Trends in CSR Practices in Developed and Developing Countries

Nasrullah, Nakib Muhammad; Rahim, Mia Mahmudur

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“…Denim jeans, considered a luxury garment product in the fashion industry (Zhang and Zhao 2019), are produced via a 1 3 resource-intensive supply chain with complex decentralised business processes (Egels-Zandén et al 2015). In the recent decade, these business processes have been highly criticised for large ecological footprints throughout the entire supply chain network (Kumar et al 2020;Nasrullah and Rahim 2014). Levi et al (2015) find that every pair of denim jeans produced contributes 33.4 kg of CO 2 into the atmosphere, consumes 3781 L of water, and occupies 12 m 2 of land to support its production.…”

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Ecological footprint of your denim jeans: production knowledge and green consumerism

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Every pair of denim jeans produced contributes 33.4 kg of CO 2 into the atmosphere, consumes 3781 L of water, and occupies 12 m 2 of land to support its production. The consumption patterns and consumption behaviour of consumers are both vital determinants of their environmental performance and impact. This paper examines the environmental concerns, production knowledge, and related cognitive measures of consumers by mapping their intentions in the process of buying denim jeans. Consumers of denim jeans in mainland China were taken as a sample to achieve our research objective. Specifically, 1392 respondents were quantitatively investigated. The empirical results indicate that production knowledge, the ascription of responsibility, buying attitude, and personal norms are dominant factors in explaining consumers' buying intentions when purchasing denim jeans. Furthermore, we find that the relationship between cognitive factors and buying intentions is mediated by affordability. This study highlights the immediate need to measure the denim industry's ecological footprint (during the production phase) and communicate this to critical industry stakeholders (i.e. macro-level forces, environmentalists, current and potential consumers). The intention is to redefine the purchasing behaviour of future consumers of denim jeans.

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“…To further our understanding of how they meet these expectations, this paper addresses an important element of the social dimension of CSR: the well‐being of the people working for an organization. In line with recent research interest in CSR at the workplaces of small organizations in developing countries (Amaeshi et al, ; Nasrullah & Rahim, ), I take a closer look at the creation of workplaces in these organizations.…”

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“…This was mainly driven by the “sweatshop affairs” in Asia's emerging economies, which revealed dangerous and unfair working conditions (e.g., health hazards, widespread use of casual labour, and the violation of workers’ rights) in the global value chains of multinational companies (Shaw, ). While fundamental needs and rights of workers in developed countries were seen as largely covered by structures, such as social security schemes, formed over the past century, less stringent regulatory requirements and weaker legal enforcement mechanisms in developing countries sparked research interest in what businesses were (not) doing to improve working conditions in developing countries (Nasrullah & Rahim, ). Following the rise of international trade and foreign direct investment, this research agenda has more recently expanded towards SSA.…”

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“…Although many aspects of CSR at the workplace are governed by regulations and standards to ensure that some of people's basic needs are met, such as adequate financial compensation and protection from health hazards, regulatory frameworks vary across countries. How and why different organizations worldwide comply with regulations and make voluntary efforts to further enhance employees’ well‐being, both for ethical reasons and as a foundation for their contribution to economic performance goals, are questions that need to be addressed (Nasrullah & Rahim, ). Specifically, there is a lack of microlevel insight into what shapes CSR at the workplace—that is, how (a) people's existential, social, and personal development needs (Alderfer, ) and (b) institutional forces, such as regulations as well as cultural norms and prevailing business practices (Scott, ), influence the creation of socially responsible workplaces.…”

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Establishing socially responsible workplaces: Need perceptions and institutional forces acting on MSE owners in Tanzania

Poetz

2016

Can J Adm Sci

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Small businesses are increasingly expected to contribute to sustainable development. Drawing on needs theory and institutional theory, this paper investigates drivers of and barriers to socially responsible workplaces that can fulfill the existence, relatedness, and growth needs of people working in these organizations. The findings generated from an indepth study of small enterprises in Tanzania indicate that owners' and employees' changing needs contribute to workplace creation but nevertheless often remain unfulfilled. The resulting tensions pose a challenge for sustainable development in Africa's emerging economies. This is discussed with regard to solutions that leverage the normative common ground between traditional values and Western notions of corporate social responsibility (CSR), taking into account the pressures exercised by regulatory and mimetic institutional forces. Copyright © 2016 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords: CSR, Africa, workplace, needs theory, institutional theory RésuméDe plus en plus, les petites entreprises sont censées contribuer au développement durable. À partir de la théorie des besoins et de la théorie institutionnelle, le présent article examine les facteurs qui favorisent ou entravent la mise en place de milieux professionnels socialement responsables et capables de satisfaire l'existence, le rapprochement et les ambitions des employés. Les résultats obtenus après une analyse profonde de petites entreprises basées en Tanzanie révèlent que même si les besoins changeants des propriétaires et des employés contribuent à la création de l'environnement professionnel, ces besoins restent souvent insatisfaits. Les tensions qui découlent de cette insatisfaction constituent des obstacles au développement durable au sein des économies émergentes d'Afrique. Les résultats sont analysés par rapport aux solutions qui mettent à contribution le lieu commun normatif entre les valeurs traditionnelles et la notion occidentale de responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) et tiennent compte des pressions exercées par les contraintes réglementaires et les forces institutionnelles mimétiques.

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“…This study also determines CSR disclosure and practices in Pakistani listed banks and the impact of CSR on their financial performance. The prime reason for this study is the point that the majority of research on CSR disclosure issues has been conducted in developed countries [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Likewise, studies on CSR practices in developing nations are inadequate [37][38][39][40][41].…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: Evidence from Pakistani Listed Banks

Szegedi¹,

Khan²,

Lentner³

2020

Prime Archives in Sustainability

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This study intends to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Pakistan's banking sector, CSR disclosure practices and their impact on financial performance. For the study, relevant data was collected from the banks' annual reports, financial websites, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) from 2008 to 2018. The methods utilized in this research study were content analysis and panel data techniques. The results indicate an increase in overall CSR disclosure by all banks in the sample and the findings suggest the involvement of commercial banks in CSR activities, and its proper disclosure has helped to improve their accounting-based financial performance proxied by the return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA). The research findings contribute to a better understanding of the CSR practices in the financial sector of an emerging country, which makes a dynamic effort to develop its financial culture and can encourage rapprochement with Pakistan's financial sector.

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Trends in CSR Practices in Developed and Developing Countries

Cited by 8 publications

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Ecological footprint of your denim jeans: production knowledge and green consumerism

Ecological footprint of your denim jeans: production knowledge and green consumerism

Establishing socially responsible workplaces: Need perceptions and institutional forces acting on MSE owners in Tanzania

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: Evidence from Pakistani Listed Banks

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