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Social responsibility in Ukrainian agriculture: The regional issue
Abstract
The social responsibility of agribusiness is currently one of the highly debated issues. Factors such as the globalization of agri-food supply chains, increasing competition, further integration of Ukraine in Europe and the world market, developments of Ukrainian large scale farms as well as public pressure on farms make the analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) highly relevant to Ukrainian agribusiness. The paper provides insights on the understanding of CSR by the Ukrainian agricultural enterprises, CSR activities implemented by farms and main drivers encouraging the implementation of CSR initiatives. The analysis is based on literature reviews and questionnaires of Ukrainian agricultural enterprises and representatives of the local community in Oblasts Zhytomyr, carried out in spring 2016.
... Increasingly, studies are carried out on CSR in the Global South (e.g., Amaeshi et al., 2006;Demuijnck and Ngnodjom, 2013;Dolan and Rajak, 2011), and -to a lesser extent -on (post)-socialist countries, although the latter focus mostly on China. Studies in the former Soviet Union, including Russia, are still rare (Fifka and Pobizhan, 2014), especially in agriculture (exceptions are Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017;Visser et al., 2019). Overall, despite blossoming literature on CSR, the genuinely global character of this can be questioned (Amaeshi et al., 2006;Pisani et al., 2017). ...
... The literature on CSR in agriculture depicts farms often as more or less passive actors in CSR developments. The CSR policies of farms themselves have received very little attention (exceptions are Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017;Visser et al., 2019). At the same time, the understudied application of CSR in agriculture e and rural areas more generally e seems to be an even more critical issue than in urban CSR contexts. ...
... However, as Crotty (2016) argues, in a country with a legacy of wage arrears, and non-payment of wages, some Russian managers see providing employment and a decent, timely paid salary already as a form of CSR 8 (cf. Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). When additional benefits are provided to workers beyond what is legally required (such as providing loans, as in the quote mentioned above), this qualifies more easily as CSR as understood internationally. ...
Agribusiness social responsibility in emerging economies: Effects of legal structure, economic performance, and managers' motivations Abstract While corporate social responsibility (CSR) in emerging and developing countries has attracted increased attention, most research still focuses on firms that conduct CSR under pressure from the West (e.g., through the dominance of Western firms or of certification in global value chains). This article studied how CSR takes shape domestically in an emerging economy (Russia), in remote rural areas, outside the reach of international mechanisms enforcing CSR. Specifically, it investigated corporate support for social and technical infrastructure for rural communities, based on a survey of 110 farms and qualitative interviews with farm managers in the Altai region, Siberia. It showed that many farms continue Soviet-era support for infrastructure, but unevenly. Farms with the legal form of a production cooperative and those with good economic performance were most likely to conduct CSR. Most farm managers expressed care for the local community but instrumental motivations, such as keeping good relations with local authorities to ensure access to land also
... In the past, fulfillment of economic performance was key to ensuring the success of companies and their shareholders; however, recent results present a new perspective (Kumar and Gupta, 2018). Organizations experience a growing social pressure to become more sustainable by reducing their impact on the environment and society (Yusliza et al., 2017;Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
... CSR in the business context is not a new issue, the idea that organizations have some responsibility toward society beyond making a profit has existed for centuries (Carrol and Shabana, 2010). CSR has several perspectives in the literature (Aquinis and Glavas, 2012) and deals with relevant topics such as social and environmental problems, demonstrating that companies are not elements extrinsic to society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
... CSR occurs when an organization internalizes values that correspond to the desires of society and thus seeks to respect employees, the environment, the legislation and the society in which it is involved. However, it tends to be developed and implemented from the incentive to taxation, to legal rules and the perception of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017), without taking into account the strategic values that it can provide. In other words, companies need to clearly understand the strategic benefits that can accrue to the organization; otherwise, they will not be involved in CSR practices (Burke and Logsdon, 1996) that really bring benefits. ...
Purpose
In the past, simply fulfilling economic performance alone was critical to ensuring the success of companies and their shareholders, but this traditional perspective is not compatible with society's current demands, as there is increasing social pressure on organizations to become more sustainable and reduce impacts on the environment, promoting sustainable results in their business processes. In this context, the specialized literature states that human resources management (HRM) is considered a central aspect for building sustainable organizations, in particular, the area of green human resources management (GHRM). Thus, this study analyzes the relationship between GHRM and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Brazilian companies. Company's age, size, ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications are the control variables.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors adopted a quantitative approach in conducting the survey. Four waves of email were sent to HR and CSR managers from 853 Brazilian companies from the metallurgical, automotive and chemical industries. In total, 79 questionnaires were fully answered, higher than the minimum sample calculated by the G *Power 3.1 software, which corresponds to a return rate of 9.26%. For the analysis of the results, the partial least squares method was used.
