More firms urged to check suppliers
28 August 2012
More work still needs to be done to persuade businesses to open up their supply chains to ethical scrutiny, according to Ken James, CIPS's chief executive.
James made his comments after just 19 of the top 100 companies participating in Business in the Community's annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Index chose their supply chains as an area to be analysed.
He said there were clear benefits for companies willing to embrace the principles of CSR.
"Our view is we need the chief executives to explain to...