Responsibility Activities Research Articles

Study of Firm Performance: EMS Adopter Firms to Achieve Sustainable Business Goals

EMS effectiveness is studied concerning financial, environmental, and competitive outcomes among corporations. A comparative analysis of Companies with EMS integrated into their management systems will be made with those Companies without EMS in this research. EMS’s contribution to business sustainability is also analyzed and validated with the help of quantitative research methods including panel data using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and regression analysis. The research focuses on the differences in the financial results, the positive impact on the natural environment, and competitive advantage of enterprises that voluntarily apply the EMS compared to those that do not. The findings of this study shown that EMS adoption enhance environmental performance and offer competitive advantage by enhancing stakeholder relations and market positioning. This alters the nature and benefits that organizations experience while implementing EMS as some companies initially experience cost implications and functioning challenges but in the long run, EMS brings profitability and cost-effectiveness. It may provide more information on how EMS promotes and can sustain responsible business activities and the most effective means of doing so. The above analysis may be useful to firms and policy makers in understanding how to encourage sustainability that will benefit economies and the natural environment in the long-term.

Market or Community? An Institutional Logics Interpretation of how MNE Subsidiaries Respond to Mandated Social Innovation in India

Despite growing concern in the social innovation (SI) literature about the tackling of grand challenges, our understanding of the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) remains in its infancy. This article examines foreign MNE subsidiaries’ SI investments focusing on United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) in host countries. Using financial data from large, listed subsidiaries of foreign MNEs operating in India, along with hand-collected data from firms’ disclosures of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity for five years starting in 2015, we utilise the externalities framework propounded by Montiel et al. (2021). This neatly translates the 17 UNSDGS into actionable goals to examine the efforts of foreign MNE subsidiaries in increasing positive externalities as opposed to reducing negative externalities via SI-related investment in host countries. The study also evaluates the effects of the local embeddedness of the foreign MNE subsidiaries on SI investment. We find that MNE subsidiaries tend to favour increasing positive externalities as compared to reducing negative externalities through their SI investments. Also, older subsidiaries tend to prioritize greater investments in SI projects related to reducing negative externalities and subsidiaries with higher MNE ownership tend to reduce investments in SI projects related to increasing positive externalities. We discuss possible interpretations of the exploratory results using the institutional logics perspective and conclude with implications for policy and future research.

Creating Shared Values: A Case Study of Samudera Indonesia and Soedarpo Family

PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk (SMDR) is one of the biggest logistic and shipping companies in Indonesia, it is majority-owned by one of the oldest family businesses, the Soedarpo Family. This research aims to describe the ESGRC activities at SMDR. Based on our interview and study literature, the result shows SMDR has excellently implemented both ESG and GRC. SMDR believes in going beyond its mission of providing quality marine cargo transportation and logistics services, to create shared value for its stakeholders. For SMDR, to be responsible for the business is not only through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, but also to ensure that every business operation conducted has complied with environmental and social regulations.

Social Responsibility and Airbnb Hosts: Voices from Northern Cyprus

This study examined relevant linkages between motivational factors to be the owner of P2P accommodation (Airbnb host) and being active in pro-environmental and pro-social actions in life practices using a qualitative research method. Our study contributes to the literature associating the motivations of being an Airbnb host and being active in sustainability issues under the framework of moral values. Furthermore, the study analyzed whether an individual awareness of sustainability practices by Airbnb hosts influences their motivations for social responsibility actions in their hosting practices. The key themes followed were ‘Community Engagement and Pro-Social Practices’, ‘Environmental Consciousness and Pro-environmental Practices’, ‘Family Values on Moral Identity and Legal Compliance’, and ‘Restoration and Cultural Heritage’. Findings revealed that hosts stress the importance of the level of environmental consciousness that is gained from education in fostering social responsibility. Respondents believed that teaching cultural heritage, environmental awareness, and ethical values, especially to children, is crucial to building a responsible society. Additionally, participants expressed a sense of social responsibility through the restoration of idle and old houses, contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage and historical structures. As a context of the moral identity issue of respondent hosts, the influence of family values on the development of moral identity was highlighted. The findings of the study showed that hosts work in a team to implement necessary projects for the benefit of society. The study ends with a discussion of the findings and relevant suggestions for the industry.

