DESIGNING AN INTERNATIONAL BACHELOR DEGREE SYLLABUS - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN INDUSTRY 4.0

Research problem: Revolution Industry 4.0. forces companies to face specific competence-related, technological, organizational and even ethical challenges. The use of innovative “tools” associated with that revolution not only brings new technological challenges, opportunities to build new competitive advantages, new areas of activity, and new types of business benefits but also doubts, questions, or even pathologies and paradoxes. Sometimes, entities that do not fully understand the essence of the new concepts, methods, or techniques use them incorrectly or abuse them for private goals and expose themselves to criticism—sometimes even social condemnation. These are examples of the lack of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of these organizations. This situation also has reached co-creation. In theory, it is a very positive concept, aimed at building competitiveness, or various types of competitive advantages of companies by creating value for clients with their participation. In economic practice, unfortunately, it is not always successful. Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to identify and characterize the key paradoxes and areas of potential pathologies of creating competitive advantage based on co-creation without CSR in the case of companies operating in the age of Industry 4.0. Originality/value of the paper: A theoretical study based on the extensive literature review describing paradoxes, ethical and CSR problems of co-creation in organizations creating competitive advantage in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and a qualitative methodology of research. This study attempts to systematize paradoxes of co-creation and the areas and industries in which the related pathologies of co-creation occur particularly often and distinctively in economic practice. The empirical studies were conducted as a review of case studies of companies that use the concept of co-creation in an irregular way (paradoxical or with pathologies). This study identified and characterized the key 31 paradoxes and pathologies of creating competitive advantage based on co-creation in the case of 14 companies operating in the age of Industry 4.0. Implications: The identification of main dilemmas, paradoxes and pathologies of co-creation; signaling the role of governance and CSR in processes of the valuable use of co-creation in the age of Industry 4.0. Based on the observations described in the paper, it is worth recommending that when becoming involved in co-creation, one should observe ethical standards and assumptions of CSR, and require the same from partners and other parties involved. Otherwise, the risk is that instead of co-creation, the result achieved will be exactly the opposite to that intended, which is co-destruction, and condemnation instead of glory. This is why it is worth considering the paradoxes that are key to co-creation and approaching solutions in a conscious way.

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The Industry 4.0, the Corporate Social Responsibility and the Impacts of Brand in the Digital Transformation

International Journal of Marketing Studies ◽

10.5539/ijms.v13n4p54 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Genni Perlangeli ◽

Andrea Rea

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Customer Relationship ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

International Scope ◽

Made In Usa ◽

Corporate Social

The interest of my research is Digital Transformation and Corporate Social Responsibility as an involvement for the Brand. In this way the “product platform” contributes to the improvement of competitive position of the Business Unit and Branding”, between the marketing process: Customer Relationship Management—Product Development Management—Customer Satisfaction. Weberian vision of ideal type as a concept—ideal limit to illustrate the significant elements of its own empirical content, tends to identify an overcoming from the role of consumer as target to the analysis of the techniques of profiling the humanization of the customer with his needs, fears and aspirations. The research project consists of three parts. In the first a deepening on the wide literature of international scope, above all “made in USA” regarding the market orientation—Industry 4.0—platform: the origin, the internal organization, the management, the communication strategies. In the second part focuses instead on brand analysis, to reconstruct the main social and economic projects while assessing the internal analytical coherence, ideological value and deducing the most significant operational indications. The third, on the other hand, explores corporate social responsibility through small and medium-sized enterprises with market orientation, a socially responsible management-driven approach, strategic enterprise orientation and business management, resulting from different synergistic combinations.

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Corporate Fight against the COVID-19 Risks Based on Technologies of Industry 4.0 as a New Direction of Social Responsibility

Risks ◽

10.3390/risks9120212 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 212

Author(s):

Agnessa O. Inshakova ◽

Anastasia A. Sozinova ◽

Tatiana N. Litvinova

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

The Self ◽

Management Implications ◽

Household Expenditures ◽

Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽

Isolation Index ◽

Corporate Social

The purpose of the article: to find new (most effective) directions for the corporate COVID-19 risks management and developing management implications for leading this fight amid the pandemic and crisis for sustainable development. The methods of correlation and regression analysis are used. It is proved that the most perspective method of the corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks is a flexible transformation of business according to the new conditions based on the Industry 4.0 technologies. This paper further develops and supplements the concept of corporate social responsibility, including a new direction—corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks in it. The authors develop management implications on improving the corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks as a new direction of corporate social responsibility amid the pandemic. The advantages of using the Industry 4.0 technologies for the corporate fight against the viral threat include reduction of the share of the population with household expenditures for healthcare above 25% of total expenditures or incomes, reduction of the number of new cases per 1 million people, and an increase of the self-isolation index, the share of responsible employers amid COVID-19 risks.

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INDUSTRY 4.0 – AS A TECHNOLOGY ENABLER FOR CSR

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) ◽

10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.2257 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 2634-2639

Author(s):

Mahesh Shinde, Et. al.

