Understanding the Government Responsibility and Role of Enterprises’ Participation in Disaster Management in China

Abstract

The natural advantages of enterprises in capital, technology, and equipment make them have great potential in disaster management. How to ensure enterprises participate in disaster prevention and mitigation efficiently is a responsibility that the government must undertake, on the other hand, it can also relieve the pressure of the government. This paper first introduces the continuous improvement of enterprises’ role in disaster management. Then, this paper analyzes the political responsibility, legal responsibility, social responsibility, and economical responsibility of the government in an enterprises’ participation in disaster management. This paper further analyzes enterprises’ deficiencies in disaster management and the multi role of the government in enterprises’ participation in disaster management. Finally, this paper puts forward the pathways of the Chinese government to promote enterprises to participate in disaster management.

العوامل المؤثرة فی الاستعداد للأزمات فی صناعة السیاحة والضیافة فی مصر: تصور الموظفین

“…These results come to be consistent with the findings of Kong (2020) who claimed that the government plays an important role in crisis preparedness and the government promotes management to participate in crisis preparedness through policy guidance, legal guidance, and practice guidance. The government has a significant role to play in developing and maintaining a stable and conducive environment which can impact employees' sense of confidence in coping with crises and encourage hotels to take proactive steps to plan for emergencies (Kong & Sun, 2021). Another important finding of the current study is that there is a significant correlation between organization size and capabilities and crisis preparedness.…”

“…In addition, the concerned government official websites must proficiently deliver value for their stakeholders (e.g., tourist and hospitality enterprises) (Marzouk, 2021) in terms of knowledge and guidance about potential crises and how to be collaboratively managed (Elshaer, 2021). Companies can participate efficiently and orderly in crisis preparedness management if the government takes on the practical duty with support and guidance (Kong & Sun, 2021). However, according to Malalgoda et al (2016), many nations have government institutions with central decisions and resources that focus on increasing reaction rather than proactive mitigation of crises.…”

“…However, according to Malalgoda et al (2016), many nations have government institutions with central decisions and resources that focus on increasing reaction rather than proactive mitigation of crises. From this point of view, the government's role should be altered to proactive actions rather than reaction and should include at least the economic, legal, social, and political aspects, as follows (Kong & Sun, 2021): Opening the official channels of communication and offering companies support in terms of data and information disclosure, the creation and development of applicable legislation, the rigorous enforcement of laws, the investigation of breaches, and legal control, and creating appropriate economic and financial measures.…”

“…The government encourages managers to do their best to partake in crisis preparedness, the government develops a set of targeted procedures to make it easier for businesses by providing technological, financial, strategy, and human resource support (Shi, 2019). The government's reasonable use of social resources may greatly alleviate the stress of disaster mitigation for businesses (Kong & Sun, 2021).…”

“…The organization size and capabilities were measured by four items developed from (Shiyan, 2004;Reilly, 1987). Likewise, four items were used to measure government support based on (Burhan et al, 2021;Kong & Sun, 2021;Reilly, 1987). Further, crisis preparedness (six items) was adapted from (Labaš, 2017).…”