| Title | Evaluating companies' commitment to corporate social responsibility: Perceptions of the SA 8000 standard |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 67184 |
| Authors | Murmura, F; Bravi, L; Palazzi, F |
| Title | Evaluating companies' commitment to corporate social responsibility: Perceptions of the SA 8000 standard |
| Year | 2017 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | In today's global markets, issues related to environmental sustainability, ethics and the working environment have greater importance on business performance. The SA 8000 standard can be used as a tool to assess organizations' performance on the social dimension of sustainability and understanding its relevance, could become a key element for the implementation of a sustainable strategy. Therefore, the aim of this research is to investigate the implementation experience of the Social Accountability 8000 standard, through an empirical research on the motivations, the perceived benefits and the barriers to implementation by companies in the Italian context. A survey was conducted, which involved 1081 Italian certified companies through the submission of a questionnaire. A Principal Component Analysis was applied to factors influencing motivations, benefits and barriers to SA 8000; to verify the reliability of the factor analysis, the Cronbach's alpha test was computed. Finally, a logistic regression model has been used to assess whether the motivations and the perceived benefits contribute to determine an overall positive judgment about SA 8000 implementation by firms. The research shows how companies' SA 8000 certified are strongly oriented to the environment that surrounds them, and pay much attention to all relationships in the supply chain. The respondent companies seem to approach the standard not only for external reasons linked to the image and promotion of themselves, but also for a real desire to improve their internal working environment. In conclusion, it can be drawn from the research that the ethical SA 8000 standard may be used as a tool to internalize the corporate sustainability, and develop a successful sustainable strategy if effectively developed. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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