Background Food integrity is not only related to the good quality of the food product,
nonetheless, it distresses closely more on the health, safety, religious and cultural matters …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify and classify potential and verified benefits
of implementing quality management systems (QMSs) according to ISO 9000 standards …

Organizations often operate in turbulent environments characterized by intense
competitiveness, constant technological progress, new market requirements, and scarce …

ISO 9000: 2000 is the latest version of the quality standard developed by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standard aims to evaluate a firm's ability to …

The framework of this research consists of eight quality management (QM) principles
(customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, system approach to …

Purpose Much has been written about the importance of external integration for the integrity
of food products. To achieve food integrity, all actors along the supply chain have to be fully …

Abstract The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is one of the most important corporate
social responsibility initiatives; its aim is to align companies' strategies and operations with …

Abstract Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000) was one of the first auditable social standards
aimed at promoting labor rights for workers around the world. This certification is currently …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a conceptual model adopted from a
strategy-structure-performance paradigm for investigating the fit between the supply chain …

The purpose of the study is firstly, to empirically validate the conceptual structure of the
effectiveness of the ISO 9001 quality management system (QMS) in manufacturing …