Findings
This research identifies that GHRM practices, in fact, positively influence CSR practices. The findings evidence that practices of performance evaluation, teamwork and recruitment and selection are the most important for a better CSR performance. The research results indicate that the “ISO 9001 certification” control variable also has a positive and significant effect on CSR and that the size of the company, the age of the company and the ISO 14001 certification, in the analyzed sample, were not relevant (as control variables) for CSR.
Originality/value
Current literature highlights the gap between GHRM and CSR. This relationship is not explored in Brazil. The study uses a new theoretical model, and it fills the gap identified in the literature. This paper brings important theoretical and managerial contributions. It is the first in the literature to show, in an empirical way, the positive relationship between GHRM and CSR, contributing in an original way to the state of the art of the GHRM and CSR theme. In addition, this research adds empirical evidence on GHRM and CSR in Latin America/South America/Brazil.
... Salah satu penelitian yang dilakukan adalah bertujuan mengevaluasi motivasi dan hambatan keterlibatan perusahaan agro-food dalam kegiatan CSR dengan menggunakan tool SAS dan SPSS untuk menguji hipotesis melalui chi square test (Ubreziova & Moravcikova, 2017). Penelitian lain menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif untuk memberikan pemahaman bagaimana CSR dilakukan oleh perusahaan pertanian dan apa saja yang menjadi pemicu utama implementasi CSR tersebut (Levkivska & Levkovych, 2017). Sementara itu metode ordinary least-squares (OLS) linear regression juga digunakan untuk mengetahui mengenai pengaruh tekanan stakeholders pada strategi perusahaan dalam pelaksanaan CSR pada perusahaan pertanian (Ingenbleek & Dentoni, 2016). ...
... Jadi, meskipun ada perbedaan dalam integrasi CSR dengan strategi bisnis karena ukuran perusahaan, para peneliti sepakat bahwa disintegrasi CSR dengan strategi bisnis dapat menghambat perusahaan dalam pelaksanaan prinsip CSR itu sendiri (Ubreziova & Moravcikova, 2017). Apalagi globalisasi pada rantai penawaran agrobisnis menyebabkan CSR menjadi tekanan tersendiri bagi perusahaan di pasar dunia (Levkivska & Levkovych, 2017) dan isu-isu keberlanjutan usaha (sustainability) yang tidak bisa dipisahkan dari bahasan mengenai CSR perusahaan pertanian yang perlu memperhatikan lingkungan dan pembangunan sosial melalui perencanaan strategi dan pemasaran sehingga dapat menghadapi ketatnya persaingan dan mempertahankan posisinya di pasar (Jindřichovská et al., 2020). dan output semakin meningkat hingga batas tertentu sebelum akhirnya menurun. ...
Agricultural companies that produce utilitarian products must prioritize corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts to uphold their reputation (Rep) and ensure long-term sustainability through superior performance. This study aims to examine the relationship between corporate responsibility and corporate financial and marketing performance, with differentiation strategy (Diff), firm size (FS), internationalization (Int), perceived external pressure (PEP), and altruism (Alt) acting as drivers of CSR initiatives. Employing a quantitative research approach, this study utilized the fuzzy inference system (FIS) to identify the predictive relationships between variables. Purposive sampling was employed to select five legally incorporated agricultural companies in East Java. The findings indicated that, at specific value thresholds, Diff, FS, Int, PEP, or Alt could serve as drivers of CSR efforts and were associated with corporate financial performance (CFP) and corporate marketing performance (CMP) from the perspectives of CSR, Rep, and PEP. The FIS output models, aligned with the proposed hypotheses, demonstrated that certain values of these input variables positively influence the direction of the output variables. Therefore, company policymakers should carefully consider the value levels of these variables and strive to maintain them to enhance CSR efforts and improve financial and marketing performance effectively. These factors were vital for the sustainability of agricultural companies in East Java.
... Adequate knowledge about the concept of CSR, especially to managers and leaders of companies, is still considered a response to the growing social demand (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017), not only in advanced economies but also in development (Bruni and Santucci, 2016). ...
