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Proactive Environmental Strategies: Managing A Corporate Culture Shift Toward Sustainability, Mark E. Calub

Master's Projects and Capstones

The roles and responsibilities of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professionals have expanded over the last several decades. Initially focused solely on reducing a firm's ecological impact, many EHS professionals are now tasked with managing a firm's cultural shift towards sustainability. EHS professionals need to develop proactive environmental strategies that further interconnect the environmental, social, and economic performance goals of the firm. Using a concept analysis and integrative literature review approach, the research examines the evolving role of corporate environmental management and evaluates strategic management tools for environmental compliance, environmental performance, and corporate sustainability. The research reveals that the role …

Three Essays On Corporate Governance And Corporate Social Responsibility, He Wang

Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, which are firms actions that go above and beyond the interests of the firm to further the social good, have become common practice. While extant literature on CSR largely investigates the consequences of CSR activities, only a few studies identify the determinants of CSR. This dissertation extends a growing literature on the determinants of CSR by exploring the impact of corporate governance on CSR activities in three related essays. The first essay investigates the impact of family control on CSR performance. Using newly collected data on the ultimate ownership structure of publicly …

Socially Responsible And Small: A Quantitative Study Of Corporate Social Responsibility In Small And Medium Organizations In The United States, Abigail Sorenson Berk

Dissertations

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a global imperative supported by governments, industry, and citizens alike. In 2000, the United Nations launched the Global Compact to encourage businesses to adopt socially responsible policies. In tandem, businesses became increasingly attentive to their social practices with the vast majority of executives declaring CSR important to their organization’s success. Despite this increase in attention – which occurred among businesses of all sizes – the academic literature on CSR has focused almost exclusively on large, public companies. Ironically, the majority of businesses in the United States are small, private businesses suggesting the existing CSR …

Responsabilidad Social Empresarial En El Sector Autopartes Desde La Perspectiva De Los Empleados, Hugo Armando Poveda Varela

Contaduría Pública

Este artículo de trata el tema de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en la ciudad de Bogotá D.C. en las pequeñas y medianas empresas del sector de la comercialización de autopartes; en específico, realiza un análisis de su significado, aplicación y medición desde la perspectiva del empleado. Puesto que es deber de quienes investigan y ejecutan acciones de RSE conocer y evaluar la posición de los stakeholders involucrados, recoge la percepción de los empleados participantes en las diferentes actividades de RSE. El articulo expone conceptos realizados por autores expertos en el tema, observa la evolución de las pyme del sector autopartes …

Tribal Gaming Leader Strategies Toward A Sustainable Future, Janie Ann Hall

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

One aspect of leadership strategy is the need to account for the core values of the organization. The purpose of this case study was to explore the perceptions of tribal gaming leader strategies toward sustainability, an action that leads to tribal economic development and stability. The conceptual framework of situational leadership theory was used to guide the scope and analysis of this study. Six tribal gaming leaders from Oklahoma participated in a focus group session; 7 additional tribal gaming leaders from the same gaming organization participated in individual interview sessions. Member checking was used to strengthen the credibility and trustworthiness …

Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility In Singapore: Towards More Effective Media Relations, A. Pang, Angela Ka Ying Mak, Joanne M. H. Lee

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Organizations face several impediments when it comes to communicating their corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement to the public via the media. This paper examines practitioners’ and journalists’ perception of CSR communication using the agenda-building model (Qiu Q, Cameron GT, Communicating health disparities: building a supportive media agenda. VDM Verlag, Saarbruecken, 2008) by examining news coverage of how practitioners and journalists understand CSR, what types of CSR stories get covered in the media, and how are CSR stories portrayed in the media. News coverage of Singapore’s mainstream publications, The Straits Times, The Business Times, and The New Paper, were analyzed. The …

Performance Implications Of Fortune 500 Companies' Self-Interest In Corporate Social Responsibility Activities, Peter M. Neeves

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Numerous prior studies examining the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance have produced mixed results. Consumers expect alignment between corporation's CSR and business activities, yet a paucity of research examines the nature of CSR activities as related to corporate financial performance. Corporate leaders lack direction as to what CSR activities are most impactful. CSR is grounded in stakeholder theory, ethical work climate, and servant leadership theories. The relationship between self-interest in CSR activities, an index of alignment between business activities and CSR activities, and financial performance as measured by return on assets (ROA), return on equity …

Small And Medium Enterprises' Profitability Elements In Green Energy Transactions, Humphrey Edereka Great

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

As the primary drivers of Nigeria's economy, small and medium scale enterprise (SME) leaders rely on standby generators for sustainable business operation. Because of this reliance, over 56% of the SMEs operate far below capacity from the effects of power shortages. Guided by the strategic contingency theory, this study explored the profitability strategies of business leaders faced with electricity disruptions within Abuja Federal Capital Territory while adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) and green practices. Data collection was through face-to-face semistructured interviews using open-ended questions. Participants consisted of 12 business leaders selected from 4 SME categories within Abuja that have imbibed …

Caso Empresarial: Comparación Entre Las Empresas Ecopetrol En Colombia Y Petrobras En Brasil, Desde Los Programas De Rse Que Coadyuvan Al Mejoramiento Competitivo En El Periodo 2008 2012, Luisa Fernanda Ojeda Roa, Aminta María Peñaranda Martínez

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) ha sido un concepto dinámico que busca precisar el papel de la empresa y demás implicados en la producción y distribución de bienes y servicios dentro de la sociedad. Como tal, este concepto busca precisar si el papel de las empresases enteramente económico o si semejante papel trasciende dicho ámbito, como también si la práctica de lo que es la RSE es beneficiosa para los intereses económicos de las empresas. En el trabajo que aquí se presenta se pretende determinar, mediante un estudio de caso, cuáles son los factores que están implicados en la práctica …

Percepción Sobre Los Conceptos Responsabilidad Social Empresarial Y Marketing Social En Los Estudiantes De Administración De Empresas De La Universidad De La Salle, Edwin Danilo Suárez Leal

Administración de Empresas

El presente artículo explicará aspectos claves en relación a la Percepción y los conceptos de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) y de Marketing Social que se tienen en el contexto académico de los estudiantes de administración de empresas de la Universidad de La Salle; a partir del planteamiento de que los temas anteriores generan una discusión constante. Como herramientas para el desarrollo del artículo se tuvo: Un estudio de índole cualitativa con datos cuantitativos a través de la aplicación hecha a los estudiantes de administración de empresas, un análisis de resultados que permitieron determinar conceptos de las asignaturas Responsabilidad Social Empresarial …

Implicaciones De La Ética Profesional En La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial De La Dian Y De Interbolsa En Colombia, Jonathan Javier Ortiz Morales, Mayra Alejandra Coronado Romero

Administración de Empresas

Este artículo se realiza con la intención de identificar las implicaciones de la ética profesional aplicada en la responsabilidad social empresarial tomando como eje principal los desfalcos de la Dirección Nacional de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN) en 2011 y de InterBolsa en 2012 en Colombia, cuyo Objetivo es realizar un estudio descriptivo, debido a que al tomar diferentes puntos de vista y analizarlos se dan respuestas al planteamiento del que trata el presente artículo. Es importante resaltar la relación existente entre los hechos y el término ética profesional debido a que es uno de los códigos de conducta que …

The Influence Of Unrelated And Related Diversification On Fraudulent Reporting, Subrata Chakrabarty

Subrata Chakrabarty