Assignment -
Critically evaluate how Corporate Social Responsibility policies changed Traditional Supply Chains to Greener Supply Chains in the automotive industry. Use Toyota and Tesla as examples to illustrate it.
Total 4000 words and Harvard Referencing.
TEMPLATE -
Part 1: (1000 words)
1. Introduction of the topic.
2. Why is the topic relevant.
Part 2: (1000 words)
Literature Review
1. Definition of CSR and its theories and concepts:
2. Environmental CSR and theories on it:
3. Definition of SCM and theories on it:
4. Green Supply Chain and theories on it:
5. Analogies between green supply chain and environmental CSR:
Part 3: (1000 words)
1. CSR at Toyota:
2. Green Supply Chain in Toyota:
3. CSR Tesla:
4. Green Supply Chain in Tesla:
Part 4: (1000 words)
1. Summary
2. Recommendations (Is it a good change? bad change?)
Journals that should be used for this assignment -
1. Supply management and corporate social responsibility: the challenge of global chain traceability by Nathalie Merminod and Gilles Paché
2. Articles - Sustainability and corporate social responsibility in supply chains: The state of research in supply chain management and business ethics journals by Anne M. Quarshie, Asta Salmi and Rudolf Leuschner
3. Effects of customer and cost drivers on green supply chain management practices and environmental performance by Zhiqiang Wang, Qiang Wang, Shanshan Zhang and Xiande Zhao.
4. The impact of corporate social responsibility in supply chain management: Multicriteria decision-making approach by Jose M. Cruz
5. Corporate social responsibility for supply chain management: A literature review and bibliometric analysis by Yunting Feng, Qinghua Zhu and Kee-Hung Lai
6. Role of green policy on sustainable supply chain management A model for implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR) by Broto Rauth Bhardwaj
7. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTS: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS RELATED TO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT by WENDY L. TATE, LISA M. ELLRAM and JON F. KIRCHOFF
8. TOYOTA Green Purchasing Guidelines
9. BARRIERS TO GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
10. Traditional & Green Supply Chain Management - A Review by Sanket D. Kadam, Akshay A. Karvekar and Vishal J. Kumbhar.