Can corporate social responsibility and environmental citizenship be employed in the effective management of waste?

Social responsibility of the hospitals in Isfahan city, Iran: Results from a cross-sectional survey

“…Although all these studies examined the social responsibility of their organizations by using different methods, but most of them concluded most investment in designing and implementing of the social responsibility is an issue that is focused by managers and customers (3,24,33), especially in the health sector (26). Also, they emphasized that the implementation of these actions lead to the benefits of these organizations (29). This study found that among five dimensions of the social responsibility, the dimension of leadership and internal process had received more attention.…”

“…That means to operate according to the social responsibility, hospitals paid more attention to the following actions: developing and announcing the organization's mission and vision, policies and procedures, ethical codes, rules and regulations. Some of these actions like mission and vision formulations are basic requirements for every organizational change that through them, the required commitment of the senior management to the successful implementation of policies can be achieved (27,29). Furthermore the needed participation in achieving the goals can be ensured (26,34).…”

“…The main objectives of those studies, which have been done beyond the health sector, were identifying suitable models for the social responsibility of the organizations (12)(13)(14), examining the relationship between the social responsibility and the financial performance (15) and the leadership styles (16), reviewing comments and attitudes of various groups about the social responsibility of the organizations (3,(17)(18)(19)(20), evaluating the initiatives of the organizations to increase the social responsibility (21,22), and assessing the impact of the social responsibility on the organization (23,24). In studies conducted in the healthcare settings, the main objectives were recognized as developing a model for the hospital's social responsibility (7,25,26), finding the social responsibilities and duties of the hospitals (27,28) and identifying the incentives for hospitals to take social responsibility (29). However, searching for social responsible organizations in today's societies which are governed by a sense of citizenship and civic consciousness indicates the importance of taking the social responsibility by hospitals (30).…”

Komunalinių atliekų tvarkymo struktūrinė analizė

“…Atliekų susidarymas, jų rūšiavimas susidarymo šaltinyje tiesiogiai priklauso nuo asmenų, kurie "pagamina" atliekas arba daro poveikį jų susidarymui dėl asmeninių prioritetų, savybių, įpročių, išsilavinimo, bendrosios ir vartojimo kultūros, statuso visuomenėje, socialinės atsakomybės, įsi-galėjusių normų, ekonominių, politinių, socialinių ir kitų veiksnių. Mokslininkai tyrinėja visuomenės ir atskirų jos grupių elgseną ir poveikį jai, susijusį su atliekų prevencija ir tinkamu atliekų rūšiavimu susidarymo vietoje (Aberg 1996;Davies et al 2002;Robinson, Read 2005;Saphores et al 2006;Barr 2007;Tudor et al 2008;Hage et al 2009;Dahlen, Lagerkvist 2008;Podgaiskytė, Vaitiekūnas 2009;Fell 2010), tačiau vieningos nuomonės šiuo klausimu nėra. Pagrindiniai argumentai -asmenų veiksmus ir motyvus sunku vertinti dėl įtakos veiksnių, kurie dažnai net nesusiję su atliekomis ar aplinkos apsauga , įvairovės.…”

Using the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct to Evaluate Green Supply Chain Management: An Empirical Study of Taiwan’s Computer Industry

“…CSR on the other hand adopts a broader, triple bottom line, perspective [10]. Within business, GCSM and CSR play an increasingly important role in the realization of sustainability [11]. The various social and environmental standards frequently present different compliance requirements.…”