Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the relations between CSR activities and competitive advantages. I t discusses how companies undertake CSR activities and what benefits can be gained because of these activities. Methodology/approach: The paper is based on the Polpharma’ s single case study. The narrative literature review was applied to build up the theoretical foundation for the empirical study. Findings: CSR activities undertaken by companies can be a source of many benefits, which may translate into gaining competitive advantages. The analysis of the case of Polpharma shows positive outcomes of undertaking CSR activities related to increase in customer trust to the company and its competitive position. Originality/value: CSR issues are a relatively popular topic of research in the field of management, but they are not often considered from the strategic point of view as presented in this article. Paper type: case study.
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Corporate social responsibility seems to be becoming crucial in the management strategies of all industries. The paper presents the importance of corporate social responsibility activities in the textile and apparel industry. The textile and apparel industry has been chosen because in many cases the production is being transferred to developing countries. This means that it has a significant influence for the global economy and global management. The main aim of this study is to investigate the barriers and challenges to corporate social responsibility in the textile and apparel industry. The paper analyzes the structure of this industry in the global context and examines areas of the textile and apparel industry such as labour conditions, human and workers’ rights, and environmental issues, each of which is especially sensitive in terms of CSR actions. O n the basis of those social and environmental aspects, there have been recognized barriers and challenges of CSR. The main barrier observed to the introduction of CSR rules in the textile and apparel industry is the lack of the control caused by geographical distance. The paper also shows other obstacles to the implementation of CSR activities and suggests steps that need to be taken to overcome them.
{"title":"Corporate Social Responsibility in the Textile and Apparel Industry: Barriers and Challenges","authors":"M. Szewczyk","doi":"10.12775/JCRL.2016.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.024","url":null,"abstract":"Corporate social responsibility seems to be becoming crucial in the management strategies of all industries. The paper presents the importance of corporate social responsibility activities in the textile and apparel industry. The textile and apparel industry has been chosen because in many cases the production is being transferred to developing countries. This means that it has a significant influence for the global economy and global management. The main aim of this study is to investigate the barriers and challenges to corporate social responsibility in the textile and apparel industry. The paper analyzes the structure of this industry in the global context and examines areas of the textile and apparel industry such as labour conditions, human and workers’ rights, and environmental issues, each of which is especially sensitive in terms of CSR actions. O n the basis of those social and environmental aspects, there have been recognized barriers and challenges of CSR. The main barrier observed to the introduction of CSR rules in the textile and apparel industry is the lack of the control caused by geographical distance. The paper also shows other obstacles to the implementation of CSR activities and suggests steps that need to be taken to overcome them.","PeriodicalId":55697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership","volume":"3 1","pages":"67-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46439330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The 6th international Military Leadership Conference was held on 17 – 18 November 2016 in Tartu, Estonia. The event was organised by the Estonian National defence College (ENdC) with the participation of speakers from Estonia, Finland, israel, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This year, the attention of conference participants was focused on multiple approaches to military leaders development. The aim of the conference was to discuss current status, challenges and prospects for the military leaders development systems including their governing principles, methods and best practices. The conference included paper sessions, a panel discussion and workshops. The event was chaired and moderated by Lt.Col. Antek Kasemaa from ENdC. The first paper session introduced the audience into the issues of military development in Estonia, Poland and the United Kingdom. Col. (Ret.) Aarne Ermus, a lecturer of organisation Management and a former (2007 – 2013) Commandant of ENdC presented an overview journAL of CorporAte responsibiLity And LeAdership
第六届国际军事领导人会议于2016年11月17日至18日在爱沙尼亚塔尔图举行。该活动由爱沙尼亚国防学院组织，来自爱沙尼亚、芬兰、以色列、波兰、瑞士和英国的发言者参加了活动。今年，与会者的注意力集中在军事领导人发展的多种方法上。会议的目的是讨论军事领导人发展体系的现状、挑战和前景，包括其管理原则、方法和最佳实践。会议包括文件会议、小组讨论和讲习班。活动由ENdC的Antek Kasemaa中校主持。第一次文件会议向听众介绍了爱沙尼亚、波兰和联合王国的军事发展问题。组织管理讲师、前（2007-2013）ENdC指挥官Aarne Ermus上校（退役）介绍了CorporAte responsibiLity and LeAdership的综述
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The aim of this paper is to study the clothing and textile industry through the prism of the CSR. First of all, it investigates the ways in which companies of this sector deal with the social responsibility issues that are specifically important to the characteristics of the fashion industry. Secondly, the motivators of implementing CSR in the textile and clothing business are identified and analysed. Thirdly, the CSR practices of H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, a wellknown multinational corporation operating in the sector of fashion, are discussed in order to illustrate the theoretical review with the case study approach.
