Corporate social responsibility of social economy enterprises / Cándido Román-Cervantes and Olga González-Morales, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Román Cervantes, Cándido, editor.

González Morales, Olga, editor.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

Companies contribute to the development of the community in which they are located and constantly face new challenges linked to their environment. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of those challenges because it supposes for the companies the integration of social and environmental objectives, together with the traditional economic objectives that allow them to establish a management model of their positive and negative externalities. However, CSR is not a new discovery for social economy companies. The values and principles of CSR have been present in the heart of the cooperative model since its origins. The main objective of this book is to analyze the role of CSR in companies of the social economy from different perspectives and sectors. This book compiles eight contributions from outstanding specialists who approach the theoretical analysis of supranational territorial spaces such as the European Union and the different lines of public action for the promotion of CSR strategies in social companies, including a study of national and local cases focused on banking, agro-industry and tourism. The authors of this book intend to show and interest the reader to a rigorous and varying panorama of the state of research applied to social economy companies and how they integrate CSR into their objectives.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

The Standardization and Disclosure of Socially Responsible Information with Particular Reference to Social Economy Companies

Abstract

Cooperative Principles and a Governance Model Based on CSR

The Cooperative Society as an Associative Figure with Its Own Characteristics

The Cooperative Principles as an Archetype of Business Management Models Based on CSR

Disclosure of Information in Social Economy Companies

Standardization of CSR

CSR Project: COOP

Content Proposal for a Social Balance Applicable for Basque Cooperatives

Guide for the Elaboration of Sustainability Reports. GRI

Integrated Report

Royal Decree Law 18/2017

Assurance in the Sustainability Reports

Assurance Standards in the Sustainability Models

The ISAE 3000 (by the IAASB )

AA1000AS (AccountAbility)

GRI 4

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2

Corporate Social Responsibility of Social Economy Enterprises: A European Perspective

Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Economy

Models and Practices of CSR in the Member States of the European Union

Social Economy Companies in Europe: Situation, Demography and Associates Employment

Annex

Chapter 3

State and Multilateral Corporate Organizations and Social Responsibility

Corporate Development

Sustainability and Responsibility

The Multilateral Organization

The State through the Society

Chapter 4

The Role of Ethics and Cooperative Values and New Entrepreneurial Cooperative Forms in Securing the Mutual Aims and Social Responsibility for All Stakeholders

The Historical Origins

The 1995 Statement on the Cooperative Identity.

The Evolution of the Cooperative Form towards a Social Aim and Multi-Stakeholder Structures

The Pioneering Italian Case

A Brief International Overview

Community Cooperatives

Chapter 5

Does Gender Contribute to the Governance of Firms and Corporate Performance? A Study within the Banking Sector of the Social Economy

Theoretical Framework and Investigation Hypotheses

Selection and Description of the Variable Used

Empirical Analysis and Methodology

Results and Discussion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 6

Influence of Absorptive Capacity on the Performance of Agri-food Cooperatives

Theoretical Framework

Material and Methods

Sample

Mesures of Variables

Absorptive Capacity

Performance

Data Analysis

Results

Chapter 7

Paraíso Extremo Tourist Development as a Socially Responsible Generator of Wealth for the Municipality of San Miguel de la Sierra

Context on the Study

Nature Tourism

San Miguel de la Sierra

Characteristics of the Paraíso Extremo Tourist Development

Conceptualization

Local Development

Tourism and Sustainable Tourism

Carrying Capacity

Nature Trails

Review of the Literature

Methodology

Findings

Physical Carrying Capacity

Real Carrying Capacity

Social Correction Factor (socCF):

Erosion Factor (eroCF)

Precipitation Factor (preCF)

Brightness Factor (sunCF)

Waterlogging Factor (watCF)

Effective Carrying Capacity (ECC)

Conclusion and Recommendations

Chapter 8

Social Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Competitiveness Factor of the Tourist Offer of Mérida (Venezuela)

Introduction.

Social Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility Factors of Competitiveness

The Social Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism

Tourist Activity in the State of Mérida (Venezuela)

Tourism Supply System in the State of Mérida (Venezuela)

Norms and Incentives of the CSR in the Venezuelan Tourist Activity

CSR Initiatives in the Tourist Supply System in MÉrida, in Regards to Its Competitiveness

About the Editors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781536141771

1536141771

OCLC:

1061147964