Sustainability as an object  of corporate social responsibility

We can observe that in the last few years companies and organizations of any nature have begun to show an increasing interest in establishing sustainable relationships with the environment by bridging those groups that are impacted or that impact on their activities, . In this context, the social responsibility report emerges as a management tool that allows companies to be accountable to society and its groups and measure, their environmental, financial and social actions.The Triple Bottom Line, triple accountability or triple counting of results, should be understood as the methodology to measure and report the performance of organizations contrasted with environmental, economic and social parameters. In addition, it allows companies to surpass accountability solely for their economic value as it used to be in the past, and also to consider the social and environmental value they add or destroy.Concern about these social and environmental issues generates a demand for information, which, in turn, leads to the need to have a document that collects the information demanded by society and that should be offered by the Companies, what is known as Social Responsibility.It is the American companies that originally, already in the late sixties and early seventies, found themselves in need of having to offer information regarding their social responsibility. This information was collected in what, we might conclude, is the first social balances, which were addressed mainly to groups outside the company itself, especially to consumers, since in the United States it was this collective that showed a greater concern about the issue.

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Corporate social responsibility of the Port of Gdynia

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20185701017 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 57 ◽

pp. 01017

Author(s):

Hanna Klimek ◽

Janusz Dąbrowski

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

Competitive Edge ◽

The Past ◽

The Social ◽

Wide Range ◽

Sea Ports ◽

Corporate Social ◽

And Storage

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a tool used by companies to establish positive relations with their surroundings and gain a competitive edge. This also relates to centres providing services, such as seaports. In the past, these served as loading/off-loading and storage stations as well as ship terminals. At present, they have become versatile complexes administering land and infrastructure as well as playing host to numerous enterprises which offer a wide range of services to carriers and freight forwarders. Not only individual businesses but also entire port service hubs can, or even should, be socially responsible nowadays. The topic of this research is the social responsibility of sea ports. This article will discuss the social responsibility of the Port of Gdynia. The objective is to present socially responsible actions taken by Gdynia Port Authority SA and the largest port operators and to assess the progress made on the implementation of CSR there.

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Peculiarities of corporate social responsibility development in the monotowns in post-communist countries

Social Responsibility Journal ◽

10.1108/srj-07-2015-0099 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 463-483 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Inna Blam ◽

Katarína Vitálišová ◽

Kamila Borseková ◽

Mariusz Sokolowicz

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Social Issues ◽

Future Research ◽

Content Type ◽

The Past ◽

Research Areas ◽

The Social ◽

Corporate Social

Purpose The paper aims to analyze actual issues of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in monofunctional towns in Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The process of social investment restructuring is obviously under way in these countries. However, there can be identified a few examples where the dominant employer with the long tradition (from the soviet period, even longer) has initiated and directly influenced by the social policy the local and regional development. The paper analyzes their development during the past decades, with the special emphasis on social issues. It identifies its strengths and weaknesses and defines future research areas. Design/methodology/approach The first part of the paper defines the CSR with focus on the social sphere and relationships between local dominant employer, local government and community. Refer to the theory, the paper adopts a case study methodology to explore the specifics of CSR with a focus on monotowns, especially the role of local dominant employer and its relationship with local government and community in three selected post-communist nations – Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The research uses also the secondary data (the strategic documents, statistical data) and own observation during the study visits to the selected cities. The authors analyze the town’s development during the past decades, with the special emphasis on the social issues. Findings It is shown that maintenance and development of essential living conditions in many monofunctional towns depends upon the direct participation of large dominating companies. The paper argues that there is a principal difference between the current social policy conducted by these dominant local employers and the policy that was conducted in the past. What is more, most of the engagement of large in the social affairs in monotowns refers to the CSR concept. The paper summarizes the common features and differences in functioning monotowns in selected states, from the perspective of social responsible behaviors of dominant companies, suggests the practical implications and identifies future research areas. Originality/value The paper maps the specific kind of social responsibility interconnected with the issue of local and regional development – monotowns in Russia, Poland and Slovakia – in the countries with common political and social history. It brings in the form of case studies the detailed overview of the selected examples from Russia, Ukraine and Poland dealing with the CSR. Based on the collected data, it summarizes the advantages and disadvantage of these towns and opens the new research areas.