Do Tragic Events Make Investors More Pro-social? Evidence from Japan

This article investigates the impact of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake on investor responses to corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in Japan. Employing Propensity Score Matching and Difference-in-Differences analyses, we analyse investor reactions to both positive and negative CSR news pre- and post-earthquake. Our results indicate a significant increase in share prices for firms that reported positive CSR news post-earthquake, thereby highlighting a heightened investor value on CSR during times of crisis. In contrast, negative CSR news showed a more pronounced negative effect in longer term windows. Additionally, industries directly affected by the earthquake experienced a substantial shift in investor sentiment towards negative CSR news. These findings enhance the understanding CSR’s tole in investor behaviour during crises and offer insights into effective corporate strategies in disaster-prone contexts, particularly in Japan’s unique cultural and economic landscape.

프로축구의 CSR활동, 구단동일시, 관람만족도와 충성도 간의 구조적 관계 분석

This study investigated the relationships among corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities within K-League(South Korea’s professional football league), team identification, spectator satisfaction, and team loyalty. To achieve this objective, a survey was conducted targeting individuals aged 20 and above, employing the primary data collection method of gathering a total of 251 questionnaires through non-probability convenience sampling. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 27.0 and AMOS 20.0, involving techniques such as frequency analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling. The key findings were summarized as follows: Firstly, CSR activities within K-League significantly influence team identification. Secondly, team identification significantly impacts spectator satisfaction. Thirdly, team identification influences team loyalty. Lastly, spectator satisfaction does not affect team loyalty. This research not only presented the directionality of CSR activities within the K-League but also provided valuable theoretical support and data for the K-League aiming to implement CSR activities.

블록체인 기술의 중재 역할을 통한 디지털 사회적 책임이 브랜드 이미지와 구매 의도에 미치는 영향

In recent years, the utilization of social media has seen a substantial increase, fundamentally altering the dynamics of human interaction and how businesses carry out their social responsibility endeavors. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital platforms emerged as indispensable tools to interact with customers and execute socially responsible activities in the digital realm, often referred to as Digital Social Responsibility (DSR).This research seeks to explore the impact of DSR on consumers' views of a brand and their inclination to buy. Additionally, it examines the moderating effect of blockchain technology on this relationship. To examine these aspects, we carried out a quantitative empirical investigation using an online survey, and we utilized the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach to evaluate the proposed model. Drawing from a dataset of 211 active social media users gathered between November 2022 and March 2023, our findings indicate a significant and positive correlation between DSR initiatives and both brand image and consumer purchase intentions. Furthermore, the influence of blockchain technology on brand image and purchase intentions through DSR was found to be substantial.

An analysis of Indian banks' CSR initiatives

A corporation or organization can simply increase their goodwill in the marketplace by engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Upholding moral principles and benefiting society are the overarching goals of corporate social responsibility. CSR takes into account both internal and external elements in addition to the value for their customers. Businesses gain by contributing significantly to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a number of ways, including enhanced funding availability, new opportunities, employee retention, stakeholder satisfaction, and brand image. As globalization accelerates, banks are becoming increasingly engaged in corporate social responsibility initiatives to broaden their clientele. The corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme of the Indian banking sector focuses on projects like health and medical care, rural area development, and poverty eradication. It also aims to address financial inclusion, provide financial services to support national investment, and promote the socio-economic development of the country. The Bank's corporate social responsibility endeavours are predominantly centred around environmental sustainability, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and educational initiatives such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan, among numerous other projects. This study's goal is to evaluate the CSR programs that the banking sector has implemented. The bank's CSR report is the source of the data.

Like an Inflatable Raft on Rapid Tides: Barriers to Community-Gown Projects at an Emerging Rural University in Zimbabwe

Community-gown projects are primarily intended to address the multi-faceted challenges in the developing world where vices such as poverty and inequality are exceptionally high. These projects thus present developing communities and the Global South as a whole with a potential pathway to development because their proponents argue that they are aimed at helping stakeholders actively participate in building sustainable communities. It is contended that universities are strategically poised to deliver sustainable development goals through knowledge production, dissemination, and research by promoting active citizenship and fostering responsible actions. This study examines the obstacles to community-gown projects at a newly established institution in Zimbabwe. To achieve this, the study employed a qualitative research approach through which data were collected using interviews with students, lecturers, and deans involved in community development projects at the university. Essential insights included that undertaking community-gown projects were being impeded by financial constraints, infrastructural inadequacies, and issues surrounding community access and accessibility, among other factors. The researcher recommends that universities consider regular auditing of the impacts of their projects in host communities and also have clear-cut policies on funding and the regulation of community-gown projects.

