Reauditing and dual sourcing? Implication of collusion deterrence measures in ethical sourcing

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作者
Zhou, Jiahui [1 ]
Yao, Shiqing [2 ]
Zhu, Kaijie [3 ]
机构
[1] Shanghai Int Studies Univ, Sch Business & Management, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[2] Monash Univ, Dept Management, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Decis Operat & Technol, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
关键词
collusion; ethical sourcing; law enforcement; sourcing contract; supply chain management; RISK; INFORMATION; INCENTIVES; SUPPLIERS; AUDIT;
D O I
10.1002/nav.22172
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; O22 [运筹学];
学科分类号
070105 ; 12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
We consider a supply chain in which a buyer sources from a supplier for the production of a product. The supplier's production process is subject to probable violations of either government regulations or ethical requirements. The sourcing contract offered by the buyer demands that the supplier exerts an effort to improve its production process, thus reducing the probability of the occurrence of supplier violation. Because the supplier's effort is hardly observable, the buyer has to send an auditor to perform an audit of the supplier's facility. The auditor in turn reports whether the supplier has exerted the effort or not. If the supplier fails to pass the audit, she may offer a side contract to the auditor, thus engaging in a supplier-auditor collusion. We study how such supplier-auditor collusion may affect the buyer's outsourcing strategy. We find that the buyer should reduce the order quantity to deter the supplier-auditor collusion when the collusion penalty is relatively low. We further examine reaudit and dual sourcing, two mechanisms which could probably prevent supplier-auditor collusion. We find that a reaudit may complement the collusion penalty under certain conditions; using dual sourcing to deter collusion is viable only if supplier-improvement techniques or procedures are effective. Finally, we extend our model by considering false positive audit error and linear penalty function. Our analytical and numerical results show that our insights are robust.
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页码:660 / 675
页数:16
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