Ade Oyedijo, Ph.D.

Why Perceived Fairness is so Important to Global Supply Chains

In this breakout session, Ade Oyedijo, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, explores why perceived fairness is essential for building trust, cooperation, and long-term sustainability in global supply chains. Drawing on his published research and real-world examples, Ade will explain how differences in power, distance, and communication across supply chain networks shape experiences of fairness for businesses, supply chain actors, and workers. Grounded in biblical principles of justice, stewardship, and care for others, the session will highlight practical ways for Christian leaders to promote fair decision-making, transparent relationships, and ethical governance in today’s complex global demand-and-supply systems.

Session Speaker

Adegboyega (Adé) Oyedijo is an award-winning scholar who currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. Prior to joining Baylor, he spent 15 years in the United Kingdom and worked at various institutions, most recently as an associate professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Leicester. 

Through a supply chain management perspective, his research and scholarship tackle important challenges confronting organizations, policymakers, consumers, and other stakeholders today such as food production and security, ethical and responsible sourcing, sustainability, and healthcare delivery. His work has been recognized by policymakers (e.g., UK Parliament), practitioners (e.g., The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), international organizations (e.g., The World Economic Forum), and received external funding (e.g., from The British Academy). He has published in reputable academic and practitioner journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Tourism Management, Production Planning and Control, and The Conversation.

Oyedijo is an agenda contributor at the World Economic Forum, where he plays a role in shaping the global agenda on sustainable supply chain management. He currently serves as regional editor (Africa) for the Journal of Supply Chain Management and an editorial review board member of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. He is the founder and director of the Society of Black Academics – The UK’s leading voice and community for inclusive change in the higher education sector and the current director of the IPSERA Africa Initiative – a platform facilitating the collaborative creation of knowledge among purchasing and supply management scholars in Africa.

Prior to his academic career, Oyedijo worked in logistics and transport for TNT Express and FedEx (UK and Ireland), where he was part of a team that managed the global distribution of complex commodities.