scholarly journals COVID-19 and dynamics of environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility in Malaysia

Author(s):  
Qaisar Ali ◽  
Shazia Parveen ◽  
Hakimah Yaacob ◽  
Zaki Zaini ◽  
Nur Anissa Sarbini
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-27
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Lorek

The aim of the article is to demonstrate the relationship between the concepts of corporate social responsibility and sustainable production and consumption. CSR helps the organization increase efficiency and credibility, engage in dialogue and engage stakeholders in cooperation, as well as identify social, environmental and ethical risk management. The implementation of CSR requires a comprehensive change in the functioning of the enterprise. Companies that have implemented CSR should, above all, transparently inform consumers about their products, i.e. implement the principles of the European product policy and the guidelines of sustainable consumption and production. The implementation of CSR principles into the company’s business strategy is conducive to building a long-term competitive advantage and relations with the social environment of companies and its stakeholders. For companies that adhere to the principles of CSR, this helps to effectively use the instruments of sustainable consumption and production and thus contribute to sustainable development while increasing European innovation potential and European competitiveness.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Jung Jung ◽  
Kyung Wha Oh

Sustainability in business and personal life has increased over the past few years and is continuing to develop. Consumption in the clothing and textiles industry causes a significant impact on the environment and utilizes unsustainable practices, from clothing production to use and disposal. With shifts toward a more sustainable future within the government, businesses, and society, the apparel industry and consumers must prepare for a sustainable future. This study examines the determinants of sustainable apparel consumption behavior in China and South Korea. Theoretical and practical evidence from the literature on sustainable consumption is applied to develop a model for investigating the consumers’ behavioral intentions to buy, use, and recommend sustainable leather apparel products. Environmental knowledge, perceived consumer effectiveness, sustainable consumption beliefs, and self-enhancement are proposed as key determinants of behavioral intention to buy, use, and recommend eco-friendly faux leather apparel (E-FLA). The hypothesized antecedents of these concepts are part of the model, as modified by the theory of planned behavior, and the model is examined using structural equation modeling on data from a sample of 450 respondents collected in China and South Korea. An analysis of data is carried out to identify the underlying dimensions of sustainable consumption beliefs and behaviors including pro-environmentalism, social responsibility, and animal conservation. The results show that the key determinants of behavioral intentions to buy, use, and recommend E-FLA are pro-environmentalism and social responsibility, which are related to sustainable consumption belief dimensions and consumers’ self-enhancement. The positive determinants of sustainable consumption beliefs are found to be both environmental knowledge and perceived consumer effectiveness. These results suggest the need for greater environmental knowledge and perceived consumer efficiency in the effort to achieve more sustainable clothing consumption. The implications of the findings for public policy and recommendations for further studies are outlined and discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Liskia Maria Kristando ◽  
Tias Andarini Indarwati

Permasalahan lingkungan menjadi masalah yang sulit untuk dipecahkan, Indonesia merupakan negara dengan penyumbang sampah plastik di lautan terbesar kedua dunia. Sebagian besar sampah tersebut berasal dari sedotan plastik sekali pakai. Kondisi tersebut menyebabkan masyarakat khawatir sehingga beralih ke produk atau layanan yang perusahaannya bertanggung jawab terhadap lingkungan. KFC merupakan perusahaan restoran cepat saji yang melakukan kegiatan CSR dengan mengadakan gerakan #nostrawmovement. Kegiatan ini bertujuan membangun kesadaran masyarakat terhadap bahaya sampah sedotan plastik sekali pakai. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian kausalitas untuk menentukan pengaruh kesadaran lingkungan dan shared value corporate social responsibility terhadap niat beli ulang KFC (Studi pada KFC Indonesia). Teknik pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan judgmental sampling dengan ukuran sampel 200 responden yang merupakan konsumen KFC. Yaitu, Konsumen KFC yang pernah membeli minimal 2 kali. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan tidak ada pengaruh antara kesadaran lingkungan terhadap niat beli ulang KFC dan ada pengaruh signifikan positif antara shared value corporate social responsibility terhadap niat beli ulang KFC. Litter is an endless environmental issue that puzzled the mind, with that being said Indonesia is however still manage to put salt on the wound by contributing as second largest plasticbased garbage producer in the world. Most of those plastic outcast were plastic straw disposable. This situation naturally motivate environmental-caring consumer to turn their back to those of environmentally careless service provider and put their attention only for companies and businesses with a correct manner of responsibility to the environmental impact. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a fast food restoran performing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program called #nostrawmovement to educate the public about the menace of non-reusing plastic straw behavior, thus expected to encourage them to did not use plastic straw anymore.This work present a quantitative study with causality study by design to determine the relationship between environmental awareness alongside shared value corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to repurchase intentions of KFC (a study of KFC Indonesia). The sampling method that deployed in this work is judgmental sampling with sample width of 200 respondent KFC’s consumer. All the respondents at least buy the KFC’s product twice. The result of this study showed that there is no connection between environmental awareness and buy back willingness of KFC’s product, and also there is a significant positive leverage from Shared Value corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to repurchase intention of KFC’s product.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13394
Author(s):  
Sven Kilian ◽  
Andreas Mann

The intention-action gap stands out in research on sustainable consumption for decades. The current research explores the role of socially desirable responding (SDR) in the appearance of this gap by utilising an indirect questioning technique. Two online experiments (n=306 and n=334) demonstrate, in line with most market surveys, that consumers present themselves as highly responsible when being assessed with the standard survey measurement approach (i.e., direct questioning). However, the responses of participants toward the exact same measures of consumers’ social responsibility perceptions and behavioural intentions heavily drop when applying an indirect questioning technique, indicating a substantial overstatement of consumers’ social responsibility perceptions in traditional market surveys. Furthermore, this study provides novel evidence regarding the validity and underlying mechanism of the indirect questioning technique, thereby alleviating long-lasting concerns about this method. Implications for the intention–action gap discussion and consumer ethics research are proposed.


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