... Even in the face of this uncertainty regarding the concept of CSR and its practices, it is essential that it must develop, and for this, it is necessary to encourage taxation, changes in legislation, public opinion, and the resulting experience with its favorable effects (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
Purpose
Agribusiness has stood out in the economy sector as a form of countryside-city interaction due to its productive chain characterized by modernization coming from cities, especially in the industrial area. Thus, the present study analyzed corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of agribusiness, based on a survey of articles published in the Scopus database. The main objective of the research is to analyze whether the agribusiness sector has incorporated CSR into its internal policy.
Design/methodology/approach
For this, the methodology used was researching through a systematic literature review, in which 14,720 documents on CSR were found. When restricting the search for CSR in agribusiness, 44 articles were found, and it was noticed that three were based on analysis in Latin America, which were the object of the study.
Findings
From this, it was realized that the literature on the subject is scarce, but of fundamental importance for its adoption in the sector, as it brings economic and environmental benefits not only to companies but also to society as a whole.
Research limitations/implications
Although CSR is not yet the total solution to socioeconomic and environmental problems, it can be used as a strategy for raising companies’ awareness, based on the development of an organizational environmental culture, which brings competitive advantages over competitors who adopt them.
Originality/value
The topic of CSR is a recent discussion in the academic field, which is why it has few studies. Thus initially, we sought to analyze it in the scenario in Latin America, as presented in the present work. However, as a future stage of research in the area of CSR, this topic will be analyzed as an academic master’s degree in the context of the BRIC countries.
... At the same time, it is important to take into account the specificity of a company's sphere of activity and how the CSR issues are viewed as an investment factor in agricultural sector [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Researchers of the experience of enterprises in Zhitomir oblast (Ukraine) highlight the main factors stimulating the implementation of CSR initiatives: globalization of agricultural supply chains, integration of the country in Europe where the CSR conception has been firmly established [13]. ...
... At the same time, it is important to take into account the specificity of a company's sphere of activity and how the CSR issues are viewed as an investment factor in agricultural sector [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Researchers of the experience of enterprises in Zhitomir oblast (Ukraine) highlight the main factors stimulating the implementation of CSR initiatives: globalization of agricultural supply chains, integration of the country in Europe where the CSR conception has been firmly established [13]. Other researchers analyze the bases of CSR strategy for German agricultural enterprises, as well as their influence on corporate reputation and financial indicators. ...
The research considers the role of corporate social responsibility in the functioning of agrarian-industrial holdings. The research objective is to reveal the potential of corporate social responsibility as a factor of attracting investments to agricultural companies. The author applied the methods of analysis and synthesis. The conceptual basis of the research is the pyramid of corporate social responsibility by A. Carroll and the theory of focused social responsibility by M. Porter. The empirical base includes social accounting of companies and information on financial indicators from corporate web-sites and annual reports of the leading Russian agricultural enterprises. The article presents the specific features of applying the strategies of corporate social responsibility and its key directions most demanded in Russia. The conclusion is made that there is direct correlation between socially responsible behavior and positive perception of a company by investors.
... Organizations are becoming more environmentally sustainable by marking their presence in social and ecological problems (Yusliza et al., 2017;Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). As a result, fulfillment of economic performance is no longer key indicators of firms' success, and sustainability. ...
Objectives: The primary objective of the present research is to analyze the perceptions of university students on Green HRM practices as prospective employees and to highlight the mediating effect of their personality attributes on their green behaviors. Theoretical framework: The research framework is based on a thorough literature review of relevant research studies, to link the relationship between GHRM practices, green behavior, and the influence of personality attributes. Methods: The research employed an exploratory approach, utilizing primary data collection through a structured questionnaire. A total of 247 students have participated in the research. We have used SEM-PLS (SMART PLS-4 Version) and SPSS 28 for model construction, data analysis, and hypothesis testing. Results: The results of the study support the positive influence of Green HRM practices on employees' pro-environmental behavior and attaining sustainable development goals. The direct effects of green involvement and green performance management significantly influence initiative-taking behavior, suggesting that these practices can motivate employees to engage in sustainable behaviors. Research Implications: This study's results underscore the significance of adopting Green HRM methods and acknowledging individual personality traits in fostering pro-environmental behavior among workers in the workplace. Originality value: The study offers valuable insights into the significance of mandating green behavior among students and aligning their personality attributes to foster a more sustainable business environment, thereby achieving the sustainable development goals.
