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2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 395-406
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort

This paper offers an exploratory review of how some of the major US and European food retailers have publicly addressed animal welfare. The findings reveal that six interlinked themes, namely, strategic corporate commitment, animal welfare as good business policy, a focus on supply chains, policies on specific categories of animals and animal products, antibiotics, and auditing, illustrated the food retailers’ approach to animal welfare. The authors raise a range of issues about the retailers’ approach to animal welfare, including the aspirational nature of their commitments, the emphasis on regular audits, the role of external assurance in the reporting process, pressure from animal welfare campaigns, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper offers an accessible review how some of the major US and European food retailers have publicly addressed the issue of animal welfare. Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare statements, food retailers, supply chain, audit, external assurance


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-162
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort

Modern slavery is an insidious problem in many sectors of the global economy, and it is widely perceived to be commonplace in the hospitality industry. However modern slavery has received little attention in the academic hospitality literature and this paper looks to explore one of the ways in which leading hotel companies in the UK have publicly addressed the issue by reviewing their modern slavery statements. The paper adopts a simple methodological approach to review, and offer some reflections on, the modern slavery statements of seven of the leading hotel companies within the UK. The findings revealed that six interlinked themes, namely corporate commitment; risk areas; due diligence; awareness and training; audit; and performance measures; illustrated the seven companies’ approach to tackling modern slavery. The authors also suggested that the hotel companies’ approaches to modern slavery were expectational and that there were concerns about the scope of the auditing processes employed by the hotel companies and by the limited public reporting of their attempts to tackle modern slavery as part of their approach to corporate social responsibility. Keywords: modern slavery, modern slavery statements, UK hotel industry, hospitality industry, auditing, corporate social responsibility


2021 ◽  
pp. 127833
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tavakolifar ◽  
Ayishat Omar ◽  
Tesfaye T. Lemma ◽  
Grant Samkin

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort

Animals play an important role in a wide range of tourism activities, and animal welfare is an increasingly important issue within the tourist industry. While there is a growing volume of research on animal welfare within tourism, little work has been published in the academic literature on how tourism companies address animal welfare. This exploratory paper looks to add to, and extend, that literature by providing a review of how seven tourism companies. have publicly addressed animal welfare. The paper reveals that four themes: corporate commitment to animal welfare; policies on specific animals and on experiences and contacts with animals; the role of various stakeholders in the value chain in addressing animal welfare; and monitoring and audit processes, illustrated the companies approach to animal welfare. The authors also raise a number of wider issues and offers some suggestions for future research agendas. Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare statements, tourism companies, stakeholders, auditing


Author(s):  
Yvette Sterbenk ◽  
Sara Champlin ◽  
Kasey Windels ◽  
Summer Shelton

2021 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 01013
Author(s):  
S. Rajeswari ◽  
Seelaboyina Radha ◽  
K. Durga Kalyani ◽  
Botla Mamatha

Increasing in opportunities for women has changed the world which fills workspace culture gap in several sectors. Empowering women is one of the most pressing criteria for economic and social needs of a nation. The study focuses on contributions of women in corporate sector and sustaining active engagement in their personal life. Women disruptions to employment, stimulating deeper thinking with targeted business actions and self-management brings the most possible change in society. The findings show that women have developed considerable effect on the academic front whereas ever-increasing work pressure is urging working women to spend less time for themselves. Women contributions in corporate sector is extremely important for prosperity and success of nations that make an incredible progress across the globe. The methods suggest that creating an envisioned process to improve gender parity in society by capitalizing human talents will make a better work place for women. This dearth of women in corporate boardrooms definitely steers the accountability. Results show that the presence of women in management positively with commitment and leadership affects significant untapped source of executive talent leading the way in decision and policy making.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort

PurposeThe purpose of this review paper is to extend the literature on animal welfare in the hospitality industry by exploring how some of the major fast-food companies have publicly addressed this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews, and reflects on, the animal welfare statements and policies posted on the Internet by five major fast-food companies, namely, Yum! Brands, Restaurant Brands International, McDonald's, Domino's Pizza Group and Subway.FindingsThe findings reveal that four interlinked themes, namely, strategic corporate commitment, a focus on supply chains, policies on specific categories of animals and food products, and auditing, illustrated the selected companies approach to animal welfare. The authors also raise a number of issues about the selected companies' approaches to animal welfare including the aspirational nature of their commitments, the emphasis on regular audits, the role of external assurance in the reporting process, the role of animal welfare pressure groups and campaigns, and the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Research limitations/implicationsThe paper's empirical material is drawn from the corporate websites of five fast-food companies, but the paper has theoretical and practical implications and provides a platform for future research.Originality/valueThe paper offers a simple review of the way five major fast-food companies have addressed the issue of animal welfare.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1015-1032
Author(s):  
Arzu GİRİŞKEN ◽  
Elif ÇALIMLIOĞLU DOĞAN

Today, especially in developing countries, the majority of working mothers in institutions' organizational structures, feel disturbed and excluded. This article aims to examine the relationship between challenges faced by working mothers in Turkey and their view of organizational commitment with a scientific approach. This study also aims to discuss the gender and maternal identity of working women by considering the difficulties they have in their both business and family lives. The survey designed for this article was applied to 105 working mothers living in Istanbul, and 82 of them completed it. In this online quantitative study, the living standards of working mothers, the capacity of the institution to support them, and the relationship between work-family life and organizational commitment were investigated. As a result of this study, it was found that there is a significant relationship between corporate commitment and life satisfaction, identities (work and family, etc.), job satisfaction, and organizational support for working mothers, and a significant negative relationship was found between corporate commitment and work-family life conflict.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose A. Gotay

This qualitative, classical Delphi study explored the apparent lack of corporate commitment to prioritized Green Information Technologies (GITs), which could delay the economic benefits for maximizing the use of energy resources.  The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership barriers impeding the adoption of GITs.  A panel of nineteen Information Technology and Sustainability experts participated in this study.  The panels' members were from industry, government, and academia.  The NVivo 9 software was used for the qualitative data analysis and reports the results.  The leadership barriers identified in this study as impeding were the lack of understating of GIT and the benefits it can yield for organizations.  To gain energy cost reductions, and to meet future environmental regulations, a paradigm change is needed to integrate GIT into organizational strategies, processes, and culture.  The results of this study give useful recommendations to rationalize the adoption of GIT to overcome implementation barriers. 


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