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Management Practices ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Social Consequences ◽

Business Practices ◽

Almost All ◽

Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility now has become a global phenomenon where businesses all over the world are trying to create and well accepted image in the eyes of stakeholders as well as gain competitive advantage out of such initiatives. The newly evolving themes around corporate social responsibility are not restricted to the social consequences of business action but are built around the aspects like sustainability, resource conservation, waste management, customer satisfaction, power saving and employee satisfaction. These new areas of CSR encompass almost all activities of business and all the systems within the business management. There is ample amount of the research showing correlation between management practices and CSR. The fourth Industrial Revolution is one of the technology-based solutions that is been globally adopted by almost all businesses. This involves cyber physical system-based integration of technology and human effort.This research paper’s purposes is to analyse the influence of Industry 4.0 practices independently as well as along with general management practices of the business on CSR. as per the review of literature, the authors have attempted to understand CSR from the evolving perspective of the concept taking it forward from mere business consciousness to socially responsible business practices. The paper analyses how Industry 4.0 based technologies play an effect on cross functional business activities creating a positive impact on CSR initiatives. This study’s findings suggest that Industry 4.0 has a positive along with cross functional business activities effect on the CSR practices of organizations. Although individually both Industry 4.0 and cross functional business activities have a positive impact on CSR but combined impact of both Industry 4.0 and cross functional business activities is slightly better. Looked from this perspective Industry 4.0 can serve as a technology enabler for CSR.The research has created a guideline for improving CSR activities of organisations. It is also revealed how human technology interaction-based Industry 4.0 solutions impact the CSR performances of the organisations.The paper proposes a novel approach of integrating Industry 4.0 technology solutions with business activities for solving CSR issues. It is bringing forth impact of Industry 4.0 as a technology enabler on CSR, which never been thought earlier and it contributes the addition in literature available.

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The Healthcare Sustainable Supply Chain 4.0: The Circular Economy Transition Conceptual Framework with the Corporate Social Responsibility Mirror

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11123259 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 3259 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Gláucya Daú ◽

Annibal Scavarda ◽

Luiz Felipe Scavarda ◽

Vivianne Julianelli Taveira Portugal

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

The Internet ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain ◽

Sustainable Practices ◽

Corporate Social

Concern regarding the circular economy and Industry 4.0 is starting to increase in the emerging countries. This research study aims to analyze the healthcare sustainable supply chain 4.0 by proposing the circular economy transition conceptual framework with the corporate social responsibility mirror. The authors developed an observation guideline to collect empirical data from a private healthcare institution located in Rio de Janeiro, which has been promoting investment in new technologies within its operations. The research observation is between January and April 2017. The results show the glass structure can be a channel that provides the lightning resources, the solar energy with the photovoltaic panels, and the water management. The corporate social responsibility links the social role in healthcare institutions with sustainable practices and it improves smart technologies. The applicability of the internet of things and the internet of services adds value to sustainable practices. The circular economy transition conceptual framework integrates the result analyses. The research concludes that the union among the triple bottom line, Industry 4.0, and the corporate social responsibility allows the transition from the linear model to the circular model and can improve the sustainable healthcare supply chain 4.0.

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An Analysis of the Corporate Social Responsibility and the Industry 4.0 with Focus on the Youth Generation: A Sustainable Human Resource Management Framework

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11185130 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (18) ◽

pp. 5130 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Annibal Scavarda ◽

Gláucya Daú ◽

Luiz Felipe Scavarda ◽

Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão Caiado

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Resource Management ◽

Literature Review ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Human Resource Management ◽

Human Resource ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Research Study ◽

Management Framework ◽

Corporate Social

The global movement around themes like sustainability on its triple bottom line and industry 4.0 allows for the establishment of a ground of connection with corporate responsibility towards society. This current research study was developed between 1 March 2019 to 2 September 2019, through a literature review involving human resources and terms related to the concept of sustainability, industry 4.0, corporate social responsibility, and the youth generation. Its target audience is the world’s youth generation. Two proposals were created after the literature review and data collection, which allowed the elaboration of “an analysis of the corporate social responsibility and the industry 4.0 with focus in the youth generation: a sustainable human resource management framework.” Regarding conclusions, the authors of this research study contribute with theoretical and practical educational purposes to insert the youth citizen into society. This contribution also involves the work of companies on planning and preparing their staffs to develop activities in the communities in their neighborhood. Future studies are stimulated, which will allow the creation of new proposals to be presented, so that the nations can incorporate their youth people on the transitional job market and have a sustainable view for the future generations.

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Impact of Management Tools Supporting Industry 4.0 on the Importance of CSR during COVID-19. Generation Z

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14061642 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 1642

Author(s):

Szymon Cyfert ◽

Waldemar Glabiszewski ◽

Maciej Zastempowski

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Online Survey ◽

Economic Education ◽

Management Tools ◽

Generation Z ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 and adopting the assessment optics of students from Generation Z currently entering the labor market, we have made the aim of this article to provide better insight into the relationship between Industry 4.0 and corporate social responsibility. The survey was conducted in the form of an online survey in two leading universities in Poland in the field of economic education. 646 students took part in the survey. The data were analyzed using logit regression models. The results of the study suggest that the increase in the use of management solutions supporting Industry 4.0 in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis will increase the importance of the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of corporate social responsibility. Pointing to the forecasted increase importance of corporate social responsibility, we suggest linking management solutions supporting Industry 4.0 with corporate social responsibility. However, we also draw attention to the impact of individual management solutions supporting Industry 4.0 on specific Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) dimensions.

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