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
The purpose of this study is to make an Analysis of FinTech usage in the banking industry and
to highlight the Opportunities and Challenges in Central and Eastern European countries in
adopting FinTech. Using a comparative analysis, the most progressive countries regarding the
development of fintech companies in Central and Eastern European (CEE) region are: Czech
Republic, Slovenia and Poland. The main challenges that banks in CEE countries may bring
from cooperation with fintech companies are: data security remains as a main challenge,
difficulty in hiring qualified personnel to make the collaboration effective, regulatory issues,
banks are becoming more dependent on financial technology solutions. While the main benefits
are: bank customers would benefit from the opportunity to transact using cutting-edge
technologies, saving time, effort, and money in the process, joint investment in technology,
innovation, in terms of high transaction volumes with a low operating cost. Fintech companies
can also benefit from these collaborations such as: in a pure peer-to-peer lending model the
fintech platform does not take any risk, financial markets are highly standardized and low-cost,
they can gain access to a certain market as well as the customers within that region. However,
they also have challenges in the CEE market: Cybersecurity risks, lack of support system for
fintech innovation, lack of a clear fintech strategy by regulators and policy makers, emigration
of local talent or “brain drain” and smaller domestic market.
Keywords: Fintech, CEE countries, Banks, Opportunities, Challenges, Sustainabilit
... Considering CSR practices, agribusiness companies aim to meet the highest level of interests of farmers and rural communities by raising awareness of their stakeholders, serving as a response to social demands. Companies can also manage to create a win-win situation for all stakeholders (agribusiness and society) (Levkivska & Levkovych, 2017). For example, specific innovations are linked to patterns in CSR and there is a correlation between the improvements focused on customers, ...
This study aims to analyze the social and environmental disclosure (SED) of large corporations operating in the Brazilian agribusiness industry. Brazil is globally recognized for its agribusiness, and the companies in this industry are increasingly being watched by the global community for possible negative externalities of their operations. The research sample consists of 25 large companies operating in one of the five sectors of the Brazilian agribusiness industry, which have been considered in the analysis. A multiple correspondence analysis was conducted to check if there exists any difference in the SED of large corporations across the various agribusiness sectors. To observe the behavioral variation within each sector, the Lorenz curve and the Gini index were employed. It is evident that Brazilian agribusiness companies are concerned about disclosing their corporate social responsibility, particularly in the case of environmental and human resource issues. In addition, results have shown a heterogeneousbehavior toward the SED of large corporations both across and within the sectors. The results have important implications for the managers of agribusiness corporations because they enable the corporations to acquire information about the SED of other companies, which facilitates their decision-making process regarding their corporate social responsibility planning. For policymakers, the study results help to understand which agribusiness sectors need to be encouraged to develop their corporate social responsibility
... The environmental impact of agroholdings is assumed to be higher than in other categories of agricultural enterprises because of their greater specialization and mono-culture types of crop production, higher uses of mineral fertilizers (Gagalyuk and Schaft 2016), preferences for the "block" cultivation in which neighboring fields are farmed as a single block (Davydova and Franks 2015), short high-intensity land lease terms (Levkivska and Levkovych 2017), and others. In response to public criticism, some agroholdings with international stakeholders are voluntarily adopting the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework, which focuses on the ecological and social dimension of industrial farming. ...
In recent years, Russia has established itself as the leading worldwide supplier of grain and continues to make ambitious plans for raising its grain production in the long term. Within the context of Russian agricultural history, the recent high growth in grain production is exceptional. This growth however is not fully replicated by the “weather-yield” crop models, which project only moderate yield increase in the twenty-first century and fail to predict the most recent record growth in grain yields. The difference between the projected climate-dependent yields and observations is especially high in two of the most important agricultural regions, the Central Black Earth and Northern Caucasus regions while the remaining agricultural zones show good agreement with the regression models. Similar differences were observed in the late 1960s, which we interpret in terms of the rapid changes in agricultural technology during the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) agricultural reforms followed by periods of reversal. We also interpret the current period of high differentiation between weather-yield model results and collected yields as evidence of a higher than usual contribution of agricultural reforms in yield improvements, which, however, primarily benefit the large-scale producers located in the most productive areas of Russia.
