School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China.
School of Business Administration, Hunan University of Finance and Economics, Changsha 410205, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 11;18(2):556. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020556.
This research investigates the effect of fairness concerns on a sustainable low-carbon supply chain (LCSC) with a carbon quota policy, in which a manufacturer is in charge of manufacturing low-carbon products and sells them to a retailer. The demand is affected by price and the carbon emission reduction rate. The optimal decisions of pricing and carbon emission reduction rate are analyzed under four decision models: (i) centralized decision, (ii) decentralized decision without fairness concern, (iii) decentralized decision with manufacturer's fairness concern, (iv) decentralized decision with retailer's fairness concern. The results indicate that the profits in the centralized LCSC are higher than those in the decentralized LCSC with fairness concern. If a manufacturer pays close attention to fairness, the fairness concern coefficient will reduce the carbon emission reduction rate and the profit of the LCSC and increase the wholesale price and the retail price of the product. If a retailer pays close attention to fairness, and the preference of consumers for a low-carbon product is low, the fairness concern coefficient of the retailer increases the total profit of the LCSC and decreases the carbon emission reduction rate and retail price of the product. Otherwise, if the preference of consumers for a low-carbon product is great, the fairness concern coefficient of the retailer would lead to a lower retail price compared with the retail price in the centralized decision and decrease the total profit of the LCSC.
本研究调查了公平关切对带有碳配额政策的可持续低碳供应链（LCSC）的影响，其中制造商负责制造低碳产品并将其销售给零售商。需求受价格和碳减排率的影响。在四种决策模型下分析了定价和碳减排率的最优决策：（i）集中决策，（ii）无公平关切的分散决策，（iii）制造商公平关切的分散决策，（iv）零售商公平关切的分散决策。结果表明，集中式 LCSC 的利润高于具有公平关切的分散式 LCSC。如果制造商关注公平，公平关切系数将降低 LCSC 的碳减排率和利润，并提高批发价格和产品零售价格。如果零售商关注公平，且消费者对低碳产品的偏好较低，零售商的公平关切系数将增加 LCSC 的总利润，并降低产品的碳减排率和零售价格。否则，如果消费者对低碳产品的偏好很大，零售商的公平关切系数将导致与集中决策下的零售价格相比，零售价格较低，并降低 LCSC 的总利润。
