For this research, data were collected in South Korea. South Korea has emerged as a
major economic and manufacturing power in terms of GDP and global presence. South
Korean firms such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG have become world leaders in
technology and organizational innovations (Lee and Miller, 1996; Liu and White, 2001).
Social and political concerns about the environment emerged in the early 1990s when
the Korean government established new regulations for green management
throughout the entire supply chain (Lee, 2008).