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Environmental issues of the corporate social responsibility

Management ◽

10.2478/manment-2014-0005 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 58-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Agnieszka Misztal ◽

Małgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Corporate Responsibility ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Research Topic ◽

The Social ◽

Practical Research ◽

Environmental Requirements ◽

The Subject ◽

Corporate Social

Summary The article is dealing with the environmental corporate responsibility. Taking this research topic stems from a growing awareness of entrepreneurs in this area and is associated with the popularity of proving the social responsibility before a group of stakeholders. The article discussed past literature achievements relating to environmental management as one of the areas of corporate social responsibility. There were also presented current imperatives of this aspect, which became the subject of practical research to find effective ways of their compliance. Practical examples of solutions to grouped environmental requirements were described in the second part of the article.

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INOVAÇÃO, SUSTENTABILIDADE E RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL: ANÁLISE DA EXPERIÊNCIA DE UMA EMPRESA DE EQUIPAMENTOS PESADOSDOI: 10.5773/rgsa.v4i3.330

Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental ◽

10.24857/rgsa.v4i3.330 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 90 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dalila Alves Corrêa ◽

Mário Sacomano Neto ◽

Valéria Rueda Elias Spers ◽

Antonio Carlos Giuliani

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Business Strategy ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Research Data ◽

Equipment Manufacturer ◽

Heavy Equipment ◽

The Social ◽

Management Area ◽

Corporate Social

O artigo aborda a prática da responsabilidade social em empresas que atuam de forma inovadora e sustentável. Responsabilidade social empresarial é um assunto que tem suscitado o interesse de autores da área de gestão, bem como vem estabelecendo relações com as abordagens inovação e sustentabilidade. Seu objetivo é mostrar, pelo estudo de caso desenvolvido numa empresa de grande porte, fabricante de equipamentos pesados, que as práticas de responsabilidade social, a inovação e a sustentabilidade são desdobramentos decorrentes da estratégia corporativa da empresa e que estão vinculadas aos seus objetivos econômicos, legais e sociais. Os dados da pesquisa foram coletados através de entrevistas realizadas com profissionais da empresa, observação e análises documentais sobre os projetos implantados e em desenvolvimento. Nesse sentido, a experiência construída pela empresa permite comentar que decisões sobre inovação tecnológica e sustentabilidade devem estar diretamente vinculadas às questões e ações sociais e ambientais, bem como emergir da base das concepções estratégicas do negócio. O estudo busca contribuir para as discussões que abordam estratégias de inovação e sustentabilidade aliadas aos propósitos de natureza socialmente responsáveis. Palavras-chave:Responsabilidade social, Inovação, Sustentabilidade, Projetos Sociais. ABSTRACT The relation among Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS), Innovation and Sustainability is a subject that has interested many companies and authors of the management area. This article has a main objective to analyze this relation in a heavy equipment manufacturer. The research data have been collected through interviews with professionals of the company, observation and analyses of institutional documents. The results indicated that the company decisions about technological innovation and sustainability are directly linked with the social and environmental issues related to the business strategy. Keywords:Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS), Innovation, Sustainability, Heavy Equipment Manufacturer.

