Business A-Level
ethical sourcing
What ethical sourcing means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of ethical sourcing
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Reference: AQA
Choosing suppliers by ethical and environmental standards, where the assessable consequence of cheap sourcing exposed in the press is commercial rather than purely moral.
Topics that use ethical sourcing
- Making operational decisions to improve performance: managing inventory and supply chains (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- capacity utilisation
- Core vs non-core activities
- effectiveness versus efficiency
- holding cost versus stockout cost
- outsourcing
- producing to order
- re-order level and quantity
- single and multiple sourcing
Using ethical sourcing in the exam
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