... In such conditions a corporate agriculture based on many hired workers under a centralized management authority attracts outside capital and displays remarkable growth rates (Hermans et al., 2017). Agri-food corporations in Ukraine are large-scaled effective economic agents (Gereles & Szollosi, 2020), but carry out their activities mainly without using the principles of a social responsibility (Levkivska & Levkovych, 2017). ...
This paper reports a study into the historical and economic preconditions for the strategical development of agri-food corporations in the competitive economic space of Ukraine. Agri-food corporations are determined by us as corporations with a developed system of integration relations that are a non-agricultural enterprise, which produces agricultural products. It has been substantiated that their emergence is not a natural phenomenon but a systematic process of changing the phases of differentiation and integration in the national economy. In this case, the development of agri-food corporations was contributed to by the lack of institutions of effective antitrust control, the diversification of industrial and financial groups, the liberalization of foreign trade, as well as a rent-oriented behavior of economic agents. It has been shown that agri-food corporations currently utilize about a third of agricultural land while the size of some of them exceeds the land-use area of entire regions. At the same time, in terms of agricultural production efficiency, agri-food corporations outperform farms and disintegrated agricultural enterprises, as well as family-owned farms; they have more resources for the innovative development of agricultural production and for investment. Strategical development of agri-food corporations needs to develop its social responsibility in rural areas, intensification of public control over the impact on the agrarian sector, institutional system of state support of export. Under the conditions of the state regulation of monopolies and excessive corporatization of agrarian sector, agri-food corporations should constitute the core of food security in Ukraine, as well as form its competitiveness in foreign agricultural markets.
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
The purpose of this study is to make an Analysis of FinTech usage in the banking industry and
to highlight the Opportunities and Challenges in Central and Eastern European countries in
adopting FinTech. Using a comparative analysis, the most progressive countries regarding the
development of fintech companies in Central and Eastern European (CEE) region are: Czech
Republic, Slovenia and Poland. The main challenges that banks in CEE countries may bring
from cooperation with fintech companies are: data security remains as a main challenge,
difficulty in hiring qualified personnel to make the collaboration effective, regulatory issues,
banks are becoming more dependent on financial technology solutions. While the main benefits
are: bank customers would benefit from the opportunity to transact using cutting-edge
technologies, saving time, effort, and money in the process, joint investment in technology,
innovation, in terms of high transaction volumes with a low operating cost. Fintech companies
can also benefit from these collaborations such as: in a pure peer-to-peer lending model the
fintech platform does not take any risk, financial markets are highly standardized and low-cost,
they can gain access to a certain market as well as the customers within that region. However,
they also have challenges in the CEE market: Cybersecurity risks, lack of support system for
fintech innovation, lack of a clear fintech strategy by regulators and policy makers, emigration
of local talent or “brain drain” and smaller domestic market
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
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... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
Prior research has rarely addressed the research gap to examining the relationship between green human resource management (GHRM) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this way, this research attempts to examine the relation between GHRM and CSR especially in the textile sector of Pakistan. The survey questionnaires were used to gather data from 251 employees working in textile companies. The Co-variance based structural equation modeling was used for the conceptual framework of the study. The findings indicate that GHRM has a significant impact on corporate social responsibility CSR. These results help corporate managers make choices, as they show that organizations must have a cohesive social and environmental mindset. This paper provides a new theoretical model for academics, based on data from Pakistan manufacturing sector, that sheds light on the aspects of GHRM and CSR. More research is required in developing countries to examine the feasibility of sustainable
practices and impacts in the textile and manufacturing industries.
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
Labour-law relationships between managers and company owners use to be a conflict of
different interests. Both parties are motivated by their own welfare and want to maximize their
own benefits. This paper is focused on motivational methods to harmonize interests of both
parties in one common goal. Research question is: “What are managers´ preferences in reward
methods with focus on their biggest utility and which one is the most motivational for them?”
In the analysed company there is a gap in monitoring of motivational incentives for managers.
The aim of this paper is to summarise and describe possible reward methods motivating
managers to act in favour of owners and determine manager´s preferences. Methods are
summarized from the perspective of risk accepting and all involve managers in profit sharing.
Alternatives in rewarding systems are compared using multi attribute decision making method.
The weighted sum approach was used to create linear utility function. The total utilities of
individual variants are calculated and sorted. Managers´ preferences are determined by values
of utilities of individual variants. Adoption of research results could help to improve current
rewarding system to motivate managers really act in favour of owners.