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Implementation of the ISO 26000 Guidelines on Active Participation and Community Development

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci8090263 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 263 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Oscar Daniel Licandro ◽

Adán Guillermo Ramírez García ◽

Lisandro José Alvarado-Peña ◽

Luis Alfredo Vega Osuna ◽

Patricia Correa

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Social Action ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Iso 26000 ◽

Social Actions ◽

The Social ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Probabilistic Sample ◽

Methodological Guidelines ◽

Structured Questionnaire

The ISO 26000 Guidance provides valuable conceptual and methodological guidelines for making corporate social action an effective tool through which organizations contribute to the solution of social problems within the communities they operate. These guidelines focus on their potential to contribute to the institutional strengthening of the social institutions of these communities, as well as to empower, generate autonomy, and develop skills in their final beneficiaries. Nevertheless, the academic literature has paid little attention to these guidelines. This document presents the results of pioneering research which was intended to provide information on the application of corporate social action. For measurement, a battery of 24 indicators was built and included in a structured questionnaire which was applied to a non-probabilistic sample of companies that carry out social actions. It was found that most of them apply the guidelines to a large extent and that this application correlates with the importance they assign to corporate social responsibility, with the degree to which they have incorporated it into their management, and with the construction of alliances with social organizations. Also, it was found that the application of these guidelines is independent of knowledge of the Guide and the approach to social responsibility that companies adopt.

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A Study on Organizational Behavior Dimensions That Support Successful Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

International Journal of Synergy and Research ◽

10.17951/ijsr.2018.7.0.5-13 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Cristina Borca ◽

Anca Draghici ◽

Sorin Suciu

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Organizational Behavior ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Font Size ◽

Stroke Width ◽

Stakeholder Support ◽

The Social ◽

Information Awareness ◽

Corporate Social

The main objective of the paper is to highlight some dimensions related to a responsible behaviour of organizations and the social perception of these aspects. The underlying idea has started from the need to identify the factors of organizational communication that can inflence the social perception of the dimensions of the social responsibility of organizations. The proposed goals were achieved through the longitudinal analysis of statistical data, obtained from four opinion polls conducted during the period 2002–2015 within the organization chosen for the applied research. The dimensions considered for the investigation were image and reputation of the organization; the level of information; awareness of the contribution to environmental issues; aspects of crisis management (incident resolution); confience in the way organizations work; customer satisfaction. All these aspects, characterized by appropriately defied indicators have been constituted as variables of the customer perception equation. Based on the evolution of the dimensions, various conclusions could be generated that highlight the customer’s perception of the organization and its social responsibility behaviour. Based on these fidings, it is necessary, as a fist step in the development of corporate social responsibility strategies, to conduct a customer perception analysis to assess stakeholder support for a variety of social or environmental issues and ultimately substantiate their decision to engage in those initiatives that matter most to them (key initiatives).<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

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Integrated reporting and corporate social responsibility in the context of social economy (Mutual associations in the health and welfare sector)

CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública social y cooperativa ◽

10.7203/ciriec-e.85.6862 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 109

Author(s):

Maria Brízida Tomé ◽

Deolinda Aparício Meira ◽

Ana Maria Bandeira

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Social Economy ◽

General Interest ◽

Integrated Reporting ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

Bottom Line ◽

The Social ◽

Responsible Behaviour ◽

Corporate Social

This study aims to evaluate whether integrated reporting can be considered the appropriate tool for disclosure of the socially responsible behaviour of social economy entities (SEEs), as they currently face an increased demand for transparency from a number of stakeholders. The initial analysis of the concept and principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR), through a triple bottom line concept, and of the social economy and the legal regime governing mutual associations is followed by an empirical study of Portuguese mutual associations in the health and welfare sector. A proposal is also made for an integrated reporting system which is suitable for showing the organization’s socially responsible behaviour and pursuit of the general interest and is concluded to have overcomethe difficulties of disclosing their economic, social, and environmental aspects. Furthermore, it is proposed that SEEs should obligatorily adopt integrated reporting in order to transmit dynamic, up-to-date information of relevance to stakeholders.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Business Ethics and Diversity in the Modern Workplace - Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-7254-3.ch011 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 132-141

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Third Party ◽

Employee Morale ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Free Competition ◽

