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Dignity-Led Supply Chain Management: A Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Study of Workplace Dignity in Supply Chains

以尊严为主导的供应链管理：供应链中工作场所尊严的跨国家、跨行业研究

基本信息

批准号：
MR/V021354/1
负责人：
Vivek Soundararajan
金额：
$ 148.22万
依托单位：
University of Bath
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2021 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FV021354%2F1
关键词：
Dignity Led Supply Chain Management

项目摘要

The project aims to change the way labour rights in supply chains are measured and managed by redirecting the attention to workplace dignity (WD) - a fundamental psychological benchmark - defined as a sense of self-worth derived from workplace interactions. Violation of WD, by practices like overwork, bullying, abuse, humiliation and poor conditions, is a collective experience for millions of workers in UK companies' global and domestic supply chains. Media, civil society and academic reports anecdotally show that there is a connection between a company's sourcing practices and violation of WD in the supply chain. Besides influencing the lives of workers in supply chains, violation of WD has serious and direct implications for UK companies' productivity. It can cause significant negative impacts on workers' commitment, health and wellbeing with a consequent decrease in supplier performance. The productivity of UK companies' can be negatively impacted, as a result. WD is a key underlying principle of current business, government and civil society interventions aimed at protecting labour rights in supply chains. Yet, they fail to measure and manage WD in supply chains effectively. This is because these interventions rely on 'one-size-fits-all' labour standards and human rights conventions. In contrast, WD is a profoundly personal experience, and generic interventions can only address it to a limited extent. Despite extensive interest in WD in supply chains, to date, there is no systematic investigation of how a company's sourcing practices contribute to perceptions of WD for workers in their supplier facilities or its knock-on effect on the suppliers' performance. Hence, there is a clear need to understand the relationship between sourcing practices, WD and supplier performance to build a compelling evidence base for further academic research as well as interventions for improving WD in supply chains. The project, co-created in consultation with policymakers, businesses, civil societies, media and workers, aims to address this need by developing a Dignity-led Supply Chain Management (DSCM) framework, which makes WD central to supply chain management. Using a novel and ambitious research design consisting of interviews, drawings, surveys and field experiments, research will be conducted in two radically contrasting sourcing locations of UK companies (UK and India) and work settings (Information Technology Products & Services, and Textile & Garments). Across these settings, the project will investigate: (1) what WD means to workers in supplier facilities; (2) how, when and why sourcing practices of UK companies influence perceptions of WD for workers in supplier facilities; (3) how, when and why workers' perceptions of WD influence supplier performance; and (4) the collaborative design of impactful toolkits and policies for improving WD in supply chains. I have developed this fellowship not only to complete this ambitious project and improve the lives of vulnerable workers and the economy but also to develop a skill set, network and team that will make me a global leader in the field of sustainable supply chain management by 2030. Throughout the project, I will closely engage with international academic experts in management, cultural psychology, political science and law, and experts in business and human rights policy and practice in United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Business & Human Rights Group, Thomsen Reuters Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry and Twentyfifty. By contributing to the improvement of WD in supply chains, my innovative DSCM framework will have a significant impact on the academic field but more importantly on the lives of millions of workers in the UK, India and other countries who are directly involved in developing our products and services. Besides, the DSCM framework will help to address the most concerning productivity challenges facing the UK economy.

该项目旨在改变供应链中衡量和管理劳工权利的方式，将注意力转向工作场所尊严（WD）-一个基本的心理基准-定义为源自工作场所互动的自我价值感。通过过度工作、欺凌、虐待、羞辱和恶劣条件等做法违反WD，是英国公司全球和国内供应链中数百万工人的集体经历。媒体、民间社会和学术报告均显示，公司的采购做法与供应链中违反WD规定之间存在联系。除了影响供应链中工人的生活外，违反WD对英国公司的生产力也有严重和直接的影响。它可能对工人的承诺、健康和福祉造成重大负面影响，从而降低供应商的绩效。因此，英国公司的生产力可能受到负面影响。工作民主是当前企业、政府和民间社会旨在保护供应链中劳工权利的干预措施的一项关键基本原则。然而，他们未能有效地衡量和管理供应链中的WD。这是因为这些干预措施依赖“一刀切”的劳工标准和人权公约。相比之下，WD是一种深刻的个人经历，一般干预措施只能在有限的范围内解决它。尽管在供应链中对WD有广泛的兴趣，但到目前为止，还没有系统的调查公司的采购做法如何有助于其供应商设施中工人对WD的看法或其对供应商绩效的连锁反应。因此，有一个明确的需要了解采购实践，WD和供应商绩效之间的关系，建立一个令人信服的证据基础，进一步的学术研究，以及干预措施，以改善WD在供应链中。该项目是与政策制定者、企业、民间社会、媒体和工人协商共同创建的，旨在通过开发以尊严为主导的供应链管理（DSCM）框架来满足这一需求，使WD成为供应链管理的核心。使用一种新颖而雄心勃勃的研究设计，包括访谈，绘图，调查和实地实验，研究将在英国公司（英国和印度）和工作环境（信息技术产品和服务，纺织品和服装）的两个截然不同的采购地点进行。在这些背景下，该项目将调查：（1）WD对供应商设施中的工人意味着什么;（2）英国公司的采购做法如何，何时以及为什么会影响供应商设施中工人对WD的看法;（3）工人对WD的看法如何，何时以及为什么会影响供应商绩效;以及（4）合作设计有影响力的工具包和政策，以改善供应链中的WD。我开发这个奖学金不仅是为了完成这个雄心勃勃的项目，改善弱势工人的生活和经济，而且还开发了一套技能，网络和团队，到2030年将使我成为可持续供应链管理领域的全球领导者。在整个项目中，我将与管理、文化心理学、政治学和法律方面的国际学术专家以及联合国开发计划署、联合国工商业与人权小组、罗森路透社基金会、印度工业联合会和Twentyfifty的工商业与人权政策和实践专家密切接触。通过促进WD在供应链中的改进，我的创新DSCM框架将对学术领域产生重大影响，但更重要的是对英国，印度和其他国家直接参与开发我们产品和服务的数百万工人的生活产生重大影响。此外，DSCM框架将有助于解决英国经济面临的最令人担忧的生产力挑战。