts.

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