Forecasting corporate social investment in Asian based organizational features of corporate social responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, which target social and environmental challenges, are prompted by pressures from stakeholders. As a result, businesses use Corporate Social Investment (CSI) channels to finance CSR initiatives in the areas in which they conduct business. There is still a dearth of empirical study in developing regions, especially in Asian countries, despite the large number of CSR studies carried out in wealthy nations. In order to determine the degree to which Firm Size and Organizational Sector predict Corporate Social Investment (CSI) in Asia, this quantitative study used frameworks for CSR and stakeholder engagement. To find out if these two organizational traits, used separately or together, have a substantial impact on CSI, three study questions were presented. Data from 54 Asian based companies that submitted reports to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) between 2018 and 2022 were examined in this study. Multiple regression analysis (MRA) using archival data from GRI reports showed that Organizational Sector emerged as a significant predictor (b = 0.275, p = 0.005), indicating that manufacturing and fertilizing companies contributed more to CSI than other companies, while Firm Size did not significantly predict CSI spending (b = −0.089, p = 0.259). This emphasizes how critical it is to take organizational sector into consideration as an important predictor of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and how important it is to take this into account when figuring out how firms might support social development in Asian communities.

Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism

Instrumental Use of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capitalist Activism

Human resource business partner role in respect to internal corporate social responsibility: The case of banking sector

BACKGROUND: For last decade, human resource (HR) function has had to move from its traditional operational, administrative role towards a more strategic role. In the light of transformation and drawing upon business partnering concept (the most well-known Ulrich model), a new formal position of an HR business partner, who acts as an HR subject-matter expert for the leaders of that particular business, has been established in some organisations. Although previous literature suggests the involvement of human resource management (HRM) in the development and implementation of socially responsible business activities, there is a lack of evidence on HR professionals’ role regarding internal corporate social responsibility (CSR), which implies behaviour towards employees. OBJECTIVE: To reveal the role of an HR business partner while developing and implementing internal CSR activities. METHODS: Qualitative research; semi-structured interviews with employees working as HR business partners in the banking sector were conducted. RESULTS: The results revealed a significant HR business partner role in addressing internal CSR, in terms of work-life balance (WLB), diversity and inclusion, learning and development, and psychological and physical well-being. CONCLUSIONS: The research results expand the knowledge on the link between HRM and internal CSR. Moreover, the findings have significant implications encouraging organisations to empower HR professionals to act within the internal CSR field.

On proposing relational environmental metaphors to stimulate engagement and foster well-being in the midst of climate change.

Messages regarding climate change that are intended to stimulate responsible engagement can impact our mental health in both positive and negative ways, which in turn can increase or limit the potential engagement being sought through those very messages. Increasingly alarmist environmental metaphors are being brought into question due to their possibly detrimental impact on mental health and well-being, and in their place, relational environmental metaphors are proffered to instill hopeful and constructive individual and collective engagement for responsible climate action. This article discusses how both alarmist and relational environmental metaphors interact with eco-emotions. It proposes, in light of concepts arising from Porges' Polyvagal Theory - on the psychophysiology of autonomic states created in contexts of threatening cues and feelings of safety and connection -, that relational environmental metaphors are preferable for stimulating responsible collective engagement and fostering global well-being in the midst of climate change.

Identificación de Acciones de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial de Microempresas en Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca

OBJECTIVE: To identify Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) actions in microenterprises in the commercial sector in Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study is mixed type, with an exploratory scope. The data collection tools proposed are: a documentary review, direct observation and application of surveys to 64 economic entities. RESULTS: The microenterprises that participated in this study have moderate CSR actions in the internal dimension, and in the external dimension there are no CSR practices in the economic, social and environmental axis in relation to the immediate environment. CONCLUSIONS: The CSR of microenterprises is observed in voluntary and informal actions of administrative management and in seeking social well-being in its relationship with the immediate environment as requested. Therefore, The CSR in microenterprises works differently from other levels of the organization, being limited to the conditions and actions of each economic entity. KEYWORDS: Microenterprise, Economy, Corporate social responsibility.

Implementing pictorial health warning labels on waterpipe tobacco products in Lebanon: A policy framework analysis of content, actors, context, and process.

