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- Chkanikova, Olga, et al.
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Corporate Supply Chain Responsibility: Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Food Retailing
- 2015
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - : Wiley. - 1535-3966 .- 1535-3958. ; 22:2, s. 65-82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper aims to provide a systematic overview of the drivers and barriers for food retailers to implement corporate supply chain responsibility. The research is based on a literature analysis and semi-structured interviews with food retailers, with primary focus on Swedish conventional supermarket chains. The paper contributes to the existing body of research by providing the food retailers’ own perspective on the factors that trigger addressing sustainability concerns in their supply chain and by providing a taxonomy of drivers and barriers. As a result, a number of additional factors that influence the launch of responsible supply chain practices have been identified. Interestingly some of these factors are beyond the trivial driver-barrier dichotomy. This paper is of interest to food retailers who aim to design sustainable supply chain strategies and justify associated investments, and for policymakers who aim to support retailers in their transition towards sustainable practices.
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- Danilovic, Mike, 1955-, et al.
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Exploring Diffusion and Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility
- 2015
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons. - 1535-3958 .- 1535-3966. ; 22:3, s. 129-141
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to explore the evolution of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in academia. The process of evolution is conceptualised to consist of diffusion and dynamics. Bibliometrics were applied for data collection and visualisation of the evolution of CSR. The findings show increasing complexity and progression in the research on the concept of CSR fuelled not only by the efforts for intellectual refinement in the field but also reflecting the changing priorities of society and businesses. The growth of this field of research both in number of publications (i.e. diffusion) and in terms of different fields in academic usage (i.e. dynamics), is an indicator for growing complexity and widening acceptance of the CSR concept across various academic disciplines in the future. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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- Johnstone, Leanne, 1984-
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Environmental management decisions in CSR-based accounting research
- 2018
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1535-3958 .- 1535-3966.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This commentary presents conceptualisations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the realm of environmental accounting. By asking what the main theoretical perspectives are within CSR-based environmental accounting research, and how have these been used, it finds that there have been three clear theoretical waves. These are based on legitimacy, stakeholder and institutional theories, which evidently build upon one another as CSR1 (responsibility), CSR2 (responsiveness) and CSR3 (proactiveness) respectively. Nevertheless, such perspectives are weak as they remain at the strategic level and do not confront the operational levels of management accounting and control. Thus, structuration theory is proposed as the fourth wave of CSR-based research by emphasising that CSR rests neither with the organisations as agents, nor the institutions as social structures, but is the product of both. This informs managers by illustrating that environmental accounting decisions are shaped from not only the external environment, but also from within.
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- Lee, Ki-Hoon, et al.
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Small and Medium Enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility Practice : A Swedish Perspective
- 2016
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - : Wiley. - 1535-3958 .- 1535-3966. ; 23:2, s. 88-99
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice in Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A case study approach is used to investigate the CSR perception, motivation, and activities of two Swedish SMEs. This paper indicates that two Swedish SMEs studied adopt a profit-seeking rather than a profit-sacrificing CSR approach. Furthermore, the paper argues that the perception, the motivation, and part of the CSR activities are well incorporated in the decision to engage in CSR. However, the Swedish SMEs in our case studies are often limited in communicating their CSR activities due to a lack of resources and management skills. This communication gap between intended and actual communication drives the overall CSR impact on business performance from marginal to non-existent. As a result, looking at the overall business impact, a meant-to-be profit-seeking strategy is actually turned into a profit-sacrificing activity.
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- Lozano, Rodrigo, et al.
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Reinforcing the Holistic Perspective of Sustainability : Analysis of the Importance of Sustainability Drivers in Organizations
- 2018
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1535-3958 .- 1535-3966. ; 25:4, s. 508-522
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although several sustainability drivers have been recognized for different organizations, there has been limited research on analyzing which are considered to be the most important. A survey was sent to more than 1,502 organizations, of which 108 completed all the questions. The survey responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, rankings in order of importance, comparison between types of organizations, and analyses of the interlinkages between drivers. This paper provides depth to the sustainability drivers’ discussion by: (1) expanding it to the three types of organizations; (2) providing the importance of each driver; (3) offering a ranking of the drivers; (4) analyzing the relations between drivers to categorize them; and (5) assessing the relations between the drivers’ categories. This research highlights the importance of recognizing the drivers that have the highest importance and influence for each type of organization, in order to foster them and make organizations more sustainable.
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- Fontana, Enrico
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Corporate Social Responsibility as Stakeholder Engagement: Firm-NGO Collaboration in Sweden
- 2018
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - : Wiley: 24 months. - 1535-3958. ; 25:4, s. 327-338
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper investigates the process of stakeholder collaboration between firms and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Sweden. Collaboration is increasing in importance for corporate social responsibility (CSR); however, the literature does not adequately address how firms and NGOs begin and advance their relationships. This paper focuses on one fashion retailer and four NGOs in Sweden, implementing a resource-based view to better understand CSR. These NGOs support the firm's CSR toward asylum applicants and low-income individuals. This study makes three contributions to the CSR literature. First, it finds that the firm and NGOs select each other based on their resources, but for different reasons. Second, it demonstrates that NGOs adjust to corporate demands, but whether this hampers mission integrity depends on the balance between current and future potential for resource acquisition. Finally, it shows the influence of the Swedish context on CSR, arguing that public opinion can be shifted through policy making.
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