Abstract
The article presents a case study dealing with two companies in Romania that have implemented social accountability management systems in accordance with the SA8000 standard and improved them over the course of almost a decade. The analysis is performed in the context of the need to formalize private sector approaches to corporate citizenship through CSR initiatives and frameworks. It involves a semi-structured interview in each of the companies and the use of the benchmarking tool to perform a comparison among them. The discussion is focused on identifying success factors conducive to each situation or overall, that could be disseminated as good practices to other companies interested in pursuing the same effort.
Highlights
Introduction and contextMany companies have been involved for the past two decades in various corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, programs or frameworks
In conclusion, we can say that social accountability is an important step for companies to implement a fully dedicated CSR mission statement
A formal management system such as SA8000 takes out much of the guess work in the beginning, and after being certified and becoming mature, it can support the addition of various charity, educational or environmental projects for transforming the company into a full-fledged corporate citizen
Summary
Introduction and contextMany companies have been involved for the past two decades in various corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, programs or frameworks. 2. Interview based investigation The tool used in the first phase of investigation is a detailed semi-structured interview with representative employees from two Romanian companies that have implemented the SA8000 social accountability management system.
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