One of the areas moving towards being incorporated into a best practices compliance program is that of the supply chain. While many companies have focused significant compliance program effort towards the sales chain, the supply chain is now viewed as an area which requires compliance scrutiny. One of the questions I routinely hear is how to endow vendors in your supply chain with the same urgency of compliance initiative that is present in your company. I recently read an article, in the winter 2012 issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review, which provided some guidance on this issue. It also has wider implications for improving compliance not only in the supply chain but also in the sales chain arena of your company. The article is authored by Erica Plambeck, Hau Lee and Pamela Yatsko and is entitled “Improving Environmental Performance in your Chinese Supply Chain.”