Energy from the Sea and the Protection of the Marine Environment: Treaty-Based Regimes and Ocean Corporate Social Responsibility

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelica Bonfanti ◽  
Francesca Romanin Jacur
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
International Maritime Organization ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Damage Mitigation ◽  
Marine Environmental Protection ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Marine Environmental

This article addresses treaty-based regimes and the so-called Ocean Corporate Social Responsibility (ocsr) that are relevant to marine environmental protection and energy activities. In this context, special attention is paid to the interactions among the legal regimes in which the environmental and safety rules and standards are adopted and to the effects of the regulatory technique of “legislation by reference”. After examining the relevant obligations of States within the framework of the un Convention on the Law of the Sea and the International Maritime Organization, the authors analyse ocsr, especially its preventive, damage mitigation and compensatory functions and its potential synergies with the treaty-based regimes.

scholarly journals HOW DOES GREEN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR? THE MEDIATING ROLE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 27-47
Author(s):  
Hung-Yi Liao ◽  
Chin-Tien Hsu ◽  
Hsiao-Chi Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
Corporate Social

The issue of environmental protection in the twenty-first century has played a relatively critical role in business management. Companies developing green intellectual capital can increase their competitive advantage and may influence employees’ attitudes and behavior regarding environmental protection. This research explored the mediating effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the relationship between green intellectual capital and employees’ proenvironmental behavior. Data was obtained from surveys collected from 461 employees in the high-tech industries in Taiwan. The results revealed that green human capital and green relational capital were positively related to the perception of CSR. Moreover, the perception of CSR mediated the associations between green human capital, green relational capital and employees’ pro-environmental behavior. Implications of the findings, including limitations and future research directions are discussed.

CSR and Greenwashing in Finland

2021 ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Rauno Rusko
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
The World ◽  
Corporate Social

Due to the general tendency to express environmental protection, environmentalism, and the actions to slow down the greenhouse effect in the world, the enterprises have noticed the importance of environmental values in their public announcements, documents, and homepages. In other words, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a very important and topical theme of the firms. The popularity of environmentalism tempts the firms to follow the direction of public opinion even though the actual environmental activities might be minor or even absent. This kind of quasi-environmentalism is called as greenwashing. This chapter focuses on greenwashing and CSR in the Finnish context via public discussions about greenwashing. This chapter is emphasizing the understandings and the sense-makings in the concepts of greenwashing and CSR and their numerous connotations basing on the results of the textual analysis. The outcomes are completed and compared with the international contexts, and, therefore, they are also internationally robust.

Can corporate social responsibility deter consumer dysfunctional behavior?

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 729-738
Author(s):  
Alexis M. Allen ◽  
Todd Green ◽  
Michael K. Brady ◽  
John Peloza
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Google Trends ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dysfunctional Behavior ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how and when a reputation for corporate social responsibility (CSR) can deter dysfunctional consumer behaviors (DCBs) such as shoplifting or negative word-of-mouth (WOM) in response to firm failures. The authors predict that congruency of the CSR activities and the basis for the firm failure (e.g. environmental protection, environmental harm) provides protection for firms while incongruency (e.g. environmental protection, social harm) does not. The authors base this prediction on the process of retroactive attribution and sense-making. Design/methodology/approach Across two studies the research finds support that a reputation for CSR can deter consumer dysfunctional behavior. Study 1 uses an experimental design with a Mturk sample, and a behavioral outcome using an overpayment situation, to examine when consumers will act honestly and recognize overpayment. Study 2 uses secondary data, across three novel data sources (Google trends data, an existing data set of consumer perceptions of CSR and Factiva to uncover press coverage of negative firm events). Study 2 examines how CSR reputation impacts consumers’ participation in negative WOM in response to firm failures. Findings Study 1 finds support for CSR congruency as a protection mechanism against dysfunctional behavior in response to negative events. The authors find that dysfunctional behaviors in conditions of congruency, while incongruent and a control condition do not provide such protections. Study 2 supports these findings using Google trends data in the form of online negative WOM. The authors find that when firms are known for their social performance, negative events in the social domain result in significantly lower levels of negative WOM. Originality/value The current paper makes the novel prediction that consumers will use a current negative event (corporate social irresponsibility) to re-evaluate previous CSR. Thus, in contrast with prior research, the authors argue that a negative event is not affected by previous CSR but that previous CSR is affected by a negative event. Furthermore, the authors posit that the congruency between the transgression and previous CSR moderates consumer perceptions, such that incongruent CSR and transgression contexts lead to increased DCBs through consumers’ retroactive sense-making process.

Regional Cooperation and Marine Environmental Protection in Southeast Asia Governance Models and Regional Particularities

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-220
Author(s):  
Amber Rose Maggio
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Marine Environmental Protection ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Marine Environmental

Southeast Asia is a region where regional cooperation for the protection of the marine environment faces some unique challenges. This paper explores the current regional cooperation landscape in this area and then draws on other regions (Arctic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and the Baltic) experience to seek out inspiration and possible best practices for Southeast Asia. Each region’s particularities mean there is no one blueprint for cooperation, but there are many relevant examples for Southeast Asia to draw on in any future attempts to strengthen and coordinate action to protect the marine environment. This paper will look to other regions to assist in evaluating the problems and potential of regional cooperation in Southeast Asia.

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