本文的目的是通过企业社会责任的棱镜来研究服装和纺织行业。首先，它调查了该部门的公司处理社会责任问题的方式，这些问题对时尚产业的特点特别重要。其次，对纺织服装企业实施企业社会责任的动因进行了识别和分析。第三，通过对知名跨国时尚公司H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB的企业社会责任实践进行讨论，以案例研究法来说明理论回顾。
{"title":"The CSR Challenges in the Clothing Industry","authors":"Paulina Księżak","doi":"10.12775/JCRL.2016.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.008","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to study the clothing and textile industry through the prism of the CSR. First of all, it investigates the ways in which companies of this sector deal with the social responsibility issues that are specifically important to the characteristics of the fashion industry. Secondly, the motivators of implementing CSR in the textile and clothing business are identified and analysed. Thirdly, the CSR practices of H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, a wellknown multinational corporation operating in the sector of fashion, are discussed in order to illustrate the theoretical review with the case study approach.","PeriodicalId":55697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership","volume":"3 1","pages":"51-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47589407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aim of the paper is to discuss the philosophical and historical sources and concepts of the antinomy of contemporary professionalism. A professional is somebody distinct from a craftsman and a specialist. Professionalism has its roots in the medieval phenomenon of a profession, which refers to the category of an occupation, liberal arts as well as the beginning of universities and a characteristic vision of education. In the 19th century, the understanding of a profession was altered. The development of science and technology, which runs in parallel with the endorsement of materialistic objectivism, resulting in the total separation of reality from the realm of values, contributed to the fact that professionalism was cracking at its seams. In consequence, the contemporary professionalism is endangered by the possibility of losing its essence. The dangers are the following: commercialisation, corporationalism, esoterism, politicalisation, bureaucratization, technocracy and barbarisation.
{"title":"Antinomies of Professionalism: The Philosophical and Historical Considerations","authors":"Daniel Roland Sobota","doi":"10.12775/JCRL.2016.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.010","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the paper is to discuss the philosophical and historical sources and concepts of the antinomy of contemporary professionalism. A professional is somebody distinct from a craftsman and a specialist. Professionalism has its roots in the medieval phenomenon of a profession, which refers to the category of an occupation, liberal arts as well as the beginning of universities and a characteristic vision of education. In the 19th century, the understanding of a profession was altered. The development of science and technology, which runs in parallel with the endorsement of materialistic objectivism, resulting in the total separation of reality from the realm of values, contributed to the fact that professionalism was cracking at its seams. In consequence, the contemporary professionalism is endangered by the possibility of losing its essence. The dangers are the following: commercialisation, corporationalism, esoterism, politicalisation, bureaucratization, technocracy and barbarisation.","PeriodicalId":55697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership","volume":"3 1","pages":"79-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42441826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Today’s sport in many ways is like business. Numerous concepts as well as characteristics are adequate for both. The role of leaders in sports and business is invaluable when it comes to reaching goals or creating positive work environment. The aim of the paper is to identify the role of trust in relationships within a sport team, particularly between the leader and the rest of the group (trust in leader), and to highlight the impact of trust on the effectiveness of leaders’ work and successes achieved by a team.
{"title":"The Role of Trust for Leadership in Team Sports","authors":"Patrycja Gulak-Lipka","doi":"10.12775/JCRL.2016.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.015","url":null,"abstract":"Today’s sport in many ways is like business. Numerous concepts as well as characteristics are adequate for both. The role of leaders in sports and business is invaluable when it comes to reaching goals or creating positive work environment. The aim of the paper is to identify the role of trust in relationships within a sport team, particularly between the leader and the rest of the group (trust in leader), and to highlight the impact of trust on the effectiveness of leaders’ work and successes achieved by a team.","PeriodicalId":55697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership","volume":"3 1","pages":"39-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47958682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a conception of management which obliges the enterprises to respect ecological, social and ethical factors. By being socially responsible, the companies can gain competitive edge in various areas of business. As a result the idea of CSR becomes more popular among Polish enterprises. Social reporting is one of the most important elements of CSR. Preparing and publishing documents which present some useful information regarding CSR can play an important role in every business. The aim of the paper is to show the importance of reporting in corporate social responsibility. The analysis is based on the findings from the available documents and reports in scope of CSR.