Social License To Operate ◽

Social License ◽

The Social ◽

Corporate Social

The impression that business enterprises have some duties toward society beyond that of making profits for the owners has been around for centuries, and it is still, today, at the core of the business ethics debate. The social responsibility for a business is to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, appealing in open and free competition without dishonesty or fraud. In order to effectively communicate CSR, corporations should be transparent, use third-party verification, remember the workers, explain their metrics, and be proactive. The benefits of CSR are corporate reputation and enhanced brand image, earning and maintaining social license to operate, establishing reputation with investors, reducing and managing business risks, competing for access to resources, attracting and keeping employees, maintaining employee morale and productivity, meeting changing stakeholder expectations, and eventually improving the bottom line. This chapter explores corporate social responsibility.

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Pendekatan Komunikasi Partisipatif sebagai Model Pelaksanaan Program Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR ) JAPFA4Kids

Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi ◽

10.31315/jik.v16i3.3206 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 247

Author(s):

Susilowati Natakoesoemah

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Market Share ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Economic Value ◽

Corporate Image ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Development Goals ◽

Corporate Social

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR ) telah menjadi bagian yang integral dalam industri bisnis saat ini. Paradigma CSR pun telah berubah, perusahaan harus berusaha mengimplementasikan CSR dengan pendekatan Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)“ pada visi businessnya. Prinsip yang dikandung dalam Sustainaible Development pada intinya adalah perusahaan tidak hanya memperhatikan keuntungan perusahaan semata dengan cara menjaga reputasi, corporate image atau meningkatkan market share namun juga harus mengembangkan proses pembangunan tanpa mengorbankan pemenuhan kebutuhan generasi yang akan datang. Oleh karena itu SDG’s melibatkan 3 pilar atau yang dikenal dengan “Triple Bottom Line “ yakni pertama meminimalisir kerushakan lingkungan; Kedua , memberikan manfaat kepada masyarakat dimana organisasi berada; Ketiga, memberikan “economic value” bagi perushaan. Untuk menjalankan prinsip program CSR dengan prinsip SDG’s ini memerlukan partisipasi dari perusahaan maupun masyarakat , maka untuk membantu mengatasi solusi ini diperlukan pendekatan komunikasi partisipatif dalam pelaksanaan program CSR. Makalah ini mengindikasikan bahwa untuk mendorong perubahan perilaku kebiasaan masyarakat sehari-hari atau meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat tidak cukup hanya melalui pengembangan komunikasi partisipatif , namun diperlukan pula program yang berkesinambungan dengan melakukan mentoring dan berbagi pengetahuan untuk memperkuat sikap dan perilaku terhadap kesehatan dan gizi serta kebersihan.

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Sport

Journal of Sport Management ◽

10.1123/jsm.23.6.691 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 691-697 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Cheri Bradish ◽

J. Joseph Cronin

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Professional Sports ◽

The United States ◽

Sport Organizations ◽

Disadvantaged Communities ◽

Healthy Communities ◽

The Past ◽

Sport Industry ◽

Corporate Social

Over the past decade, there has been a groundswell of support within the sport industry to be “good sports”, as evidenced by a growing number of, and commitment to, “giving” initiatives and “charitable” programs. Consider the following examples:• In 1998, the “Sports Philanthropy Project” was founded, devoted to “harnessing the power of professional sports to support the development of healthy communities.” (Sports Philanthropy Project, 2009) To date, this organization has supported and sustained over 400 philanthropic-related organizations associated with athlete charities, league initiatives, and team foundations in the United States and Canada.• In 2003, “Right To Play” (formerly Olympic Aid) the international humanitarian organization was established, which has used sport to bring about change in over 40 of the world's most disadvantaged communities. Of note is their vision to “engage leaders on all sides of sport, business and media, to ensure every child's right to play” (www.righttoplay.com).• In 2005, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) became one of the first sport organizations to create an internal corporate social responsibility unit, and soon thereafter committed a significant percentage of their revenues to related corporate social responsibility programs (FIFA, 2005).

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