Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective

Food fraud not only exacerbates human public health risks but also threatens the business development of food and related industries. Therefore, how to curb food fraud effectively becomes a crucial issue for governments, industries, and consumers. Previous studies have demonstrated that enterprise f...

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Autores principales: Liangyun Niu, Mo Chen, Xiujuan Chen, Linhai Wu, Fu-Sheng Tsai
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f4d52840fdcc4e72b546fe363ca1d1852021-11-19T04:42:26ZEnterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.752112https://doaj.org/article/f4d52840fdcc4e72b546fe363ca1d1852021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.752112/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Food fraud not only exacerbates human public health risks but also threatens the business development of food and related industries. Therefore, how to curb food fraud effectively becomes a crucial issue for governments, industries, and consumers. Previous studies have demonstrated that enterprise food fraud is subject to joint influences of factor at various hierarchical levels within a complex system of stakeholders. To address enterprise food fraud, it is necessary to identify the key such factors and elucidate the functional mechanisms, as well as systematic analysis of the interrelationships among clusters and factors. Hence, we grounded on a social co-governance perspective and investigated the food fraud key influencing factors and their interrelationships in an emerging food market – China, by using the DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP). Results showed that the identified key cluster was government regulation, social governance, and detection techniques. Four other key factors were also identified, including government regulatory capability and penalty intensity, expected economic benefits, maturity of market reputation mechanism, and transparency of supply chain. Policy implications from the social co-governance perspective for China and similar economies are discussed finally.Liangyun NiuMo ChenXiujuan ChenLinhai WuFu-Sheng TsaiFu-Sheng TsaiFu-Sheng TsaiFrontiers Media S.A.articlefood fraudbusiness ethicssocial co-governancesafety and qualityDEMATEL-based ANPPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic food fraud
business ethics
social co-governance
safety and quality
DEMATEL-based ANP
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle food fraud
business ethics
social co-governance
safety and quality
DEMATEL-based ANP
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Liangyun Niu
Mo Chen
Xiujuan Chen
Linhai Wu
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective
description Food fraud not only exacerbates human public health risks but also threatens the business development of food and related industries. Therefore, how to curb food fraud effectively becomes a crucial issue for governments, industries, and consumers. Previous studies have demonstrated that enterprise food fraud is subject to joint influences of factor at various hierarchical levels within a complex system of stakeholders. To address enterprise food fraud, it is necessary to identify the key such factors and elucidate the functional mechanisms, as well as systematic analysis of the interrelationships among clusters and factors. Hence, we grounded on a social co-governance perspective and investigated the food fraud key influencing factors and their interrelationships in an emerging food market – China, by using the DEMATEL-based analytic network process (DANP). Results showed that the identified key cluster was government regulation, social governance, and detection techniques. Four other key factors were also identified, including government regulatory capability and penalty intensity, expected economic benefits, maturity of market reputation mechanism, and transparency of supply chain. Policy implications from the social co-governance perspective for China and similar economies are discussed finally.
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Mo Chen
Xiujuan Chen
Linhai Wu
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Fu-Sheng Tsai
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Mo Chen
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title Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective
title_short Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective
title_full Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective
title_fullStr Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Enterprise Food Fraud in China: Key Factors Identification From Social Co-governance Perspective
title_sort enterprise food fraud in china: key factors identification from social co-governance perspective
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