Lebanon has one of the world's highest waterpipe (WP) consumption rates. Research has documented the effectiveness of implementing pictorial health warning labels (PHWLs) on WP products at encouraging smoking cessation and discouraging youth uptake of smoking. This study aims to gain insight into key informants' (KIs) views on the issuance, implementation, and compliance of a decree for PHWLs on WP products. Thirteen KIs (policymakers, media, and international/local non-government organization representatives) were interviewed online and asked about potential barriers and facilitators they saw to issuing and implementing a PHWL decree. They were shown examples of PHWLs and asked about processes needed for implementation and compliance. The policy triangle framework (content, actors, context, and process) was used to interpret findings. Although there was clear discrepancy and ambiguousness among the KIs' views regarding process and actors, there was more consensus and clarity around context and content. Challenges to implementation were: (1) multiple sources of production and supply of WP (2) uncertainty regarding the responsible actors for each step, (3) prioritization of a tobacco control decree amidst a political and economic crisis, and (4) challenges to practicality of applying PHWL on the WP given its multi-component nature. This research provides an in-depth understanding of KI's views regarding content, actors, context, and process in relation to the issuance, implementation, and compliance to PHWLs on WP products. Noted challenges require careful consideration if progress is to be made to introduce PHWLs. A growing research base has documented the potential effectiveness of PHWLs on reducing WP consumption.Findings of this study show that implementing PHWLs on WP products requires a distinct understanding of the policy environment and context, as well as content, actors, and processes.Implementing PHWLs on waterpipe tobacco products needs to address the complex nature of waterpipe smoking as a multi-component tobacco use method.

Is audit firms' social performance associated with audit firm reputation? Evidence from China

We use the data of Chinese audit firms' philanthropic activities to examine the effect of such activities on audit firms' financial performance, audit quality and auditor retention. We find that audit firms with more socially responsible activities in the prior year earn more total revenues, revenue per partner or shareholder and revenue per accountant in the current year. Besides, clients audited by socially responsible audit firms have higher audit quality and report lower income‐increasing accruals, higher income‐decreasing accruals, fewer below‐the‐line items and less frequent small positive earnings. More interestingly, clients with socially responsible audit firms have fewer auditor changes.

The Relationship between Cross-sectoral Partnership and Business Performance: Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The relationship between the civil and business sectors has intensified in the last few years, including cross-sectoral partnerships as part of corporate social responsibility. The authors examine the impact of these partnerships on the performance of 100 of the largest businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Large companies were chosen because they are most likely to be involved with corporate social responsibility activities and cooperation with civil society organizations. Methodologically, the authors analyzed the effect of these partnerships on business performance using four Balanced Scorecard components - three non-financial and one financial performance. The research results show specific influences on non-financial business performance but not financial performance.

Tata Global Beverage Limited (TGBL) And Its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities In Assam: An Analytical Study

Tata Global Beverage Limited (TGBL) And Its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities In Assam: An Analytical Study

Unveiling the nexus between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee satisfaction: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis

Purpose Researchers have tried analysing how the organizations’ practices of doing good can help improve their employees’ satisfaction over the past couple of decades. Employee satisfaction has a complicated relationship with a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Subsequently, the purpose of this paper is to conduct a bibliometric analysis and a literature review to trace the links between CSR and employee satisfaction, summarize and analyse the advances in this field, the knowledge gaps, publishing trends and further directions for future research. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a bibliometric analysis followed by a literature review of papers indexed in the Scopus database and published between 2000 and 2022. A total of 233 papers were identified, while 152 of them met the inclusion criteria for the analysis. Findings The subsequent analysis sheds light on the overlaps and connections between the two phenomena in human resource management (HRM). The authors outline potential avenues for future research and practical insight into how to leverage CSR activities for increasing work satisfaction. Originality/value By detailing the different ways CSR and employee satisfaction impact one another, analysing their relations and other supporting constructs, the authors contribute to the academic discourse by synthesizing prevailing literature and introducing practical guides for human resource (HR) professionals, managers and executives to manage turbulent surroundings more effectively, considering the major disruptions post-COVID-19 and the adoption of advanced technologies.

Meeting Stakeholder Needs: Who Should Managers Pay Close Attention To? Evidence from Listed Chinese Manufacturing Companies

Meeting Stakeholder Needs: Who Should Managers Pay Close Attention To? Evidence from Listed Chinese Manufacturing Companies