Research on corporate social responsibility in conditions of the low-carbon economy

In the process that international society advocates low-carbon economy and in the movement of social responsibility, both theory field and practical field need to explore new thought as well as new model about how to evaluate enterprise’s social responsibility. Especially, in the practice of building harmony society of China, enterprise as basic organization and micro entity, should undertake social responsibility. This paper firstly defines the meaning of enterprise’s social responsibility, and then joining it with the practical condition of Chinese enterprise, from the angle of stake-holders including employee, stockholder, consumer, supplier, community, government and environment resource to build the evaluation index system of enterprise’s social responsibility, in order to offer a criterion and guideline for evaluating its performance.

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONSUMERS’ WASTE SORTING HABITS

CBU International Conference Proceedings ◽

10.12955/cbup.v5.901 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 51-56

Author(s):

Solveiga Blumberga ◽

Ance Saulīte

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Low Carbon ◽

The European Union ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Large Size ◽

Sorting Process ◽

Common Effort ◽

Corporate Social

The transition to circular economy shifts attention to re-use, repair, restoration and recycling of materials and products. What was previously considered to be waste can be turned into resources. The transition to a circular economy where the value of products, materials and resources is maintained for as long as possible and where as little waste is generated as possible is a significant contribution to the common effort in the European Union to create a sustainable low-carbon economy in which resources are used efficiently. Such an approach allows to transform the EU economy and generate new advantages for it (European Commission, 2015). Our individual action and provided support may help peers notice an opportunity and a solution for the future. The aims of the study are: To investigate the evaluation of the significance of the consumers’ corporate social responsibility and waste-sorting habits and to provide recommendations for improved access to the separate waste collection service. The research questions for achieving the objectives of the study were the following: How do consumers evaluate corporate social responsibility of companies in general? What are the waste-sorting habits of consumers? Are there statistically significant differences in the waste-sorting habits between various consumer generations? The authors prepared a unique consumer survey in which economically active inhabitants of the capital of Latvia, aged 15 to 71 years, participated. The results of our survey showed that the respondents rated the corporate social responsibility of companies as essential and emphasized that it was important for the large-size enterprises to operate ethically. The waste-sorting process itself creates disbelief among the respondents and also suspicion that all sorted waste is lumped together and removed to disposal sites.

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