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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 14482

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Dr. Nicoleta Dospinescu

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Department of Business Management, Marketing and Administration, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania
Interests: business ethics; corporate social responsibility (CSR); sustainable development; ethic leadership

Prof. Dr. Minerva Martínez

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Faculty of Accounting and Administration, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico
Interests: corporate sustainability; sustainable technology finance; sustainable knowledge management; sustainable behaviour; sustainable strategic management

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Dear Colleagues,

Over the last 2 years, there have been many changes in the business environment following the pandemic and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The evolution has been rather tumultuous, from cooperation to competition, from avoidance to compromise, from the attention paid to people to the one dedicated to survival in the business environment due to the restrictions and opportunities that have arisen. The coordinates, levers, and values that matter in business have been redefined. Now, more than ever, business ethics are gaining increasing importance. This Special Issue aims to present to the reader with a collection of high-quality scientific studies that refer to social entrepreneurship; the relationship between economic performance, social responsibility, and organizational culture; the relationship between business ethics and organizational development; the relationship between ethical leadership and employee/economic performance; corporate social responsibility practices and organizational behavior; environmental social governance; and the ethical performance of the organization. We appreciate original and useful articles that analyze the correlations between business ethics and corporate social responsibility, or between sustainability and ethical business, leading to a complex and representative exposure.

Dr. Nicoleta Dospinescu
Prof. Dr. Minerva Martínez
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business ethics
ethical leadership
corporate social responsibility
environmental social governance
social entrepreneurship
sustainability

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Executives with Environmental Experience and Corporate Environmental Performance: Evidence from China’s A-Share Listed Companies

by Chunfeng Dong, Jun He, Longzheng Du and Jing Yang

Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 15062; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152015062 - 19 Oct 2023

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Based on the data of China’s A-share listed companies from 2008 to 2021, this article explores the impact and mechanism of executives with environmental experience on corporate environmental performance (CEP) and finds that executives with environmental experience significantly improve CEP. The heterogeneous analysis shows that the improvement effect of executives with environmental experience on CEP is more significant in non-state-owned enterprises, non-heavy-polluting enterprises, and enterprises in regions with higher levels of marketization. The mechanism test shows that important channels for executives with environmental experience to improve CEP include attracting green investors, promoting green innovation, and obtaining government environmental subsidies. Further analysis shows that under the governance of executives with environmental experience, the improvement of CEP is conducive to strengthening corporate social responsibility and enhancing enterprise value. The research conclusions provide direct evidence for improving CEP and achieving sustainable development for enterprises and society. Full article

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When CSR Matters: The Moderating Effect of Industrial Growth Rate on the Relationship between CSR and Firm Performance

by Yu Jin Chang and Jae Wook Yoo

Sustainability 2023, 15(18), 13677; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813677 - 13 Sep 2023

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a management strategy that simultaneously pursues societal and company sustainable development. Additionally, CSR is becoming a key strategy to secure competitiveness and sustainability by improving a company’s reputation and creating new business opportunities. Thus, expectations and demands for companies’ social impacts and sustainability from various stakeholders, such as shareholders, consumers, employees, and local communities, have begun to rise. This study focused on the distinctive factor of rapid economic growth, which characterizes Korean development, and analyzed the relationship between CSR and firm performance according to the industries’ growth rates. Regression analysis was conducted through multi-level analysis using data from a sample of 102 companies that prepared sustainability reports or ESG reports in Korea; the research results are as follows. First, CSR activities have a positive impact on firm performance. Second, when CSR activities increase, the firm performance increases faster for companies in the high-growth industry group than those in the low-growth industry group. Furthermore, we conducted additional analyses to examine the moderating effect of industry growth and found that companies in the high-growth industry group had higher overall CSR levels than those in the low-growth industry group. This study’s results provide meaningful implications for understanding how CSR affects a company’s economic performance and acts as a way to strike a balance between industrial development and fulfilling social responsibility. Full article

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Determinants of Perceived Performance during Telework: Evidence from Romania

by Angelica Nicoleta Neculaesei and Sebastian Tocar

Sustainability 2023, 15(8), 6334; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086334 - 7 Apr 2023

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This article confronts telework issues by analyzing how certain factors (motivation, dependence on coordination, self-organizing abilities and stress) impact job performance, as well as some of their interrelations. The research has been carried out with 219 Romanian employees. With the help of Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equations Modeling, the model led to the following conclusions: employee motivation has a significant positive impact on performance; employees’ dependence on coordination has a significant negative impact on performance; employees’ dependence on coordination has a moderately intense but significant positive correlation with the level of stress perceived during teleworking; and employees’ ability to self-organize their activity is strongly and significantly linked to the level of motivation perceived. The hypothesis that perceived stress has a significant negative impact on performance has not been confirmed. These results add to the specialized literature on telework and can be the basis for future developments of managerial teleworking strategies. The implications are particularly valuable in the context of Corporate Social Responsibility considering the impact of telework on employees, organizations, and society in general. Full article

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Predicting Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions among Romanian Students: A Mediated and Moderated Application of the Entrepreneurial Event Model

by Renata Dana Nițu-Antonie, Emőke-Szidónia Feder, Vladimir Nițu-Antonie and Róbert-Károly György

Sustainability 2023, 15(6), 5204; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065204 - 15 Mar 2023

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This research aims to delimit the potential influencing factors of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions (SEI) based on the entrepreneurial event model. The proposed model was tested and validated on primary data in the instance of Romanian students. The structural equation model and PROCESS macro-based quantitative empirical findings confirmed multiple hypotheses and proved the direct predictor role of perceived sustainable entrepreneurial desire (PSED) and feasibility (PSEF) upon sustainable entrepreneurial intentions (SEI), as well as environmental values (EV) as influencing elements of both PSED and PSEF concerning sustainable entrepreneurship. Moreover, PSEF appeared as a mediating factor in the relationship between EV and SEI while entrepreneurial role models (ERM) as a moderator of this relationship. The results of the study reinforce the importance of the entrepreneurial event model in investigating the determinants of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions and provide new investigative insights for academic research. Moreover, the carried out empirical research highlights that government policies and activities carried out within higher education institutions must be called upon to promote at the community level the benefits of achieving Romania’s sustainable development goals, in order to advance environmental values and thus increase the sustainability awareness of extant and potential entrepreneurs, as well as to facilitate the exposure of young people to successful entrepreneurial models with stimulating effects on their sustainable entrepreneurial intentions. Full article

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Ethical Responsibility and Sustainability (ERS) Development in a Metaverse Business Model

by Muhammad Anshari, Muhammad Syafrudin, Norma Latif Fitriyani and Abdur Razzaq

Sustainability 2022, 14(23), 15805; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315805 - 28 Nov 2022

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Businesses are starting to use the Metaverse to expand their service network and establish new value co-creation for customers. However, businesses may need to carefully assess the ethical implications of their data collection and utilisation procedures for business sustainability. This paper examines the ethical concerns surrounding the usage of the Metaverse by organisations to obtain a competitive edge. This research was based on an exploratory assessment of business ethics and a Metaverse business model. A structured literature review was selected as the study’s design to get a better understanding of the issue. This research provides preliminary insights into the Metaverse and its business ethics, suggesting that any business must have a transparent policy regarding its Metaverse applications to foster a culture of ethics. This research aims to promote a constructive discussion on the issue of ethics in the context of the Metaverse that arises when an organisation conducts a violation or misuses user data. This paper is useful for people in the fields of technology and public policy, such as academics, businesspeople, and policymakers. Full article

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