Dawande, Milind W.Qi, Anyan2020-09-282020-09-282020-082020-08August 202https://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/8943This dissertation explores issues regarding socially responsible operations in procurement. When buying firms outsource to upstream suppliers, the potential of socially irresponsible actions from suppliers is an important concern. To prevent or mitigate such behavior, buyers often use informational tools such as audits and/or monetary actions such as paying higher wholesale prices. This dissertation consists of three main chapters. The first two main chapters highlight the importance of prioritizing the auditing of structurally-important suppliers in the supply network by considering exogenous responsibility efforts of the suppliers in Chapter 2 and endogenous responsibility efforts of the suppliers in Chapter 3, respectively. In Chapter 4, we examine the behavioral impact of a buyer’s wholesale price on a supplier’s responsibility effort.application/pdfen©2020 Chen, Jiayu. All rights reserved.Social responsibility of businessBusiness logisticsIndustrial procurementDissertation2020-09-28