Sustainable development in the Spanish region of Valencia and the social responsibility of SMEs. A multi-stakeholder vision on the role of public administrations

Rivera-Lirio, Juana María; Torres, María Jesús Muñoz

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“…At a country level, a study by Rivera-Lirio and Muñoz-Torres (2010) showed the results of a survey conducted in the Spanish region of Valencia among businesses and social agents, with a particular focus on CSR in SMEs. The outcome of the interviews displayed the nascent state of CSR implementation both in the companies of the region 1616 E. Glavopoulos et al and the government initiatives related to encouraging the development of the concept.…”

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Investigating the factors affecting companies’ attitudes towards CSR and CER during the fiscal crisis in Greece

Glavopoulos

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Georgakellos

et al. 2013

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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This paper explores, through a relevant survey, the factors affecting companies' behaviour towards Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSR and CER) and how the fiscal crisis in Greece may change companies' perceptions towards them. All responses were appropriately analysed using multivariate statistical techniques, and showed that companies' attitude towards CSR/CER is mainly associated with the management systems applied. In addition, it is strongly related to financial results, which are influenced by the recession and the bank credit accessibility problems. Moreover, companies believe that issues such as a company's financial results, reputation/image, market-share/sales etc. are considered as significant incentives to implement CSR/CER actions.

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Investigating the factors affecting companies’ attitudes towards CSR and CER during the fiscal crisis in Greece

Glavopoulos

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Georgakellos

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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…In most cases, food policy, if it does exist, is segmented by particular areas of interest, for example public health or farming, and does not have a strong cross-sectoral mandate (Jenning et al, 2015). As revealed in the CRFS pilot process, and consistent with other multi-stakeholder initiatives (Rivera-Lirio & Mu ñ oz-Torres, 2010 ;de Zeeuw & Dreschel, 2015 ), governance arrangements are the key to promoting and operationalizing the CRFS concepts -putting the right structures in place to drive and facilitate the creation of new kinds of rural-urban linkages. Accordingly, a critical challenge is creating more inclusive territorial governance structures in 192 Santini, Dubbeling, & Blay-Palmer 1 9 2 which cities, regions, and other levels of government can work constructively together towards complementary, benefi cial outcomes (Jenning et al, 2015 ).…”

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Sustainable Food System Assessment

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Meter³

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Sustainable Food System AssessmentSustainable Food System Assessment provides both practical and theoretical insights about the growing interest in and response to measuring food system sustainability. Bringing together research from the Global North and South, this book shares lessons learned, explores intended and actual project outcomes, and highlights points of conceptual and methodological convergence.Interest in assessing food system sustainability is growing, as evidenced by the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the importance food systems initiatives have taken in serving as a lever for attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book opens by looking at the conceptual considerations of food systems indicators, including the place-based dimensions of food systems indicators and how measurements are implicated in sense-making and visioning processes. Chapters in the second part cover operationalizing metrics, including the development of food systems indicator frameworks, degrees of indicator complexities, and practical constraints to assessment. The fi nal part focuses on the outcomes of assessment projects, including impacts on food policy and communities involved, highlighting the importance of building connections between sustainable food systems initiatives.The global coverage and multi-scalar perspectives, including both conceptual and practical aspects, make this a key resource for academics and practitioners across planning, geography, urban studies, food studies, and research methods. It will also be of interest to government offi cials and those working within NGOs.

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“…The European Union is probably the main focus of the research on ethics and sustainability in the SME sector, with papers referring to subjects such as the implementation of responsible research and innovation (RRI) within the SME public policy for the development of ethical and sustainable activities and organizational frameworks [2], andsetting standards that promote innovation and effective corporate reporting, as well as creating the perfect hub for experimentation [4] in an ethical, globalized world. Finnish SMEs have been the centre spot for a content analysis research on how circular business models could improve the sustainability of the former [8], while small Italian enterprises follow the entrepreneur"s values and orientation in their diffusion of CSR practices [9], and Spanish SMEs find themselves in a nascent state of CSR and government initiatives [22].…”

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Ethics and Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Public Policies

Ion

2020

LUMEN Proceedings

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In an age of important scientific and technological breakthroughs, among people that constantly search further, it is quite a challenge to stop in place and assess the situation from a sustainable dimension; more so, even harder to perceive at organizational and functional level a company and its actions based on ethical principles. The origins of ethics are still unclear, and sustainability is a globally promoted concept, mostly for its rhetorical value. Within the global economy, the ethical and sustainable decision-making process of businesses is not often linear, but it presents more or less the same manageable pattern, especially when the unit of analysis is represented by multinational companies. There is, though, a different guiding path for the small and mediumsized companies, and it all starts with the SME public policy. By making an analysis of SME public policy of the ASEAN countries, and by introducing the elements of business ethics and corporate social responsibility at the level of small economic entities, the research managed to create a backbone of a narrative of frameworks and approaches within the South-East AsianSME public policy. The research question of the paper simply manages to direct towards finding different perspectives on SME public policy and cases of ethical and sustainable decisions, based on secondary data, using a qualitative approach. The study resumes the knowledge on ethical and sustainable practices and guidance in the Asian SME sector, and adds to the current database a straightforward answer to the question: Are ASEAN SMEs ethical and socially responsible?

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Sustainable development in the Spanish region of Valencia and the social responsibility of SMEs. A multi-stakeholder vision on the role of public administrations

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Investigating the factors affecting companies’ attitudes towards CSR and CER during the fiscal crisis in Greece

Investigating the factors affecting companies’ attitudes towards CSR and CER during the fiscal crisis in Greece

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