Adoption Of Social Responsibility Research Articles

Helping a Small Family Business Firm Become Socially Responsible

The purpose of this paper is to address a gap in the literature regarding the adoption of Social Responsibility (SR) in small businesses and its impact on overall performance. This issue comes from that most of the research has been undertaken in big firms and the subsequent results applied to small businesses. This is a major drawback since the dynamics in large companies and sometimes huge multinationals differ from the ones of small businesses which mostly focus on income. Family businesses find themselves at loggerheads with their stakeholders in an attempt to be socially responsible as they perceive the act as additional expenses. We argue small businesses have to rethink and invent new ways of being socially responsible for operating in a threatening environment. This paper relates an intervention research procedure based on the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (Savall, 1976) which applied management tools aiming to internally reduce dysfunctions and externally reach strategic objectives. The effect of the intervention research on socially responsible activities of small business firms and the results towards stakeholders are detailed emphasizing the increase in administrative personnel's efficiency and productivity towards stakeholders.

Assessing scope and nature of human capital management practised by Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector

Orientation: The article focuses on corporate social responsibility in the area of human resources management practised in Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector.Research purpose: This study aimed to assess socially responsible human resources management practised by Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector. The study also determines which among the five governance systems; local private, government-owned, listed on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, multinational not listed and listed on foreign stock exchanges leads in this regard.Motivation for the study: Mining industries are usually labour-intensive. Corporate social responsibility and human resources management are indispensable components of mining companies.Research approach/ design and method: The study uses a multiple case study design with a population of 35 large-scale gold mining companies that are members of both Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe and Mine Industry Pension Fund. Twenty-three companies participated in the study. The study uses mixed methods approach using a questionnaire and structured interviews to collect quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Kruskal–Wallis rank test was used to test the differences in the governance structures’ performances.Main findings: The results indicate that gold mining companies exercise socially responsible human resources management and the listed on foreign stock exchanges have the highest index signifying best performance, followed by government-owned.Practical/managerial implications: The corporates can improve their social responsibility in human resources management by using the balanced scorecard to assess their own performances. The regulation prescribes most human resources management issues in the mining sector. Managers can benefit from the perceptions of the workers concerning how other governance structures implement socially responsible human resources management.Contribution value-add: This study contributes to the previous literature on socially responsible human resources management by illuminating the possible role played by governance structure in corporate social responsibility adoption. Theoretical perspectives of the firm, which are shareholder, stakeholder and societal, cannot act alone to explain the complex phenomenon of structure-conduct-performance in assessing the nature of socially responsible human resources management. Therefore, future research must combine the principles of these perspectives with concepts of the legal environment, board structure and managerial attitudes as determinants of the nature and scope of socially responsible human resources management.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Shareholding Companies at Palestine Securities Exchange

This paper aims to measure the extent to which public companies at the Palestine Stock Exchange have adopted social responsibility according to international standards and concepts represented by the four dimensions of social responsibility (economic, legal, ethical, and human dimensions). Unlike previous Palestinian studies, this paper provides a theoretical and practical basis for the actual application of corporate social responsibility, as well as the relationship of variables related to the company’s work sector, age, classification in the market, and the adoption of social responsibility. To reach the aim, the applied study applied the descriptive analytical method by studying the content, percentages, mean, standard deviation, and relative weight, in addition to a t-test for one sample. The questionnaire was distributed to the study population as one for each company, as the study population consisted of 49 companies listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange. The study retrieved 38 questionnaires with a recovery rate of 77.6%. The findings showed a high degree of approval regarding «adopting social responsibility through the legal dimension», with a relative weight of 86.20%. There is a medium degree of approval regarding «adopting social responsibility through the ethical dimension» with relative weight. 82.58%, in addition to having a medium degree of approval regarding «adopting social responsibility through the economic dimension», with a relative weight of 78.53%. The results showed a lack of general approval regarding «adopting social responsibility through the human dimension», with a relative weight of 63.79%. The obtained results revealed that the public shareholding companies listed on the Palestine Securities Exchange adopt social responsibility programs through their four dimensions combined to a medium degree. There are no significant differences between the companies listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange and the leading and distinguished companies in their social responsibility practice, on the one hand, and between companies in terms of adopting social responsibility through its four dimensions, according to (work sector, company age), except for the company’s classification variable in the market, on the other hand. The paper recommended that companies work on making an integrative relationship with the local community and achieve their own goals through such a surrounding environment. Therefore, they must take serious steps to increase the level of development of their relationship with the local community and improve the special programs and policies for social responsibility in solving problems related to social, economic, and environmental aspects. The state must also have a positive attitude and practices toward companies that adopt social responsibility, through legislation or procedures such as exempting them from taxes or other facilities in return for their social contribution. The study also recommended the need for greater attention to social responsibility through preparing plans and discussing them in the meetings of the Board of Directors so that they are taken into account in the budget.

Natural convergence of sustainability, governance and responsibility: a case study on CIAL: Indias Green Port

Sustainability is a comprehensive approach in the management of the organisation. The adoption of social responsibility and good governance as the underlying philosophy of business can lead to sustainable growth. Sustainability evolves through the transformation of the organisation by the creation of long-term value through innovation in response to the challenges encountered that impact the economic, social and environmental setting. The integrative nature of sustainability with corporate social responsibility (CSR), Environmental care and good Governance ensures safeguarding the triple bottom line that leads to sustainable growth as a natural course. This study illustrates how social responsibility, care for the environment and energy conservation emanate from good governance and innovation and how they form integral parts of the growth agenda at CIAL in its pursuit of sustainability.

The Role of Social Responsibility Accounting Impact in Supporting Competitive Advantage for Industrial Establishment (Filed Study on the Company Matthew Petroleum)

The study examined the role of impact of social responsibility accounting in supporting the competitive advantage in industrial firms. The problem of study raised the following question: Did the disclosure of social responsibility cost help to support competitive advantage. The study aimed to Disclosing the cost of charitable donations helps to support the competitive advantage of industrial facilities. The study used the analytical descriptive method and for achieving the objectives of the study, the hypotheses below were tested as follows: the first hypothesis Disclosing the costs of social responsibility helps to support competitive advantage. The second hypothesis was The size of the expected return from the adoption of social responsibility helps to support the competitive advantage of industrial structures. The findings found that Disclosing the cost of disability training programs helps to support the competitive advantage of industrial facilities. The most important recommendations indicated that the industrial firms should increase their interest in serving the community in which working by providing jobs opportunities and share in supporting activities and social, cultural, healthy and sport services

Social Responsibility Initiatives for Public-Private Partnership Projects: A Comparative Study between China and Ghana

Sustainability is a global issue and its enhancement through modern forms of procurements, such as public-private partnership (PPP), has become topical considering the huge impact of PPP activities on society, the economy, and the environment. However, one way of promoting sustainability thorough PPPs is the adoption of social responsibility (SR) initiatives/factors. This paper aims to empirically investigate the SR factors in PPPs through a comparative study between China and Ghana. An empirical questionnaire survey was conducted in both China and Ghana. Further, the mean score ranking, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance, and Mann-Whitney U test were used for data analysis. Results show that SR factors related to the economic efficiency of PPP projects and climate change adaptation are critical in China, whereas in Ghana, SR factors directly related to job creation and environmental protection are critical. The outputs of this study inform investors of the critical SR initiatives to consider when engaging in PPPs in Asia and Africa. In addition, they provide a solid knowledge base for the continuous international debate on how sustainability could be enhanced through PPP policy.

تبني شركات الأغذية اليمنية للمسؤولية الاجتماعية من المنظور التسويقي

تبني شركات الأغذية اليمنية للمسؤولية الاجتماعية من المنظور التسويقي

Corporations as Norm Entrepreneurs

The Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility: Mining and the Spread of Global Norms. By Hevina S. Dashwood. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 336 pp., $36.95 paperback (ISBN-13: 978-1-107-43725-8). Researchers interested in corporate social responsibility (CSR) have struggled on two accounts: First, it has been an uphill battle to convince casual observers that CSR is something more than an exercise in public relations, and second, it has proven difficult to frame CSR in a way that renders it theoretically visible to scholars of international affairs and global governance. Hevina S. Dashwood's new book takes on both of these challenges through a case study of corporate social responsibility adoption and promotion in the global mining industry. On the first point, Dashwood's analysis shows that the evolution of CSR in the mining industry had profound and substantive effects on how mining executives and the companies they run view their responsibilities to society, particularly regarding the social and environmental externalities of extractive activities. On the second point, she links CSR to the literature on how global norms emerge and influence international actors—including multinational mining companies. In this respect, The Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility is a study about the promotion and influence of norms, but in broader terms, the book argues for elevating the …

Adoption of social responsibility through the expansion of existing management systems

PurposeThe paper's aims are: to scrutinize International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 26000 international guidance standard for social responsibility; to discuss the role of this standard in the adoption of social responsibility in organisations with existing quality management systems in line with ISO 9000.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on academic literature and recent resolutions and working documents from ISO, the paper discusses ISO 9000 and ISO 26000 in five areas: general description; scope; approach to supply chain management; principles and content.FindingsProvides a comparison between ISO 9000 and ISO 26000 in each area listed above. Argues for ISO 9000 to provide a structural and infrastructural platform for organisations to develop and adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) and for ISO 26000 to facilitate a shift from customer focus to stakeholder focus hence creating a business‐to‐society orientation in organisations.Practical implicationsA very useful source for those who work in the arena of CSR and those wanting to stay at the cutting edge of the latest developments in CSR and international standardization. Advocates an approach for managers to utilize ISO 26000 to review strategy and management systems in organisations.Originality/valueProvides an analysis of future trends in CSR and ISO standards. Sets areas for future research.