Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the academic literature on non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) role in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) to develop a conceptual framework.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper conducts a systematic literature review through an analysis of 47 papers identified from peer-reviewed academic journals published from 2002 to 2020.

Findings

Adopting social movement theory and based on thematic findings, this paper proposes four steps and six propositions in the process of NGOs fostering SSCM. These include relative deprivation, political opportunities, resource mobilization and collective action, based on which we developed a conceptual framework regarding the role of NGOs in improving sustainability in supply chains. The proposed conceptual model opens a new avenue of research in NGO literature and several directions for further research.

Originality/value

This study may be the first to provide a systematic review of NGOs’ role in improving sustainability in supply chains. Moreover, by borrowing the social movement theory from sociology, this paper able to propose a new conceptual framework with a research agenda so as to deepen the understanding of the phenomenon and provide directions for future research.

中文翻译：

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非政府组织在可持续供应链管理中的作用：社会运动视角

目的

本文的目的是系统地回顾关于非政府组织 (NGO) 在可持续供应链管理 (SSCM) 中的作用的学术文献，以制定一个概念框架。

设计/方法/方法

本文通过对 2002 年至 2020 年出版的同行评审学术期刊中确定的 47 篇论文进行分析，进行了系统的文献综述。

发现

本文采用社会运动理论，根据专题研究结果，提出非政府组织培育SSCM过程中的四个步骤和六个命题。这些包括相对剥夺、政治机会、资源调动和集体行动，在此基础上我们制定了一个关于非政府组织在改善供应链可持续性方面的作用的概念框架。提出的概念模型开辟了非政府组织文献研究的新途径和进一步研究的几个方向。

原创性/价值

这项研究可能是第一个对非政府组织在改善供应链可持续性方面的作用进行系统审查的研究。此外，本文借用社会学的社会运动理论，提出了一个新的概念框架和研究议程，以加深对这一现象的理解，为未来的研究提供方向。