Keywords: Moral hazard, asymmetric information, motivation, reward, profit sharing, risk
sharing
... However, shortterm factors are diminishing the funding (Porter and Kramer, 2006). Since it deals with constantly illuminated issues, such as social and environmental challenges, CSR has been an essential force in elaborating organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), showing that organizations are not extrinsic elements of society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
... Buna göre örgütler, i) küresel düzeyde artan endişeler sonucunda oluşturulan uluslararası yasa, düzenleme ve standartlara uyma anlamında yasal zorunluklar ve ii) kurumsal sosyal sorumluluk perspektifinden paydaşların beklentilerini karşılamaya dönük iş etiği çerçevesinde yeşil uygulamaları benimsemektedirler (Kiron vd., 2012). Dolayısıyla örgütler, çevre üzerindeki olumsuz etkilerini azaltarak daha sürdürülebilir hâle gelmek için hem yasalar hem de paydaşların yer aldığı toplum tarafından baskılanmaktadır (Levkivska ve Levkovych, 2017;Yusliza vd., 2017). Bu baskılara ilk yanıt, Çevre Yönetim Sistemi (Environmental Management System-EMS) çerçevesinde standartların geliştirilerek uygulanmaya başlanmış olmasıdır. ...
Sürdürülebilir kalkınma anlayışı doğrultusunda son yıllarda çalışma hayatında sağlıklı, insan dostu ve çevre dostu olmak ile özdeşleşen yeşil yönetim uygulamalarına yönelmenin ve çeşitli çevre yönetimi politikaları benimsemenin önemi konusunda artan bir farkındalık gözlemlenmektedir. Bununla birlikte içinde bulunulan küresel rekabetin yarattığı baskı ve tüketicilerin giderek artan çevre bilinci de örgütlerin yeşil yönetim anlayışını benimsemeleri konusunda itici güçler olarak kabul edilmektedir. Çevresel performansı gözeten örgütler, geleneksel yönetim yapısı ve çalışma anlayışından, yeşil uygulamaları kapsayan modern bir yapı ve anlayışa doğru geçiş yaşamaktadır. Böylece günümüzde, yeşil insan kaynakları yönetimi (İKY), insan kaynakları departmanlarının örgüt genelinde yeşil uygulamaları benimsemede aktif rol oynadığı yapılar için önemli bir modern iş stratejisi hâline gelmiştir. Bu çerçevede literatür taramasının yöntem olarak benimsendiği bu çalışmanın amacı, mevcut literatüre dayalı olarak yeşil İKY uygulamaları hakkında temel bir anlayış sağlamaktır. Bu anlayış odağında ilk olarak, sürdürülebilir kalkınma ve yeşil kavramı açıklanmış daha sonra yeşil kavramının İKY’deki yeri aktarılmıştır. Devamında, yeşil İKY’de öne çıkan uygulamalar incelenmiştir. Sonuç bölümünde ise çalışma özetlenerek yeşil İKY uygulamalarının genel bir değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır.
... Society's expectations have led to CSR becoming an imperative factor in elaborating on organizational strategies (Arslanagic-Kalajdzic and Zabkar, 2017), because it deals with topics that are increasingly highlighted, for example, social and environmental problems, demonstrating that companies are not extrinsic elements to society (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017). ...
Purpose
This paper aims to analyze green human resource management's (GHRM’s) relationships with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and customer relationship management in Brazilian companies.
Design/methodology/approach
A sample of 142 companies – from the electro-electronics, mechanical metals, packaging, footwear and plastics industries – was examined using the partial least squares method.
Findings
The results reveal that GHRM practices positively influence CSR practices, which act as a moderating construct to positively influence customer relationship management.
Research limitations/implications
The results cannot be generalized due to the non-probabilistic sampling used; however, the results meet the requirements of the statistical methodology.
Practical implications
These findings contribute to business managers' decision-making, as they demonstrate that organizations must develop a consistent culture focused on social and environmental issues. This also reveals that the human resources field can contribute to developing a socially correct company, with the subsequent possibility of satisfying customers to retain and create customer loyalty.
Social implications
The results show that for a company to be sustainable from an economic, social, and environmental perspective, the involvement of human resource management is fundamental.
Originality/value
This paper contributes to academia by presenting a new theoretical model, tested using a sample of Brazilian companies, which illuminates GHRM as an area still under development.