{"title":"Reporting as an Important Instrument of Corporate Social Responsibility","authors":"Wojciech Leoński, Karolina Beyer","doi":"10.12775/JCRL.2016.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.009","url":null,"abstract":"Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a conception of management which obliges the enterprises to respect ecological, social and ethical factors. By being socially responsible, the companies can gain competitive edge in various areas of business. As a result the idea of CSR becomes more popular among Polish enterprises. Social reporting is one of the most important elements of CSR. Preparing and publishing documents which present some useful information regarding CSR can play an important role in every business. The aim of the paper is to show the importance of reporting in corporate social responsibility. The analysis is based on the findings from the available documents and reports in scope of CSR.","PeriodicalId":55697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership","volume":"3 1","pages":"67-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46626204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article delineates a ground work for shaping Christian leadership characters by examining the book of Ruth, a narrative of cooperation. First, we introduce the general Biblical wisdom, guidance, and religious precepts on leadership characters from the Bible per se. Second, we depict a synopsis and connotation of the Ruth Narrative combined with the historical background of the late Judges time when Naomi, Elimelech, Ruth and Boaz lived and the social and religious background of Moab where the family of Elimelech dwelt in for ten years. Third, based on those background analyses, the main figures’ dialogues, and their actions, we illustrate their positive servant and mentor leadership characters that include a combination of their distinguished traits and cognitive attributes, as well as some weaknesses of Naomi and Elimelech. In a nutshell, Naomi’s leadership characters contain loyalty to God (2:19 – 20), discovering value within (3:1 – 4), and patience and endurance (3:18). Ruth’s leadership characters incorporate faithfulness and positive self-esteem (1:16 – 17), pioneer and daring (2:2), deference (2:10), obedience (3:5), and loving-kindness (3:10). Boaz’s leadership characters include respect (2:4), care (2:5), compassion (2:8 – 9, 11), empowerment (2:15 – 16), leaning on and trusting God (2:12), care (2:14; 3:15), protecting the weak (3:10 – 15), responsibility (3:12), moral integrity and justness (3:13), carefulness (3:14), formation (4:1), unselfishness and cleverness (4:3 – 5), and partnering (4:9 – 10). While we criticize Elimelech’s risk seeking strategy to migrate their family to a pagan country (1:1 – 2) as a spiritual adventure.
{"title":"Leadership Characters in the Book of Ruth: A Narrative Analysis","authors":"Yong Lu","doi":"10.12775/JCRL.2016.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/JCRL.2016.016","url":null,"abstract":"This article delineates a ground work for shaping Christian leadership characters by examining the book of Ruth, a narrative of cooperation. First, we introduce the general Biblical wisdom, guidance, and religious precepts on leadership characters from the Bible per se. Second, we depict a synopsis and connotation of the Ruth Narrative combined with the historical background of the late Judges time when Naomi, Elimelech, Ruth and Boaz lived and the social and religious background of Moab where the family of Elimelech dwelt in for ten years. Third, based on those background analyses, the main figures’ dialogues, and their actions, we illustrate their positive servant and mentor leadership characters that include a combination of their distinguished traits and cognitive attributes, as well as some weaknesses of Naomi and Elimelech. In a nutshell, Naomi’s leadership characters contain loyalty to God (2:19 – 20), discovering value within (3:1 – 4), and patience and endurance (3:18). Ruth’s leadership characters incorporate faithfulness and positive self-esteem (1:16 – 17), pioneer and daring (2:2), deference (2:10), obedience (3:5), and loving-kindness (3:10). Boaz’s leadership characters include respect (2:4), care (2:5), compassion (2:8 – 9, 11), empowerment (2:15 – 16), leaning on and trusting God (2:12), care (2:14; 3:15), protecting the weak (3:10 – 15), responsibility (3:12), moral integrity and justness (3:13), carefulness (3:14), formation (4:1), unselfishness and cleverness (4:3 – 5), and partnering (4:9 – 10). While we criticize Elimelech’s risk seeking strategy to migrate their family to a pagan country (1:1 – 2) as a spiritual adventure.","PeriodicalId":55697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership","volume":"3 1","pages":"55-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49592642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aim of this paper is to present selected aspects of organisational culture and human capital management, and indicate the determinants of cultural conditions in diversity management based on the corporation A. A modern enterprise, in order to remain competitive, poses challenges to its employees to encourage their need for learning, exploration of knowledge and the change along with the changing environment. In order to achieve the aim of the paper, the following operational objectives have been formulated: (1) to discuss the concepts of organisational culture and cultural factors of changes in the organisation on the example of the corporation operating in the transportation and logistics industry; (2) to identify mutual correlations between organisational culture and diversity management; (3) to assess the impact of cultural factors related to the base of diversity management in the corporation A. The analysis is based on the findings from questionnaire surveys, detailed interviews with the top management and source materials collected from the corporation.
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This paper aims to identify the core elements of social responsibility which have been applied in intraorganisational procedures of higher education institutions with AACSB Accreditation. The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in entrepreneurial strategies means taking into account their social interests and environmental protection, as well as, relationships with different groups of stakeholders. In contemporary business, CSR activities are very important. Therefore, universities, especially those with prestigious accreditations, should also act in accordance with the rules prevailing in the business market. The Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB) is a global, nonprofit membership organisation of educational institutions, businesses, and other entities. Higher education institutions with certificates represent the highest standard of achievement for business schools all over the world. For the research and analysis, there have been selected six universities from three countries: the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. According to the international standard ISO 26000 dated as of 2010, social responsibility involves seven core subjects: organisational governance, human rights, labour practices, environment, fair operating practices, customer issues, community involvement and development. All these aspects were researched in intraorganisational procedures of selected higher education institutions with AACSB Accreditation. It is a comprehensive and objective comparison of several educational institutions in the world in terms of their implemented CSR activities. The results of the research show that the institutions under the study established a wide range of procedures for respecting CSR. They took into account transparency, respect to the law, human rights, labour practices and organisational governance. While they pay less attention to the environmental issues, fair operating practices and customer issues.
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