Beyond a Corporate Social Responsibility Context Towards Methodological Pluralism in Social Life Cycle Assessment: Exploring Alternative Social Theoretical Perspectives

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Henrikke Baumann ◽  
Rickard Arvidsson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Methodological Pluralism ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals Developing social life cycle assessment based on corporate social responsibility: A chemical process industry case regarding human rights

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 120564
Author(s):  
Georgios Archimidis Tsalidis ◽  
Elena de Santo ◽  
Jose Jorge Espí Gallart ◽  
Joan Berzosa Corberá ◽  
Frederic Clarens Blanco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Chemical Process ◽  
Process Industry ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Chemical Process Industry ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment in Management of Socially Responsible Enterprise

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
Stanisław Tkaczyk ◽  
Joanna Kuzincow ◽  
Grzegorz Ganczewski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Environmental Actions ◽  
Corporate Social

Abstract The following paper presents dangerous and evident phenomenon of communicational chaos in the field of environment protection and sustainable development in a turbulent external environment. It is pointed that this phenomenon gives organizations an opportunity to take pretended pro-environmental actions, such as socially critical greenwashing. As a counterbalance to those practices, a concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is presented, underlining the possibility of developing honest environmental marketing basing on methods such as Life Cycle Assessment.

scholarly journals Impactos sociales del espárrago en Perú: Identificación y evaluación de impactos sociales en la etapa de procesamiento del espárrago blanco fresco en La Libertad (Perú), mediante la técnica Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Terán
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Export Sector ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

A pesquisa apresenta um estudo de caso de identificação e avaliação de impactos sociais na produção de aspargos brancos frescos no Peru, com a participação de uma empresa líder do setor de agroexportação. A técnica utilizada foi a Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida Social (S-LCA), considerando apenas a etapa de processamento, em que várias atividades são concluídas para transformar a matéria-prima em produto acabado. Desta forma, a equipe de pesquisa definiu três categorias de atores, 15 subcategorias e 67 indicadores específicos, para os quais foram coletadas informações de fontes primárias e secundárias. Uma metodologia existente, baseada na avaliação do desempenho e na avaliação do impacto de cada subcategoria, foi adaptada para a avaliação de impacto. Os resultados da avaliação determinam que a empresa demonstre níveis satisfatórios de responsabilidade social corporativa, gerando, na maioria dos casos, impactos positivos sobre seus stakeholders.  Palavras-chave: Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida Social (S-LCA). Avaliação de Impacto Social. Aspargos.ResumenLa investigación presenta un caso de estudio de identificación y evaluación de impactos sociales en la producción del espárrago blanco fresco en Perú, contando com la participación de una empresa representativa del rubro agroexportador. Se utilizo la técnica Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), considerando solamente la etapa de procesamiento, en la cual se presentan diversas actividades orientadas a transformar la materia prima en producto terminado. En ese sentido, se definieron 3 categorías de stakeholders, 15 subcategorías y 67 indicadores específicos, para los cuales se recolectó información de fuentes secundarias y primarias. Para la evaluación de impactos se adaptó una metodología existente, basada en la evaluación del desempeño y la evaluación de impactos de cada subcategoría. Los resultados de análisis determinan que la empresa muestra niveles satisfactorios en materia de responsabilidad social empresarial, generando, en la mayoría de casos, impactos positivos en sus grupos de interés. Palabras clave: Análisis del Ciclo de Vida Social (S-ACV). Evaluación de Impactos Sociales. Espárrago.AbstractThe research presents a case study of identification and evaluation of social impacts in the production of fresh white asparagus in Peru, with the participation of a leader company of the agro-export sector. The technique used was Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), considering only the processing stage, in which several activities are completed in order to transform the raw material into finished product. Accordingly, the research team defined 3 categories of stakeholders, 15 subcategories and 67 specific indicators, for which information was collected from secondary and primary sources. An existing methodology, based on performance evaluation and impact assessment of each subcategory, was adapted for the impact assessment. The results of the assessment determine that the company shows satisfactory levels of corporate social responsibility, generating, in most cases, positive impacts on its stakeholders.Keywords: Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). Social Impact Assessment. Asparagus.

