How can the lessons from more than twenty years of work in labor compliance be applied to protecting intellectual property (IP) in the global supply chain? In this university podcast, experts from Stanford and CREATe.org discuss how labor compliance continues to evolve from being audit-focused to using programs that stress supplier responsibility and capacity building. They look at how companies now have an opportunity to better manage and protect their IP by embracing a more holistic approach to engaging with supply chain partners through the use of management systems.
Craig Moss is COO of the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade (CREATe.org), where he is responsible for developing CREATe Leading Practices, a program designed to help companies and their supply chain companies reduce the risks associated with trade secret theft, counterfeiting, piracy and corruption. He has developed guides on implementing management systems to improve compliance for organizations including World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation and the United Nations. Moss is an executive advisor for Social Accountability International (SAI) and led development of Social Fingerprint®, a program helping companies and their supply chains implement sustainability practices. Previously, he founded Global Access Corporation, where he led more than 3,000 business development projects in 50 countries.
Hau L. Lee is Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology and director of the Global Supply Chain Management Forum at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Lee’s research focuses on supply chain management work that addresses how to get products or services to their destination by managing the flow of materials, information, and money. His research has resulted, among other things, in the building of computer models for industrial implementation, as well as in the development of strategies and operational concepts for practitioners. Lee was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, an honor that is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
Sonali Rammohan is the director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has written numerous papers on topics such as value chain innovation in agriculture, the performance benefits of supply chain responsibility, and health logistics in extreme conditions. Rammohan manages a long-term study in Zambia on Riders for Health, a social enterprise providing fleet management for last-mile health delivery. Prior to joining the Forum, she managed projects at the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, worked in supply chain finance at PepsiCo, served as finance and administration director at the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, and was a consultant to several non-profit organizations. She holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BS in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.