Clarifying the Concept of Corporate Sustainability and Providing Convergence for Its Definition

Pazienza, Mariapia; Jong, Martin de; Schoenmaker, Dirk

doi:10.3390/su14137838

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“…This is because there is little conceptual clarity of corporate sustainability, which creates confusion for its' implementation; furthermore, it generates ineffective and arbitrary practices in complex organizations, such as universities. However, this does not disqualify the importance of corporate sustainability in universities; on the contrary, it reinforces the need to contribute to increasing understanding of corporate sustainability in such organizations [30][31][32][33][34]. There is agreement in the literature that tensions occur when an organization's objectives conflict with the three dimensions of sustainable development, namely ecological, social, and economic [35].…”

Section: Corporate Sustainability and Universitiesmentioning

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Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability of Chilean State Universities: Evidence from Their Strategic Elements

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Corporate sustainability evolved in line with the advancement of the concept of sustainable development; thus, it is constituted as a strategy to respond to social and environmental problems. In this context, universities are understood as complex organizations, positioned as a key mechanism for delivering the sustainable development of society. This research aimed to analyze whether the strategic elements of Chilean state universities integrate components of sustainable development. For this purpose, qualitative research was undertaken through a documentary analysis of the strategic plans of the 18 Chilean state universities, focusing analysis on their strategic elements: their mission, vision and strategic institutional objectives. The results revealed that all universities mention at least one concept associated with one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their strategic guidelines. They mainly focused on ‘Quality Education’ (SDG 4) and ‘Build resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation’ (SDG 9). Also, the results allow us to visualize how universities address corporate sustainability issues through their strategic plans.

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Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability of Chilean State Universities: Evidence from Their Strategic Elements

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“…This concept also includes a temporal dimension or an intergenerational perspective, which dynamically interacts with the afore-mentioned dimensions concerning the future, addressing the corporate system and its stakeholders. Although the concept of corporate sustainability has global significance and covers developing and developed economies and all sectors (Pazienza et al, 2022), the main problem with corporate sustainability is the lack of a general definition (Swarnapali, 2017).…”

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Sustainability reports: Differences between developing and developed countries

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Fridrich

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Achieving sustainability is a major challenge faced by many societies. The increasing moral consciousness of stakeholders has put pressure on companies, forcing these companies to include long-term policies that reflect the regionally specific needs of stakeholders. Using a structural topic model, this study identified differences between developing and developed countries with respect to sustainability disclosures. Data were obtained from 2100 sustainability reports published in the United Nations Global Compact database for the year 2020. In global terms, these sustainability reports addressed three main topics: 1) human rights, 2) diversity, equity, and inclusion, and 3) sustainable production. Moreover, the sustainability reports from developing and developed countries incorporated different communication strategies. Based on the prevalence (rate of occurrence) of content, sustainability reports from developed countries predominantly communicated issues related to “sustainable production” and “supply chain emissions”, whereas sustainability reports from developing countries more frequently communicated issues related to “education” and “human rights".

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“…The concept of marketing support of corporate social responsibility of agri-food enterprises should be formed in the areas of "priority of selective amplitude of growth of economic interests" of stakeholders, to direct state influence on the level of investment in marketing activities (Pazienza et al, 2022).…”

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Marketing Support of Corporate Social Responsibility of Agri-Food Enterprises

Трусова¹,

VASYL’YEVA²,

KOLOKOLCHYKOVA³

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Scientific Horizons

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The article considers the peculiarities of marketing support of corporate social responsibility of agri-food enterprises of Ukraine. The purpose of this study is to develop scientific positions to carry out the marketing support concept of corporate social responsibility of agri-food enterprises. Created positions will be directed toward building reliable partnerships with stakeholders. The logical architecture of realization of the concept of marketing support of corporate social responsibility of agrifood enterprises is formalized. The directions of harmonization of interests of business structures (stakeholders) and the state in the marketing support of corporate social responsibility of agri-food enterprises are presented. The graph-model of rational architecture of probabilistic time lag of profitability and competitiveness in the current business process of agri-food enterprises is structured. The three-level vector of realization of marketing programs of corporate social responsibility of the enterprises of agri-food production is defined. Economic indicators and the volume of expenditures on environmental and social aspects of agri-food enterprises in the range of Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia and Western zones of Ukraine are analysed. Factors influencing the sustainable level of marketing support of corporate social responsibility, which increases the motivation and productivity of employees, business, and public reputation of enterprises in the agri-food sector of the economy and reduces the risk of market losses, are substantiated. It is proved that socio-economic development of ethnic communities in the Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia and Western zones of Ukraine in the context of the concept of marketing support of corporate social responsibility is carried out through the implementation of environmental, motivational levers for health protection, education, cultural values, infrastructure and other social projects, that is, by increasing the flow of social investment

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Clarifying the Concept of Corporate Sustainability and Providing Convergence for Its Definition

Cited by 29 publications

References 84 publications

Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability of Chilean State Universities: Evidence from Their Strategic Elements

Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability of Chilean State Universities: Evidence from Their Strategic Elements

Sustainability reports: Differences between developing and developed countries

Marketing Support of Corporate Social Responsibility of Agri-Food Enterprises

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