Ladrón de Guevara, AntonioTorres, AnnaTribó, Josep A.Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa2017-07-262017-07-262006-03-01http://hdl.handle.net/10230/1076This paper presents findings from a study investigating a firm s ethical practices along the value chain. In so doing we attempt to better understand potential relationships between a firm s ethical stance with its customers and those of its suppliers within a supply chain and identify particular sectoral and cultural influences that might impinge on this. Drawing upon a database comprising of 667 industrial firms from 27 different countries, we found that ethical practices begin with the firm s relationship with its customers, the characteristics of which then influence the ethical stance with the firm s suppliers within the supply chain. Importantly, market structure along with some key cultural characteristics were also found to exert significant influence on the implementation of ethical policies in these firms.application/pdfengL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commonsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperpractical ethicsvalue chainmultiple correspondence analysisManagement and Organization StudiesOperations Managementinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess