Context Of Social Responsibility Research Articles

Models and strategies for implementation of social responsibility in modern enterprises

As contemporary enterprises navigate the complex landscape of global business, the imperative to embrace and effectively manage social responsibility has become paramount. This research article delves into the multifaceted dimensions of social responsibility within modern enterprises, exploring the evolving role of businesses in addressing societal and environmental challenges. The study employs a comprehensive review of existing literature, case analyses, and empirical investigations to illuminate the strategies and frameworks employed by enterprises in managing their social responsibility. The first section analyses the theoretical foundations of social responsibility management, emphasizing the evolving perspectives and conceptual frameworks that guide corporate behavior. It critically evaluates the integration of ethical considerations, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable business practices within the broader context of social responsibility. The second section investigates the practical implementation of social responsibility initiatives across diverse industries. The article examines successful models and identifies common challenges faced by enterprises in aligning their operations with socially responsible practices. It analyzes the impact of such initiatives on corporate reputation, stakeholder relations, and overall business performance. This research article contributes to the existing body of knowledge by offering theoretical insights, practical implications, and future considerations for businesses seeking to navigate the dynamic landscape of social responsibility.

Analyzing the employee/employer relationships in the corporate social responsibility context: An empirical investigation of SMEs

AbstractWith the adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR), firms are invited to identify, consult and take into account the expectations of their stakeholders. In this context, firms are expected to promote direct relationships with their employees while employee participation traditionally took the form of indirect institutional participation via trade unions or employee representatives. By mobilizing stakeholder theory, this study aims to analyze the impact of adopting a CSR approach on the existence of direct relationships between employees and employers. Three relationships are analyzed: information, consultation, and dialog. Using survey data, the empirical analysis shows that SMEs which have adopted a CSR approach in the social field are more likely to inform and consult their employees; but the adoption of CSR is not linked to dialog with them. This research is closely linked to the sustainable development goals 8.8 and 16.7 and gives new argument to promote CSR in SMEs. In particular, our findings underline the importance of CSR as a driver of employer–employee relationships because the CSR‐oriented companies seem more open to stakeholder dialogs with employees. This argument is relevant to companies that are seeking to implement, CSR, innovative human resources practices and industrial relations policies to improve working conditions and to create a win–win situation. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Work-Family Interface in the Context of Social Responsibility: A Systematic Literature Review

The literature on internal social responsibility, in which the work-family interface can be included, already has a robust tradition in scientific research. It is, therefore, important to systematize the path that has been taken and what the future may hold. This article aims to systematize the literature that simultaneously focuses on the work-family relationship and on the context of social responsibility and sustainability, with the purpose of mapping the research that has been produced on these intersections. A systematic review of the literature was conducted between the period 1968 and 2021. The search was performed on the SCOPUS database, and the analysis was conducted using the VOSviewer software, with 333 articles having been identified and subjected to a bibliometric and content analysis. As a result, 88 articles were analyzed in depth, focusing on the Work and Life Space dimension and the work-family relationship. The results indicate that corporate social responsibility has a positive effect on the work-family relationship, where an efficient balance between personal and professional life is often measured based on the adequacy of the adjustment of factors such as working hours and social and family commitments.

Corporate social responsibility and supply chain: A study for evaluating corporate hypocrisy with special focus on stakeholders

AbstractSupply chains are intended to become the essential part of this global competitive world as organizations are seeking to formulate strategized advantages. To put it differently, most of the companies are aiming to adopt new businesses and raise the competition in the global market. For this, most of the companies or organizations are choosing strategies such as corporate social responsibility and supply chain management that allow the companies to ensure financial strengthening. Moreover, stakeholders and customers have raised their concerns towards corporate social responsibility with respect to global supply chain and ensured to act in a socially responsible way. It is believed that majority of the organizations are placing high importance on implementing corporate social responsibility or CSR activities in order to enhance the whole business. The active participation of companies in CSR activities will always benefit them in terms of profit, virtues and other moral standards. Usually, corporate firms exhibit their virtues ignoring the moral standard, which eventually reveals the nature of hypocrisy. Corporate hypocrisy is a context when companies or organizations assure the public to do something in corporate social responsibility context and end up doing entirely different. Keeping this in mind, the current study aims to reveal the hidden nature of corporate hypocrisy and its effect on inner stakeholders explicitly focusing on the employees' observations on corporate hypocrisy; examine the hypocritical behaviour of the reputed firms towards the consumers, which in turn affects the supply chain globally. For this, data analysis will be carried out with consumer firms across countries. Results show that firms are completely held responsible for their behaviour eventually defaming reputation.

How Do Firms Manage Hypocrisy in Response to Auto Recalls? Balancing Purposeful Hypocrisy

Organizational hypocrisy has received extensive scholarly attention in the corporate social responsibility context. We extend that literature to examine how firms engage in both purposeful hypocrisy and hypocrisy avoidance, depending on the salient stakeholder at a given time. We test our model in the context of corporate political activity (CPA), particularly lobbying, in response to product recall crises. We posit that in response to the initial salient stakeholder of the government enforcing the recall, firms will engage in purposeful hypocrisy of lobbying against the very recalls they are engaged in. On the other hand, firms will utilize hypocrisy avoidance behavior when consumers and the media are the salient stakeholders, as those stakeholders would be more likely to view the lobbying as hypocritical and thus perceive the lobbying negatively. This paper contributes to the literature on organizational hypocrisy, impression management, and lobbying.

PRINCIPLES OF FORMATION OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DETERMINATION OF THE SOCIAL PRICE OF PRODUCTION AT AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Introduction. The agricultural enterprises are mostly the only businesses in Ukraine that are involved in rural areas in the processes of social and economic security, responsible for their development in modern times. Therefore, one of the priorities of the studied problems of rural life and management is the principles of formation and economic assessment of social responsibility of agricultural enterprises. Methods. The theoretical and methodological basis for the scientific development of the principles of social responsibility, determining the social price of production in agricultural enterprises were the works of domestic and foreign scientists on the development of general economic and sectoral theories, the practice of the agricultural sector, social and economic efficiency, rural development. A set of research methods are used in this article: monographic, analysis and synthesis, abstract and logical, etc. Results. The article focuses on the internal economic context of social responsibility, followed by the definition of the structure of socially oriented costs and substantiation of the approach to determining the social price paid by the entrepreneur. It is proposed to determine the social price by the gradation of the cost by levels. It has been established that the definition of social efficiency of management includes aspects of social responsibility and characteristics of the social price of production. Discussion. Assessment of the composition, dynamics and changes in the structural ratios of indicators of social responsibility provides an opportunity to improve the theoretical and methodological foundations of interpretation of social competitiveness of agricultural enterprises, which forms the prospects for further research. Keywords: agricultural enterprises, social responsibility, social competitiveness, social efficiency, social price.

Mistakes that matter: An event-related potential study on obsessive-compulsive symptoms and social performance monitoring in different responsibility contexts

Mistakes that affect others often are linked to increased feelings of responsibility and guilt. This especially holds for individuals high in obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), who are characterized by inflated feelings of responsibility and a fear of causing harm to others. This event-related potential study investigated individual differences in OCS in social performance monitoring with a focus on the role of responsibility for other’s harm and the error-related negativity (ERN). Healthy volunteers low (N = 27) or high (N = 24) in OCS performed a Flanker task in the presence of a gender-matched peer in three conditions. Mistakes could either have negative monetary consequences for 1) oneself, 2) the other, or 3) no one. Results showed enhanced ERNs for mistakes that harmed others instead of the self for individuals high in OCS, whereas individuals low in OCS showed decreased amplitudes specifically for mistakes affecting no one versus oneself. Amplitudes of the error positivity but not the ERN also were larger in the high OCS group. These findings indicate that high OCS are associated with enhanced performance monitoring in a social responsibility context, when mistakes harm others instead of the self, and demonstrate the importance of integrating the social context in performance monitoring research as a way to shed more light on obsessive-compulsive symptomatology.

Corporate Hypocrisy and Counterproductive Work Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Identification and Perceived Importance of CSR

When companies say one thing and do another in a corporate social responsibility context, they run the risk of corporate hypocrisy. Apart from the negative attitudes within customers, the purpose of our study was to explore what consequence corporate hypocrisy would cause on employees. This study investigated the possible link between corporate hypocrisy and employees’ counterproductive work behaviors with a moderated mediation model. Based on social identity theory, our research found that the influence of corporate hypocrisy on organization-directed counterproductive work behaviors was partially mediated by organizational identification, while the first stage of mediation is moderated by the levels of employees’ perceived importance of corporate social responsibility. Data from 259 employees in China, collected across three time periods, suggest that corporate hypocrisy will lead to a decrease of organizational identification, triggering CWB against the company. The indirect effect of corporate hypocrisy on CWB-O via organizational identification is enhanced when employees’ perceived importance of corporate social responsibility is high. Our findings provide contributions to both corporate running and theoretical research.

Unions and corporate social responsibility in a liberal market context: The case of Ford’s shutdown in Australia

Within many coordinated market economies, labour unions have demonstrated to be key actors in shaping corporate social responsibility. Researchers have, however, paid surprisingly little attention to the role of unions in shaping corporate social responsibility strategies and responses in liberal market contexts. This article extends the emerging research on unions and corporate social responsibility through a case study which investigates union influences over corporate social responsibility within the liberal market context of Australia. We conceptualise the role of unions in corporate social responsibility in this context through an industrial relations lens with particular reference to collective bargaining. Drawing on qualitative data, the case study examines the Ford Motor Company’s recent closure of its Australian assembly operations which was hailed by a wide range of stakeholders as an exemplar of ‘best practice’ in their assistance of displaced workers. We conclude that, while highly socially responsible, Ford’s actions were far from voluntary but influenced by a combination of union influence and a ‘subsidised’ corporate social responsibility, where the state, unable and/or powerless to legislate good corporate social behaviour, chose to financially underwrite its cost to the firm. The study represents one of the first studies to demonstrate how unions shape corporate social responsibility strategies of firms in liberal market contexts and how ‘subsidised’ corporate social responsibility becomes an alternative political solution within such a context.

The presence of citizen science in sustainability reporting

Purpose Ongoing environmental threats have intensified the need for firms to take big leaps forward to operate in a manner that is both ecologically sustainable and socially responsible. This paper aims to assess the degree to which firms are adopting citizen science as a tool to achieve sustainability and social responsibility targets. Design/methodology/approach This study applies a qualitative content analysis approach to assess the current presence of citizen science in sustainability and social responsibility reports issued by Globescan sustainability leaders and by firms ranked by the Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500. Findings While the term itself is mostly absent from reports, firms are reporting on a range of activities that could be classified as a form of “citizen science.” Practical implications Citizen science can help firms achieve their corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals and targets. Linking sustainability and social responsibility efforts to this existing framework can help triangulate corporate efforts to engage with stakeholders, collect data about the state of the environment and promote better stewardship of natural resources. Social implications Supporting citizen science can help firms work toward meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals, which have highlighted the importance of collaborative efforts that can engage a broad range of stakeholders in the transition to more sustainable business models. Originality/value This paper is the first to examine citizen science in a corporate sustainability and social responsibility context. The findings present information to support improvements to the development of locally relevant science-based indicators; real-time monitoring of natural resources and supply chain sustainability; and participatory forums for stakeholders including suppliers, end users and the broader community.

Attributional or consequential Life Cycle Assessment: A matter of social responsibility

Results of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are critically dependent on the system boundaries, notably the choice of attributional or consequential modelling. Published LCA studies rarely specify and justify their modelling choices. Since LCA studies are typically performed within the context of social responsibility and product life cycle management, this article investigates the relationship between social responsibility paradigms and the system modelling choices in LCA. We identify three different social responsibility paradigms: Value chain responsibility, Supply chain responsibility and Consequential responsibility. We point out that while there is no generally right or wrong choice of system model, each responsibility paradigm implies a specific matching system model. We then argue that all responsibility paradigms ultimately imply a consequential perspective, namely that of responding to the concerns of the system stakeholders. Although value or supply chains are systems defined without concern for consequences, and thus may include activities that the decision maker cannot influence, the chosen system is still analysed and assessed by accounting for its social consequences, and it is for these consequences that social responsibility is then taken. We argue that it is inconsistent to exclude consequences of own actions (i.e. the consequential system) while including consequences from actions of others in value chain or supply chain. We thus conclude that a consistent socially responsible decision-maker must always take responsibility for the activities in the consequential product life cycle and may additionally take responsibility for the consequences of other activities in the value chain or supply chain. We end the article with recommendations on reporting on LCA system models that are more specific than those of the current LCA standards.

Visualizing Term Eigenvector Prominence in a Corporate Social Responsibility Context

In this study we develop a simplified technique for helping researchers and analysts visualize the alternative prominence of term eigenvectors obtained after exploring term associations (Term Clusters) while conducting Text Data Mining on a collection to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports. The collection analyzed is comprised of CSR reports produced by 7 US firms (Citi, Coca-Cola, Exxon-Mobil, General Motors, Intel, McDonald’s and Microsoft) in 2004, 2008 and 2012. The analysis is performed by year in order to discern how the prominence of term eigenvectors has evolved for each firm and for different CSR topics. Results indicate that term eigenvectors maintain their prominence when CSR topics are related to the core business of the firm in question.

Occupational health and safety within corporate social responsibility context: a balanced scorecard dynamic decision making model

This paper aims at developing a decision making model for assisting managers in incorporating occupational health and safety (OHS) topics within a corporate social responsibility (CSR) context. It is a multi-step decision making model which is based on balanced scorecard and system dynamic thinking. In particular, the model is founded on Carrols' pyramid and Elkington triple-bottom-line approach for corporate social responsibility (CSR) for developing a corporate CSR-OHS agenda. The next step includes the development of a system dynamic balanced scorecard model with the critical variables of CSR-OHS agenda. Additionally, some scenarios are planned and tested in order to define some main types of managers' decision making. The results show four major types of managers' decision: proactive/ethical-driven decision making, proactive/business case-driven decision making, reactive/ethical-driven decision-making and reactive/business case decision making.

Occupational health and safety within corporate social responsibility context: a balanced scorecard dynamic decision making model

This paper aims at developing a decision making model for assisting managers in incorporating occupational health and safety (OHS) topics within a corporate social responsibility (CSR) context. It is a multi-step decision making model which is based on balanced scorecard and system dynamic thinking. In particular, the model is founded on Carrols' pyramid and Elkington triple-bottom-line approach for corporate social responsibility (CSR) for developing a corporate CSR-OHS agenda. The next step includes the development of a system dynamic balanced scorecard model with the critical variables of CSR-OHS agenda. Additionally, some scenarios are planned and tested in order to define some main types of managers' decision making. The results show four major types of managers' decision: proactive/ethical-driven decision making, proactive/business case-driven decision making, reactive/ethical-driven decision-making and reactive/business case decision making.

Empresa, Sustentabilidade e Responsabilidade Social: Origens, Motivações, Críticas e Aspectos Práticos.

O presente trabalho analisa a sustentabilidade e seus aspectos históricos, o surgimento da preocupação mundial sobre o tema, com o desenvolvimento econômico sustentável e suas principais iniciativas, a partir do efetivo envolvimento dos Estados nas discussões para a busca de consenso sobre as a qualidade de vida no planeta, da racionalidade na exploração dos recursos naturais e da preocupação com as gerações futuras. Aborda-se também o contexto da responsabilidade social (empresarial), iniciando pelo seu aspecto histórico, para na sequência analisar o seu papel enquanto instrumento de combate ao problema da desigualdade social e pobreza, discorrendo-se sobre a possibilidade de atuação estatal enquanto indutora de comportamentos empresariais nesta temática, descrevendo a experiência concreta, revelada na atuação do Ministério Público Federal, através de premiado Projeto que ficou conhecido como Municípios Verdes/Carne Legal.

Enhancing wellbeing of employees through corporate social responsibility context

During last 25 years technological development has accelerated the globalization process which has caused dramatic changes within and across organization. Business performance is varying, complex, global and is changing faster than ever before. over the time, society expectations have changed, changes have affected customers, partners and employees as well. In order to retain on the global market, organizations integrate corporate social responsibility into their business performance with the objective to reinforce their competitiveness. In the knowledge economy, where knowledge is a significant resource and the demand for more highly skilled workers has increased, employees became the most important and in fact the only remaining realistic challenge of competitive ability. Workplace wellbeing refers to mental, psychological or emotional aspect of employee's life. The awareness of management on the employees' wellbeing which takes into consideration the employees satisfaction, health and professional development is an effective approach in strengthening of an organizational performance. The aim of this paper is to analyze and assess how socially responsible orientation also incorporated in strategic human resource management can contribute to the achievement of wellbeing of employees. Strategic management of human resources includes the necessary coordination between various employees' health and performance aspects. This contributes to the balance between private and working life. Social responsible activities coordinated through strategic human resource management significantly influence the employees' wellbeing as well as competitiveness of the organization. .

Stakeholder profile definition and salience measurement with fuzzy logic and visual analytics applied to corporate social responsibility case study

Several stakeholder categorisation frameworks have been proposed in the literature. Although the triple intersecting circles representation –of power, urgency and legitimacy – is the most used, it has the limitation of any categorisation technique: a stakeholder can only belong to a predefined category and there can be no indication of a personalised profile that had not been identified a priori. To solve these issues, we propose a new framework based on fuzzy logic and visual analytics, which is capable of precisely assessing stakeholders' importance by indicating the exact degree of membership to a particular interest group. As an illustrative case study, this framework has been applied to construct and visualise the profile of key extractive sector stakeholders and measure their salience in a corporate social responsibility context. Results indicate that management and community have the highest salience.

A RELAÇÃO POLÊMICA ENTRE OS CONCEITOS DE SOLIDARIEDADE E COMPETITIVIDADE NA PRÁTICA DISCURSIVA SOBRE A RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL EMPRESARIAL

Este artigo investiga as relações polêmicas (MAINGUENEAU, 1997; 2008) que constituem o discurso da responsabilidade social empresarial (RSE), reproduzidas na prática discursiva pedagógica conduzida nos manuais “Responsabilidade Social Empresarial para Micro e Pequenas Empresas – Passo a Passo” e “Indicadores Ethos–Sebrae de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial para Micro e Pequenas Empresas”. Trata-se de manuais elaborados pelo Sebrae - Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas e pelo Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social e Empresarial com a finalidade de orientar micro e pequenos empresários a alinharem sua forma de gestão ao contexto da RSE. Parte-se da hipótese de que o entrelaçamento de formações discursivas conflitantes nesse espaço discursivo efetiva-se pela construção de um simulacro da noção de solidariedade, que passa a servir ao discurso da competitividade entre empresas. Entende-se que o discurso da RSE produz uma cena enunciativa de equidade social, de ética nas relações de trabalho, de transparência na gestão das empresas, de uma postura dialógica entre os sujeitos que dividem o espaço de trabalho, que, no entanto, se apresenta como um mecanismo de conformação dos sujeitos exteriores à comunidade discursiva empresarial para que as condições de produção e de lucratividade das corporações não sejam ameaçadas.

Effects of responsibility and mood on painful task persistence

Background and objectivesNot just avoidance behaviour, but also painful task persistence might be a risk factor for development and maintenance of pain complaints. In seeking to understand these dysfunctional patterns of task performance, it has been suggested that mood influences the individuals' motivation to persist in a task depending on the interpretation of current mood within a certain motivational context. The aim of the present study was to test the effects of a social responsibility context and mood on persistence on a painful finger pressing task. MethodsA 2 Mood (positive vs. negative) × 2 Responsibility (high vs. neutral) between-subjects factorial design was used in which 79 healthy participants (53 women; mean age = 22.99 years, SD = 4.77) performed the finger pressing task. ResultsThe results show that mood and sense of responsibility independently influence task persistence: participants in a negative as opposed to positive mood spent more time on the task; the same was true for participants who reported a stronger sense of responsibility. In addition, an increase in pain during the task was associated with longer task persistence. No effect of pain-related fear on task persistence was found. ConclusionThis experimental study was the first to demonstrate an effect of sense of responsibility on persistence in a painful physical task.

Quality of Life Markets: Capabilities and Corporate Social Responsibility1

This paper proposes an alternative understanding of Sen's Capabilities Approach that views capabilities as constantly evolving due to the permanent phenomenological re‐construction of an individual's beings and doings, making apparent the potential link between human development and evolutionary economics. In addition, I discuss an example of how this alternative understanding may be put into practice in a Corporate Social Responsibility context for the sake of knowledge growth. In doing so, I attempt to lay the foundations for what could be labeled a ‘Quality of Life Market’, where quality‐of‐life improvements are transacted, at market‐determined prices, advancing and promoting the core business of private firms, while empowering individuals to live lives they have reason to value.