The role of information systems in shaping integrative logic for business sustainability

Abstract

The article refers to a valid and current research area, which is the role of information technology (IT) in the formation of business sustainability (BS). The main objective of this article is to identify the role of IT in shaping sustainable organization in the context of different, partly conflicting, approaches to BS and empirical verification of the proposed theoretical framework. The article describes key differences between BS approaches in case cognitive logic (reductionist versus integrative logic) and axiological (individualistic-egoistic versus holistic-altruistic axiology) distinction. Theoretical role of IT in shaping integrative logic for BS is identified and presented. The proposed theoretical concept is empirically verified. The verification is based on empirical studies conducted in 400 SMEs operating in Poland in 2017.

The relationship between organizational learning and sustainable performance: an empirical examination

“…The ol processes (Huber, 1991); the knowing-doing gap (Pfeffer and Sutton, 2000); knowledge conversion models (Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995); is reliability (Tworek et al, 2019)…”

“…Most of the sustainability reporting and SP measurement scales are based on the organization’s impact on social development, environmental protection and economic development. The basis for the formulation of the concept of SP was the analysis of the studies devoted to the theoretical foundations of measurement systems oriented toward sustainable development issues and those discussing the existing sustainability assessment methodologies (Singh et al , 2009; Chow and Chen, 2012; GRI, 2013; Maletic et al , 2015; Campos et al , 2015; Tworek et al , 2019).…”

“…The respondents subjectively assessed the results compared to the competitive organizations on a five-point scale. In addition, one SP variable was created by averaging three variables relating to different groups of results (Tworek et al , 2019). The SP variable and the variables measuring each of the dimensions of SP should be considered reliable (Cronbach’s alpha and CR exceeds 0.7).…”

The DPOBE Model for Organizational Sustainability: An Exploratory Study about its Structure, Pillars and Components among a Group of Master Degree Students

“…There are different approaches to the concept of corporate sustainability (Coral, 2002). Epelbaum, 2004;Danich, 2003;Atkinson, 2000 'Eco-efficiency', 'Socio-effectiveness', 'Socio-efficiency', 'Eco-effectiveness', 'Eco-equity' Dyllick & Hockerts, 2002;Chen, Boudreau & Watson, 2008 Economic, physical and social stages Anderson, 2006;Ehrenfeld, 2005;Dunphy, 2003 Integration of economic, environmental, and social goals (Triple bottom line -TBL) Huemann & Silvius, 2017 Relational perspective between stakeholders Moldavanova & Goerdel, 2018;Oliveira, 2007;Almeida, 2007;Donaire, 2006;Santoro, 2003;Elkington, 2001 A mission statement and strategy Duan, 2019 System of determinants Horak, Arya & Ismail, 2018 Performance and business value (Tworek;Walecka-Jankowska, & Zgrzywa-Ziemak, 2019) Although this approach may differ in the aspects or elements evidenced in each one, they end up complementing each other as shown in the table before, which evidences the richness of the concept and the diversity of the associated factors.…”

“…In this line of thinking, authors such as Duan (2019) consider that sustainability should correspond to a clear mission statement and strategy in organizations. It should also consider several determinants such as Government intervention, regulations imposed by industry and legal stakeholders, societal expectations, relationship-oriented socialization, alliance between partners' culture and power status, organizational uncertainty and crisis, commercially based socialization, top management characteristics and exposure and corporate culture orientation (Horak, Arya & Ismail, 2018), which should be evaluated through the analysis of dimensions such as organizational performance, information systems' capabilities, business value and information technologies' value (Tworek, Walecka-Jankowska & Zgrzywa-Ziemak, 2019).…”