A Multinational Comparison of Key Ethical Issues, Helps and Challenges in the Purchasing and Supply Management Profession: The Key Implications for Business and the Professions

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 83 - 100
• Main Authors: Cooper, Robert W., Frank, Garry L., Kemp, Robert A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Kluwer Academic Publishers 01-01-2000; D. Reidel Pub. Co; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Business ethics; Business management; Canada; Comparative studies; Corporate purchasing; Cross-cultural analysis; Ethical behavior; Ethical codes; Ethical dilemmas; Ethical instruction; India; Internal customers; Inventory management; Management; Management training; Materials management; Media ethics; Polls & surveys; Professional ethics; Professional workers; Professionals; Professions; Purchasing; Questionnaires; Ratings & rankings; Response rates; U.S.A; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Canada; United States > US
• ISSN: 0167-4544; 1573-0697
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1006279112858

This paper presents the findings of a study of purchasing and supply management professionals in India conducted to identify the key ethical issues they face in carrying out their work related responsibilities as well as to determine the extent to which various factors appear to be helpful or to present challenges to their efforts to act ethically in the course of their work. The Indian findings are then compared to those for studies conducted among purchasing and supply management professionals in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Key findings for the four studies are summarized and implications for business and the professions are presented.