Employment of Ex-Drug Addicts as a Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative: The Malaysian Employer’s Perspective

Relapse together with stigma and perceptions are serious challenges that need to be addressed promptly. Past literature is with the view that the issue of relapse occurs due to several stressors, including unemployment. Scant frameworks exist on the strategic development that promotes the employment of ex-drug addicts to reduce the relapse rate. In the same vein, this study seeks to discover the misperception and stigma surrounding the employment of ex-drug addicts in Malaysia as well as to explore employers’ views in hiring those ex-drug addicts as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. This study is consistent with qualitative research based on interviews with eight Malaysian employers. This study found that the hiring of ex-drug addicts as a part of the company’s CSR initiatives may(a) reduce the relapses of drug addicts (b), it will uplift the CSR ratings of the subjected companies and (c), it will increase the compliance of the companies with Sustainable Development Goals through the subjected CSR initiatives. In line with that, this study proposed a novel strategic framework by aligning the subjected CSR initiative with social sustainability and subsequently to Sustainable Development Goals. The proposed strategic framework will insight policymakers and employers into contributing to sustainable development through hiring ex-drug addicts.

VERSLO SOCIALINĖS ATSAKOMYBĖS INICIATYVOS ĮGYVENDINIMAS TAIKANT BIM: LIETUVOS STATYBŲ SEKTORIAUS SITUACIJOS ANALIZĖ IR PERSPEKTYVOS / IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE WITH BIM: ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE SITUATION OF THE LITHUANIAN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of corporate social responsibility and BIM, examines the problems of the construction sector in implementing the principles of social responsibility. The corporate social responsibility assessment of the construction sector was carried out using the multi-criteria COPRAS method and the results were compared with the results of companies that are capable of developing digital construction project models. Summarizing the results of the research it can be argued that companies that use their digital technologies in practice also meet the basic principles of CSR, therefore, a model for linkage of corporate social responsibility and BIM has been developed and presented. Companies that use BIM technology in practice could and should incorporate the principles of social responsibility into their activities. Santrauka Straipsnyje analizuojami įmonių socialinės atsakomybės ir BIM teoriniai aspektai, išnagrinėta statybų sektoriaus problematika įgyvendinant socialinės atsakomybės principus. Atliktas statybų sektoriaus įmonių socialinės atsakomybės vertinimas, taikant daugiakriterį COPRAS metodą, o rezultatai buvo lyginami su įmonėmis, gebančiomis kurti skaitmeninės statybos projektų modelius. Apibendrinus tyrimo rezultatus, galima teigti, kad įmonės, naudojančios savo praktikoje skaitmenines technologijas, atitinka ir ĮSA pagrindinius principus, todėl parengtas ir pateiktas įmonių socialinės atsakomybės ir BIM ryšių modelis. Įmonės, naudojančios savo praktikoje BIM technologijas, galėtų ir turėtų savo veikloje diegti socialinės atsakomybės principus.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE IN LITHUANIAN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR: SITUATION ANALYSIS

The article analyzes the concept of corporate social responsibility, its assessment methods, indicators and guidelines on standards. This work also presents the analysis of Lithuanian construction sector, examines the largest companies in this area, their possibility to develop the corporate social responsibility initiative, as well as the main difficulties in implementing the principles of social responsibility. The results show that in Lithuanian construction sector the high– income companies and companies that compete in the market over 15 years do not fully use the possibility of the development of global corporate social responsibility initiative.