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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 5561

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Prof. Dr. Valentín Molina-Moreno

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Faculty of Business and Management, University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain
Interests: circular economy; sustainability; energy; strategic business management
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Prof. Dr. Juan Victor Meseguer Sánchez
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Department of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain
Interests: corporate social responsibility
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Prof. Dr. Gabriel López-Martínez

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Department of Contemporary Humanities, University of Alicante, 03698 Alicante, Spain
Interests: social sustainability; social exclusion; labor relations
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Dear Colleagues,

We consider CSR as an important instrument that can be configured to help companies and public entities to improve the levels of economic, social, and environmental development. In this sense, CSR must be taken into account and used by the different stakeholders of our society such that all ensuing efforts can have a greater multiplier-effect and, thus, generate greater positive externalities from the economic, social, and environmental scope. Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that our current era demands the implementation and execution of changes in some paradigms of our social and economic model. This substantiates the claim that motivating researchers from different fields of knowledge to propose research that can generate greater ideas and solutions is one of the keys. Furthermore, those researchers will become an inspiration both for other researchers as well as for those responsible for the design of public and private policies on CSR and socially responsible territories.

Dr. Valentín Molina-Moreno
Prof. Dr. Juan Victor Meseguer Sánchez
Prof. Dr. Gabriel López-Martínez
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Keywords

corporate social responsibility
sustainable development
sustainable development goals
shared value
materiality analysis
social commitment
university corporate social responsibility
triple bottom line
corporate sustainability reports
negative environmental and social externalities
CSR and social inclusion
biodiversity loss
public CSR and environmental policies
public policies of CSR and social cohesion
CSR and territory
socially responsible territories
sustainable management of organizations
CSR and social media
social
awareness and CSR
RSC and inclusion of disadvantaged groups
RSC as an instrument for gender equality

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Which CSR Activities Are Preferred by Local Community Residents? Conjoint and Cluster Analyses

Siraprapa Panthong

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Viriya Taecharungroj

Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 10683; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910683 - 26 Sep 2021

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Industrial estates (IEs) are important for economic growth, but they also negatively impact the living environment of local communities. To foster community acceptance, IEs and companies often implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. However, very few studies have explored the preferences of local communities. Therefore, the first objective of this research was to identify the CSR dimensions and activities preferred by local communities surrounding Amata City Industrial Estate in Chonburi, Thailand, while the second objective was to categorize residents based on their CSR preferences using K-means clustering. Data were collected from 309 residents and assessed using a choice-based conjoint analysis, with the two most preferred CSR dimensions identified as economy and environment. The results confirmed heterogeneity within a community. Seven segments were identified as wellness enthusiasts, sustainable developers, knowledge supporters, balanced conservators, nature lovers, utilitarian developers and economic persons. The findings should be beneficial for IE management in Thailand and could be used by companies and local governments to initiate citizen-centric CSR activities. Full article

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Small-Scale Fishing and Sustainability. An Ethnographic Approach to the Case of Self-Employed Fishermen in the South-East of Spain

Gabriel López-Martínez

Klaus Schriewer

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Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez

Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 10542; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910542 - 23 Sep 2021

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Small-scale fishermen, in contrast to industrial fishing boats, develop a sustainable relationship with their activity from three perspectives: social, economic, and environmental. From this hypothesis, we analyze the ethnographic material obtained in extensive fieldwork (in-depth interviews and participant observation) developed in the four main ports of the region of Murcia (Spain). From this field work the existence of two other types of fishermen (life-modes) besides small-scale fishermen is derived: small entrepreneurs and wage-earners. In different proportions, all three share the consequences of the various reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Despite the similarities, this paper shows different strategies, in each of the cases, that justify their permanence in their activity, taking into account the labor modality, as well as their relationship with the idea of sustainability. Conclusions show that because small-scale self-employed fishermen are involved much more than the two other life-modes in the totality of tasks related to their profession in that they own both the means and relations of production (simple commodity production), they are best placed to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Full article

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Proposing Stewardship Theory as an Alternate to Explain the Relationship between CSR and Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behavior

Muhammad Suhail Sharif

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Edina Molnár

Sustainability 2021, 13(15), 8558; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158558 - 31 Jul 2021

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The aim of the current analysis is to test the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee’s pro-environmental behavior (E-PEB) with the mediating effect of servant leadership (SL). The data of the current study were collected from banking employees (n = 392) serving in different banks of Pakistan through a self-administered (paper–pencil method) questionnaire and analyzed by employing structural equation modeling (SEM). The empirical results revealed that CSR directly influences E-PEB; however, this relationship is better explained in the presence of SL as a mediator (mediation explained 35% variation in E-PEB). The findings of this analysis will help academia and the banking industry improve their understanding of CSR to shape employees’ environment-specific behavior. Further, these findings will also help to deal with climate change by engaging the bank employees in different environment-specific activities to improve the overall environmental footprint of a bank. Full article

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