Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Employment of Persons with Disabilities

Aquaponics and Social Enterprise

“…In the United States, a small farming business called Green Bridge Growers in Indiana (www.greenbridgegrowers.org) is growing produce all year-round, primarily using aquaponics. The company now employs a number of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and finds that the scheduling, precision, and monitoring required in aquaponics perfectly match with their skills (Fasciglione 2015). A core value of the business is to engage their workforce through leadership training, active participation, and team building, and provide them with the opportunity to gain new skills and competencies.…”

Socially responsible human resource practices to improve the employability of people with disabilities

“…The inclusion of PWDs has been recognized by the European Commission () as a CSR issue. However, disability is still unfamiliar territory for many business enterprises (Fasciglione, ; Kaye, Jans, & Jones, ). Although the employment of PWDs has been included on the CSR agenda of some business enterprises, their intention is often to extend their public relations profile (Khan et al, ).…”

“…The unemployment of people with disabilities (PWDs) is still a significant problem in many countries (e.g., Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, ). As unemployment may lead to social exclusion (Gallie, Paugam, & Jacobs, ), the lack of job opportunities for PWDs in the labor market implies that social inclusion is difficult to achieve (Fasciglione, ). Equal opportunities for PWDs in terms of access to jobs have increasingly attracted the attention of the international community.…”

“…The provision of workplace accommodations has been an often-discussed topic (e.g., Anand & Sevak, 2017;Bruyère, Erickson, & VanLooy, 2000), but there is limited knowledge concerning what business enterprises can contribute to improving the employability of PWDs (Khan et al, 2019;Kuznetsova, 2012). Against this background, it would be very helpful to identify and disseminate good CSR practices related to the employment of PWDs (Fasciglione, 2015). This article examines the possible role that business enterprises can play in improving the Rather than narrowly focus on the tolerance that should be given to PWDs, the framework highlights the challenges PWDs need to experience in order to improve.…”

“…As Fasciglione (2015) suggests, socially responsible HR practices should extend beyond fulfilling minimal legal requirements to developing CSR strategies to include PWDs in their workforces. The inclusion of PWDs has been recognized by the European Commission (2011) as a CSR issue.…”