Business student attitudes toward corporate social responsibility: a Vietnamese study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Hauthikim Do ◽  
Chee Chuong Sum
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract Globally, organizations are increasingly embracing corporate social responsibility (CSR) to strengthen competitive advantage. Although CSR is recognized to be context-sensitive, the literature is still lacking studies that examine CSR in different contexts, particularly non-western ones. Our study adds to a deeper understanding of CSR in Vietnam by identifying the predictors of CSR attitudes of business students. Vietnam has rich cultural, social, and economic characteristics that offer new theoretical perspectives and insights on the contextual nature of CSR. Our findings showed that CSR attitudes related positively to idealism and student seniority, and negatively to materialism and male students. A positive CSR–relativism relationship was uncovered. Spirituality related positively to the importance of CSR to business sustainability and negatively to CSR's importance to short-term competitiveness. The findings have theoretical and practical implications on the understanding and practice of CSR that would benefit CSR researchers, business organizations, and education institutions.

scholarly journals Are Renewables as Friendly to Humans as to the Environment?: A Social Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Electricity

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shutaro Takeda ◽  
Alexander Keeley ◽  
Shigeki Sakurai ◽  
Shunsuke Managi ◽  
Catherine Norris
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Electricity Mix ◽  
The Impact

The adoption of renewable energy technologies in developing nations is recognized to have positive environmental impacts; however, what are their effects on the electricity supply chain workers? This article provides a quantitative analysis on this question through a relatively new framework called social life cycle assessment, taking Malaysia as a case example. Impact assessments by the authors show that electricity from renewables has greater adverse impacts on supply chain workers than the conventional electricity mix: Electricity production with biomass requires 127% longer labor hours per unit-electricity under the risk of human rights violations, while the solar photovoltaic requires 95% longer labor hours per unit-electricity. However, our assessment also indicates that renewables have less impacts per dollar-spent. In fact, the impact of solar photovoltaic would be 60% less than the conventional mix when it attains grid parity. The answer of “are renewables as friendly to humans as to the environment?” is “not-yet, but eventually.”

scholarly journals Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Economy Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspective: State of the Art of Applicative Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2472
Author(s):  
Teodora Stillitano ◽  
Emanuele Spada ◽  
Nathalie Iofrida ◽  
Giacomo Falcone ◽  
Anna Irene De Luca
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Qualitative Synthesis

This study aims at providing a systematic and critical review on the state of the art of life cycle applications from the circular economy point of view. In particular, the main objective is to understand how researchers adopt life cycle approaches for the measurement of the empirical circular pathways of agri-food systems along with the overall lifespan. To perform the literature review, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol was considered to conduct a review by qualitative synthesis. Specifically, an evaluation matrix has been set up to gather and synthesize research evidence, by classifying papers according to several integrated criteria. The literature search was carried out employing scientific databases. The findings highlight that 52 case studies out of 84 (62% of the total) use stand-alone life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the benefits/impacts of circular economy (CE) strategies. In contrast, only eight studies (9.5%) deal with the life cycle costing (LCC) approach combined with other analyses while no paper deals with the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) methodology. Global warming potential, eutrophication (for marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems), human toxicity, and ecotoxicity results are the most common LCA indicators applied. Only a few articles deal with the CE assessment through specific indicators. We argue that experts in life cycle methodologies must strive to adopt some key elements to ensure that the results obtained fit perfectly with the measurements of circularity and that these can even be largely based on a common basis.

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment with Integrated Circular Economy Principles: A Toy Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3856
Author(s):  
Rebeka Kovačič Lukman ◽  
Vasja Omahne ◽  
Damjan Krajnc
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment

When considering the sustainability of production processes, research studies usually emphasise environmental impacts and do not adequately address economic and social impacts. Toy production is no exception when it comes to assessing sustainability. Previous research on toys has focused solely on assessing environmental aspects and neglected social and economic aspects. This paper presents a sustainability assessment of a toy using environmental life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, and social life cycle assessment. We conducted an inventory analysis and sustainability impact assessment of the toy to identify the hotspots of the system. The main environmental impacts are eutrophication, followed by terrestrial eco-toxicity, acidification, and global warming. The life cycle costing approach examined the economic aspect of the proposed design options for toys, while the social assessment of the alternative designs revealed social impacts along the product life cycle. In addition, different options based on the principles of the circular economy were analysed and proposed in terms of substitution of materials and shortening of transport distances for the toy studied.

CSR in the German Mittelstand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Lipski
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Csr Engagement

Increasingly aware of the advantages and rewards of corporate social responsibility (CSR), more small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) are interested in engaging in CSR. This book focuses on the German Mittelstand, which consists mostly of SMEs and is considered a role model for other economies. It examines the development of CSR engagement in the German Mittelstand and outlines trends that will allow better recommendations for CSR implementation. The positive trend toward the issue leads to the necessity of a structured CSR approach. Thus, this book offers an overview of important theoretical perspectives, an analysis of the CSR development in the German Mittelstand, and strategic considerations for a successful CSR implementation. With a foreword by Olga Kuznetsova.

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