... Many national and international scientists address future agriculture development. L. Levkivska and I. Levkovych (Levkivska and Levkovych, 2017) have determined social responsibility and emphasize the fact that "Modern agriculture is facing increasing integration and competition in the world economy, with close links between supply chain areas, various interests of stakeholders, as well as numerous conflicts, scandals and public pressure relating to the environment, food safety and human standards. In addition to these challenges, the Ukrainian agriculture confronts social and structural problems arising from transition process". ...
The agricultural sector is one of the most important in the Ukrainian economy, which can be proved by numerous indicators. The article has analysed such data as the share of agricultural sector in the total export of Ukraine, the share of agricultural sector in total GDP, land use in Ukraine, etc. Despite high potential of the agricultural sector in Ukraine, a lot of challenges hold back an efficient development of agriculture. The aim of this research is to determine the main challenges of the agricultural sector development in Ukraine through PEST-analysis of political, economic, social and technological factors, which influence the agricultural sphere, and also to investigate the main ways of the future development of the agricultural sector. To achieve this goal current agricultural policy is being analyzed and the dynamics of the funds allocated in the State Budget for loan programs in the agricultural sector of Ukraine and the dynamics of the budget financing of the agrarian sector of Ukrainian economy are presented. According to the findings, the agricultural sector has been defined as one of the crucial ones for the economic development of Ukraine. The steps to be taken to achieve the goals of efficient agricultural development have been identified by this scientific research. Theoretical and practical recommendations that can be implemented in the governmental policy have been presented and the strategy of achieving agricultural development has been developed.
The aim of the paper is to assess the differences in opinions on relation of agricultural holdings (agri-holdings) and the municipalities. Whether the relationship rating depended on the intensity of cooperation in particular area (social life, public benefit activities, ecological activities and strategic planning) was tested. The relationship was rated positively in majority of cases which helped to create social capital in the locality. Strong influence on it had sponsorship of the fire brigade (from point of view of agri-holdings). From the standpoint of municipalities, almost all activities were important. Better promotion of agri-holdings’ activities in all areas can be suggested as not all actions of agri-holdings were known to the representants of the municipality. Negative relationship was mainly due to the agri-holding damaging the environment. Hence, responsible behaviour is an important for the agri-holding reputation. The paper was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture (MZE-RO0922), Internal Research Project of IAEI no. 1117/2023.
У статті досліджено ключові засади управління соціальною відповідальністю аграрних підприємств в умовах міжнародної трансформації бізнесу. Проаналізовано підходи до визначення поняття «соціальна відповідальність». Досліджено тренди корпоративної соціальної відповідальності відповідно до цілей сталого розвитку. Проаналізовано фактори, що стимулюють підприємства до впровадження соціальної відповідальності. Визначено п’ять основних рівнів впровадження та розвитку соціальної відповідальності суб’єктів аграрного сектору: нано-, мікро-, мезо-, макро-, метарівень. Сформовано модель управління соціальною відповідальністю для підприємствами аграрного сектору. Запропоновано механізм управління соціальною відповідальністю аграрного підприємства на основі відповідних принципів, що передбачає використання визначених інструментів та реалізацію ключових функцій управління для досягнення результату в умовах впливу факторів зовнішнього середовища.
Stakeholders require transparency that companies are conducting business sustainably, which can be provided through non‐financial disclosures. Businesses that act on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters can attain a competitive advantage. ESG has become necessary in the agricultural sector as agribusinesses are considered high‐impact companies. The lack of uniformity in reporting guidelines leads to inconsistent and overloading of information. The objective of this paper is to conduct an evaluation and comparison of the current ESG reporting practices of listed agribusinesses in South Africa, Australia, and Chile. To support the quality and quantity of reporting, the concept of materiality is addressed by recognising what is material to be disclosed to stakeholders. The study evaluates how agribusinesses have incorporated the proposed material topics of the new GRI 13 sector standard into their current reporting practices. A qualitative content analysis was done to identify the presence or absence of the 34 proposed material topics in their reports. The findings indicate a distinct lack of harmonisation in the agri‐food sector disclosures. Topics hardly mentioned included the rights of indigenous people, living income, and climate adaptation. Low disclosures of the keywords Climate adaptation with 3.3% and Climate resilience with 7.0% on average, for all three countries, were reported. It is recommended that the newly proposed GRI 13 sector standard must be implemented as companies can seize this opportunity for increased transparency and gain a strategic advantage. Emphasis on the materiality concept is needed as it connects with the stakeholder theory to disclose only important information.
