Responsible business conduct in commodity trading: A systematic and multidisciplinary review of the literature’

Dorfmüller, Henrietta; Wangui Kimotho, Rose (17 June 2022). Responsible business conduct in commodity trading: A systematic and multidisciplinary review of the literature’ In: European Academy of Management Conference: EURAM 22: Leading Digital Transformation. Winterthur/Zurich, Switzerland. 15-17 June 2022.

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Responsible business conduct has become an essential means for countering adverse social and environmental issues of global businesses. A preeminent case in this context is commodity trading which is notorious for its poor social and ecological performance. Through a multidisciplinary review, we provide an integrative view of the current state of research on the relationship between commodity trading and responsible business conduct. While available research is still in a nascent stage and scattered across disciplinary silos, we aspire to advance the conceptual understanding of commodity traders’ role in responsible business conduct along the following lines: (1) company-level management strategies (micro), (2) private regulatory initiatives (macro), and 3) public regulatory initiatives (macro). In a second step, we suggest avenues for future research structured along our identified themes. The overarching contribution this paper makes is, first, to synthesize previously fragmented findings into a coherent framework and, second, to offer guidance on how research on commodity trading and responsible business conduct can be developed into a more mature and legitimate stream of research.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for Innovation and Strategic Entrepreneurship > Low-end Innovation Business School
Name:	Dorfmüller, Henrietta; Wangui Kimotho, Rose; Ebert, Isabel; Dey, Pascal0000-0003-2792-0061 and Wettstein, Florian
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Language:	English
Submitter:	Pascal Dey
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2023 09:27
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2024 14:47
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.18524
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/18524