Responsible sourcing practices in hazelnut industry

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Published: Apr 17, 2018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18844/gjbem.v8i1.3294

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Sema Yiğit
Department of Business Administration, Unye Faculty of Economics and Administrati ve Sciences , Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
Ahmet Mumcu
Department of Business Administration, Unye Faculty of Economics and Administrati ve Sciences ,Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey

Abstract

Companies may play an important role to guarantee the supply of their basic raw materials and hereby to support sustainability. The aim of this study is to investigate the companies’ responsible sourcing practices in hazelnut industry in Turkey. Turkey is the world’s leading producer and exporter of hazelnuts, accounting for around 75% of the world’s supply. Survey, interview and analysis of secondary data method were used together. Responsible sourcing practices of companies were analysed into two parts as assessment and collaboration. Besides, under-age workers on hazelnut production are one of the major problems that companies have to struggle to prevent it in the context of responsible sourcing.


 


Keywords: Responsible sourcing, hazelnut, Turkey.

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Yiğit, S., & Mumcu, A. (2018). Responsible sourcing practices in hazelnut industry. Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management: Current Issues, 8(1), 01–09. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjbem.v8i1.3294
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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018): March
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