Adidas has continuously engaged with numerous stakeholders to develop its standards of engagement. These codes and processes cover a wide range of issues $($forced labor, child labor, discrimination, wage and benefits, collective bargaining, environmental requirements, and community involvement$)$ and are supported by auditing tools and procedures. Compliance ratings$$together with quality criteria$$influence decisions on which suppliers to use. Which aspect of the VRIO framework is most closely aligned with these decisions?

a$.$ Organization

b$.$ Imitability

c$.$ Rarity

d$.$ Value