How to tackle unethical behaviour caused by supply chain disruption
Supply chain disruptions are characterized by times with high levels of uncertainty, leading companies to act in their best interests to maximize profits.
Adegboyega (Ade) Oyedijo is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at Baylor University, USA.
Ade holds a BA (Hons) in Business and Management from the University of Hertfordshire. He also holds an MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management, a Pg.Cert in Research Training and a Ph.D. specializing in Procurement and Supply Chain Management, all from Newcastle University. He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Management (MCIPS) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT).
He serves as a Regional Editor (Africa) for the Journal of Supply Chain Management and as a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. He is the Founder and Director of the Society of Black Academics (SBA) - the UK’s leading voice and community for inclusive change in the higher education sector. He is also the current Director of the IPSERA Africa Initiative - a platform facilitating collaborative knowledge creation among purchasing and supply management scholars in Africa.
Ade is an award-winning scholar whose research and teaching specialize in supply chain management. His work addresses key challenges facing organizations, policymakers, consumers, and other stakeholders today, such as food production and security, ethical and responsible sourcing, sustainability, and healthcare delivery. His research has been recognized by policymakers (e.g. UK Parliament), practitioners (e.g. The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), international organizations (e.g. The World Economic Forum) and has received external funding (e.g. from the British Academy and the Wellcome Trust). He has authored book chapters and published his research in prestigious academic and practitioner journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Tourism Management, Production Planning and Control, BMC Health Services Research, The Conversation, The Palgrave Handbook of Supply Chain Management, and Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology. The practical relevance of his research has also led to his work being regularly discussed in several leading international media outlets.
Dr. Oyedijo has been an invited speaker at numerous prestigious events and international conferences in Sweden, China, Italy, Ireland, France, Ghana, Egypt, Japan, Switzerland, Brazil, Norway, Spain, and several other countries. Prior to his academic career, he worked in logistics and transportation for TNT Express and FedEx (UK and Ireland), where he was part of a team that managed the global distribution of complex goods.
Supply chain disruptions are characterized by times with high levels of uncertainty, leading companies to act in their best interests to maximize profits.
食品業界の規模は9兆ドルにのぼり、私たちの生活に欠かせないものとなっています。多層構造をとる食品サプライチェーンの複雑かつ相互に結びつく性質が、持続可能性の実践の妨げとなる可能性があります。供給や価値創出を損なうことなく、食品サプライチェーンに持続可能性を導入する方法に関する指針を提供する研究が増えています。
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