An Assessment of the Barriers to Social Dimension of SSCM Practice Implementation Using Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach: A Case from Turkey

Abstract

The Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) concept, which establishes a balance between economic, social and environmental dimensions, provides an extremely important conceptual framework for companies. Although not all of these dimensions have the same significance, researchers mostly focus on economic and environmental aspects. However, it is very difficult to apply the social dimension in the adoption of SSCM due to the barriers encountered in SSCM. Based on this, this paper aims to analyze the social barriers and identify the relationship between the barriers with the help of Fuzzy DEMATEL. In this study, thirteen barriers to analysis have been determined. As a result of the analysis, the first major barrier is defined as Stakeholders' Negative Influence (B12), the second barrier as Lack of Culture without Engagement and Support (B8), and the third one as Ignoring the Rights of Stakeholders (B13). The barrier having the most impact on other barriers was determined as Lack of State Support and the barrier which was affected most by other barriers is Low price demand of the community (B6).