У статті досліджено ключові засади управління соціальною відповідальністю аграрних підприємств в умовах міжнародної трансформації бізнесу. Проаналізовано підходи до визначення поняття «соціальна відповідальність». Досліджено тренди корпоративної соціальної відповідальності відповідно до цілей сталого розвитку. Проаналізовано фактори, що стимулюють підприємства до впровадження соціальної відповідальності. Визначено п’ять основних рівнів впровадження та розвитку соціальної відповідальності суб’єктів аграрного сектору: нано-, мікро-, мезо-, макро-, метарівень. Сформовано модель управління соціальною відповідальністю для підприємствами аграрного сектору. Запропоновано механізм управління соціальною відповідальністю аграрного підприємства на основі відповідних принципів, що передбачає використання визначених інструментів та реалізацію ключових функцій управління для досягнення результату в умовах впливу факторів зовнішнього середовища.
Exchange of the drought and precipitations due to climate changes is preventing higher agrarian output. Although modern technology and methods of farm production may be the answer to this question, these raise public concerns about employment and environment quality. Because of demographic and technological lagging, some countries face other problems of achieving agronomic sustainability. In this paper, the importance of sustainable agriculture development, legal bases and some aspects of agricultural social responsibility are explored. Comparative and logical deduction methods of reviewing the selected international and national documents and literature were employed. Authors conclude there are adequate legal frameworks for agricultural social responsibility and the discussion if agriculture's moral priorities affect its economic performance will never end.
On the complex framing of the agricultural fields, related to the corporate social responsibility (CSR), the general objective of this paper is to assess the impacts of environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of CSR and human capital features on the financial performance of agricultural companies. The data consists of a sample of 412 public companies from the Thomson Reuters Eikon database, with data for 2020, operating in 17 agricultural areas with headquarters allocated around the world. The methodological endeavor embeds two econometric procedures, multifactorial models of robust regression and structural equation modelling (SEM). The research results bring new evidence to underline the risks related to the sustainability of the financial performance of agricultural companies and the decisive role played by the ESG dimensions to counteract these risks, particularly by the environmental pillar, along with CSR specific strategies and human capital characteristics (management board and employees). We propose several strategies for companies operating in agricultural fields in order to enhance profitability by CSR measures.
Purpose. The purpose of this study was a theoretical and methodological generalization of the agroholdings’ social initiatives within their charitable activities with the interaction of cooperatives based on the institutional model. Methodology / approach. This study was based on applying the general economic and special methods. The abstract-logical method was used for scientific discussion and scientific views about the role of agroholdings and their impact on the rural population. The method of critical analysis was applied to outline the social aspects of agroholdings’ activities. The system approach allowed contouring the main problems that arise in the process of agroholding growing. The study of the state of agricultural cooperatives’ financing by agroholdings was also conducted. On the basis of the monographic method the motives and directions of the management of separate agroholdings within their social responsibility limits were defined. With the generalization method, the basic forms and resources of agroholdings’ social responsibility were determined. Thanks to the correlation-regression analysis, it was established the relationship between the social responsibility indicator of agroholdings and their efficiency by EBITDA, as well as their social responsibility and market capitalization degree. Results. The study examined the main scientific approaches to the role of agroholdings, which allowed outlining their ambiguity and contradictions. The systematization of the presented materials allowed developing arguments in favor of the agroholdings’ functioning and identifying counterarguments of their activities as well as emphasizing the need of the basic methodological provisions for further harmonious development of agroholding structures and cooperatives. The results of the presented empirical analysis showed a low level of agroholdings’ social responsibility, which affects the development of the rural areas and significantly increases social tensions. On the basis of the conducted research and data processing the mechanism of agroholdings’ and cooperatives’ interaction on the basis of social responsibility is offered. It was proved that the basis of the presented interaction must be financial and economic, social, marketing and environmental motives. Originality / scientific novelty. It was improved the theoretical and methodological approach to the formation of institutional model of the agroholdings’ and cooperatives’ interaction on the principles of social responsibility, which provides financial and economic, social, marketing, environmental problems solutions by agroholdings and promotes the rural community’s development in the near future. Practical value / implications. The results of the study are of great practical importance and can be useful for various ownership forms of agricultural producers as well as for agricultural holding organizations which are interested in harmonizing the rural economy development.
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