Building on Carter and Jennings (2002a,b,2004) seminal works on socially responsible purchasing and logistics, this multinational study investigates the extent to which socially responsible supplier selection (SRSS) is associated with customer firms' financial performance in three key world economic regions. We collect and utilize a unique dataset consisting of a total of 479 manufacturing retail, and service provider firms operating in three distinct national culturing: China, the United Arab Emirates, we observe evidence that, overall, firms that consider social responsibility aspects during the supplier selection process enjoy financial performance advantages versus rivals. However, model comparisons across the studied countries reveal differential outcomes of SRSS to commonly expected outcomes within these important national settings.