Diversity

Abstract

This series of diversity caselets is designed to present short, quick vignettes of different workplace situations involving issues of gender, sexual orientation, race, disability, age, religion, culture, and ethnicity.

Stakeholders’ social dialogue about responsibility and sustainability in the food sector

“…Triggered by the advent of the “2.0” concept – that is a more interactive, participatory and dialogic phase of the Web and the information communication technology in general (O'reilly, 2007) – a greater demand for information from firms about topics such as the environment and climate, human rights, consumer protection and economic durability has risen (Singh et al , 2020; Poore and Nemecek, 2019; Vrontis et al , 2019; Tardivo et al , 2017b; Vitolla et al , 2016; Wilkins, 2005). Companies are subjected to a progressively more precise request for transparency with respect to their activity concerning sustainability and responsibility as evidence of their positive and negative impacts and repercussions (Freeman and Parmar, 2017; Venter et al , 2017; Müller et al , 2015; Freeman et al , 2010). This is even more relevant in the food industry: a positive CSR policy–based image influences consumer attitude towards food purchase and consumption (Nosi et al , 2020) due to the natural and intrinsic link that connects the food industry with respect to and regard for nature and human issues (Franceschelli et al , 2018) on the one hand.…”