Purpose

Forced labour is one of the most exploitative practices in supply chains, generating serious human right abuses. The authors seek to understand how relationships for reducing forced labour are influenced by institutional logics. The emerging supply chain efforts of social enterprises offer particularly intriguing approaches, as their social mission can spur creative new approaches and reshape widely adopted management practices.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors study supplier relationships in the smartphone industry and compare the evolving practices of two cases: the first, a growing novel social enterprise; and the second, a high-profile commercial firm that has adopted a progressive role in combating forced labour.

Findings

The underlying institutional logic influenced each firm's willingness to act beyond its direct suppliers and to collaborate in flexible ways that create systematic change. Moreover, while both focal firms had clear, well-documented procedures related to forced labour, the integration, rather than decoupling, of forced labour and general supply chain policies provided a more effective way to reduce the risks of forced labour in social enterprises.

Research limitations/implications

As authors’ comparative case study approach may lack generalizability, future research is needed to broadly test their propositions.

Practical implications

The paper identifies preconditions in terms of institutional logics to successfully reduce the risk of forced labour in supply chains.

Originality/value

This paper discusses how social enterprises can provide a learning laboratory that enables commercial firms to identify options for supplier relationship improvement.

中文翻译：

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减少供应链中的强迫劳动：传统企业可以从社会企业中学到什么？

目的

强迫劳动是供应链中最具剥削性的做法之一，造成严重的人权侵犯。作者试图了解制度逻辑如何影响减少强迫劳动的关系。社会企业新兴的供应链努力提供了特别有趣的方法，因为它们的社会使命可以激发创造性的新方法并重塑广泛采用的管理实践。

设计/方法论/途径

作者研究了智能手机行业的供应商关系，并比较了两个案例的演变实践：第一个是成长中的新型社会企业；第二个是新兴社会企业。第二个是一家备受瞩目的商业公司，在打击强迫劳动方面发挥了积极作用。

发现

潜在的制度逻辑影响着每个公司超越其直接供应商采取行动并以灵活的方式进行合作以创造系统性变革的意愿。此外，虽然两家重点企业都有与强迫劳动相关的明确、记录齐全的程序，但强迫劳动与一般供应链政策的整合而不是脱钩，为降低社会企业中强迫劳动的风险提​​供了更有效的方法。

研究局限性/影响

由于作者的比较案例研究方法可能缺乏普遍性，因此需要未来的研究来广泛检验他们的主张。

实际影响

本文从制度逻辑方面确定了成功降低供应链强迫劳动风险的先决条件。

原创性/价值

本文讨论了社会企业如何提供一个学习实验室，使商业公司能够确定改善供应商关系的选择。