Ethical motivations for green business and engineering

Trust and outsourcing: Do perceptions of trust influence the retention of outsourcing providers in the hospitality industry?

“…Social responsibility comprises an evolving set of practices characterized by increasingly important standards of firm behavior. Doing what is right for the environment or adopting the highest level of social standards indicates to clients that an organization is a good corporate citizen (Hendry and Vesilind, 2005). In addition, perceived benevolence generatespositive orientation of the vendor toward the individual client and suggests a relationship enhanced by kindness (Bell et al, 2002).…”

How to win the battle of ideas in corporate social responsibility: the International Pyramid Model of CSR

“…In addressing contributions to the CSR debate, four major comments can be made about the different models constructed to date, listed as follows: (1) most models show a concern for the philanthropic aspects of CSR. They accept the notion that economic considerations do as a matter of fact preside over the environment and that opportunities must be pursued to prevent pollution (Hendry and Vasilind, 2005), thereby implying that social responsibility will be embraced if the idea of going green has economic value (Aras and Crowther, 2009;Kanji and Chopra 2010;Visser, 2010); (2) most models focus on the economic motive as the primary priority of a business (Hendry and Vasilind, 2005); (3) most of the study findings are based on survey data gained from the managers or owners of businesses to identify the factors that should be included in any CSR model adopted (Elkington, 1999;Kanji and Chopra 2010) without considering how CSR activities can be integrated as part of a green process; (4) most models are founded on the fundamentals of social ethics, profit motive, governance, cultural freedom, safety and health, accountability, transparency, and competitiveness which are proposed to have overlapping functions (Friedman, 1970;Marsden and Andriof, 1998;Elkington, 1999;Kennedy, 2001;Meehan et al, 2006;Ketola, 2008;Aras and Crowther, 2009;Kanji and Chopra 2010;Kanji and Chopra, 2010;Visser, 2010), without focusing exclusively on specific elements such as environmental protection.…”

Investigating Citizen Behavior Intention on Mandatory and Voluntary Pro-Environmental Programs through a Pro-Environmental Planned Behavior Model

“…Several research studies describe the positive role of voluntary activities such as the use of environmentally friendly products [5,6], green business [7][8][9][10], and many more pro-environmental activities. With regard to mandatory activities, many implementations have been performed.…”