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Environmental Scanning--The Impact of the Stakeholder Concept
This paper discusses the advantages of the use of the stakeholder framework as a basis for focusing an organization\u27s environmental scanning effort. Arising from the discussion, a contingency model for environmental scanning is developed to relate the focus and method used for environmental scanning to the dynamism of the environment and the power of the stakeholder relative to the organization. Steps for implementing the environmental scanning system are then discussed
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN INDONESIA STATE-OWNED PLANTATION COMPANY
Today there are greater demands on companies. Nature destruction and global
warming blamed as companies exploitation on earth. Therefore, corporate social
responsibility is no longer just a voluntary but has become a mandatory. This article
explores the extent of corporate social responsibility activities undertaken by stateowned
plantation company in Indonesia as a company that directly relate to exploit
natural resources. The discussion focuses on the role of external stakeholders that
influence the policy of CSR program
Study supporting the interim evaluation of the innovation principle. Final Report November 2019
The European Commission has recognised the importance of a more innovation- oriented EU acquis, gradually exploring the ways in which EU rules can support innovation. The âinnovation principleâ was introduced to ensure that whenever policy is developed, the impact on innovation is fully assessed. However, as further discussed in this Study, the exact contours of the innovation principle have been shaped very gradually within the context of the EU better regulation agenda: originally advocated by industry in the context of the precautionary principle, the innovation principle has gradually been given a more articulate and consistent role, which aims at complementing the precautionary principle by increasing the salience of impacts on innovation during all phases of the policy cycle.
This Study presents an evaluation of the current implementation of the innovation principle, limited to two of its three components, i.e. the Research and Innovation Tool included in the Better Regulation Toolbox, and the innovation deals. As a preliminary caveat, it is important to recall that the implementation of the innovation principle is still in its infancy, and thus the Study only represents a very early assessment of the extent to which the innovation principle is being correctly implemented, and whether changes would be required to make the principle more effective and useful in the context of the EU better regulation agenda.
The main finding is that the innovation principle has the potential to contribute to the quality and future-proof nature of EU policy, but that significant changes and effort will be needed for this potential to fully materialise. The most evident areas for improvement are related to the lack of a clear legal basis, the lack of a widely acknowledged definition, the lack of awareness among EU officials and stakeholders, and the lack of adequate skills among those that are called to implement the innovation principle. As a result of these problems, the impact of the innovation principle on the innovation-friendliness of the EU acquis has been limited so far. The Commission should clarify in official documents that the Innovation principle does not entail a de- regulatory approach, and is not incompatible with the precautionary principle: this would also help to have the principle fully recognised and endorsed by all EU institutions, as well as by civil society, often concerned with the possible anti-regulatory narrative around the innovation principle in stakeholder discussions.
Apart from clarifications, and further dissemination and training, major improvements are possible in the near future, especially if the innovation principle is brought fully in line with the evolving data-driven nature of digital innovation and provides more guidance to the Commission on how to design experimental regulation, including inter alia so-called âregulatory sandboxesâ. Finally, the Commission should ensure that the innovation principle is given prominence with the transition to the Horizon Europe programme, in particular due to the anticipated launch of âmissionsâ in key domains
The macro-environment for liquid biofuels in the German science, mass, media and government
The purpose of this study is to investigate under which dimensions the macro-environment for liquid biofuels has been structured during time, respectively by science, mass media, and government in Germany, and how these three social expressions related to each other. Research was carried out on German official government documents, mass media news, and scientific papers on the topic 'liquid biofuels'. Text Mining was used to extract knowledge from their content. The results indicate that in configurating the macro-environment for liquid biofuels there is some degree of proximity between media and government, less between media and science, and the least between government and science
The Performance Implications of Fit Among Environment, Strategy, Structure, Control System and Social Performance
Purpose â The paper examined concept of corporate performance. The paper seeks to examine
the impact of corporate social performance on the relationship among business environment,
strategy, organization, and control system and corporate performance.
Design/methodology/approach â The paper is based on a synthesis of the existing literatures in
strategic management and accounting filed.
Findings â The paper finds that corporate social performance defined as stakeholder relationship
become one important dimension of the strategic behaviors that an organization can set to
improve corporate performance.
Research implication â the contextual variables as discussed in strategic management and
accounting domain will be contingent upon strategic behaviors, which are behaviors of members
in an organization.
Originality/value â The paper integrates the contextual variables including business
environment, strategy, organization structure, and control system with corporate performance by
using corporate social performance as moderating variable by means of a recent literatures study
from strategic management and accounting field.
Keywords Contextual variable, strategic behavior, corporate social performance, corporate
performanc
Estimating ToE Risk Level using CVSS
Security management is about calculated risk and requires continuous evaluation to ensure cost, time and resource effectiveness. Parts of which is to make future-oriented, cost-benefit investments in security. Security investments must adhere to healthy business principles where both security and financial aspects play an important role. Information on the current and potential risk level is essential to successfully trade-off security and financial aspects. Risk level is the combination of the frequency and impact of a potential unwanted event, often referred to as a security threat or misuse. The paper presents a risk level estimation model that derives risk level as a conditional probability over frequency and impact estimates. The frequency and impact estimates are derived from a set of attributes specified in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). The model works on the level of vulnerabilities (just as the CVSS) and is able to compose vulnerabilities into service levels. The service levels define the potential risk levels and are modelled as a Markov process, which are then used to predict the risk level at a particular time
Adapting Corporate Social Responsibility Programs to Risk Management: A Model for Multinational Organizations in Nigeria
This paper advocates that by integrating the business sense, learning and innovations garnered from CSR programmes, multinational companies in Nigeria can better manage risks and subsequently ameliorate the impacts of their economic, social and environmental activities successfully. The paper recommends that organizational leaders to proactively manage risks and take advantage of opportunities inherent in the environment to enhance stakeholders engagement and corporate reputation
The Determinants of the Relationship of Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance: Conceptual Framework
The objective of this paper is to investigate relationship between CSP and CFP using
contingency perspective derived from the strategic management domain. The investigation
will be done using lens of slack resource and good management theory. This study is
expected to provide a new insight on the link between corporate social performance and
corporate financial performance using contingency perspective as suggested in the strategic
management and accounting literature, an area has not been examined in the prior studies.
The result of this study can resolve the existing conflict in the literatures by developing an
integrated model of the link between CSP and CFP and the notion of corporate performance
which, in strategic management, is highly affected by four factors: business environment,
strategy, organization structure, and control system. The model will explain in what
condition the relationship of CSP and CFP is valid
Keywords:
Corporate social performance, corporate financial performance, slack resource theory, good
management theory, contingency theory, and moderating effect
Assessing sustainability support to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
The aim of this paper is to evaluate qualitatively the impact of sustainability support to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) where quantitative results are often difficult to appraise. Many of these organisations require sustainable business support to enable them to start or build their business concepts on sound sustainable platforms. Many SMEs are unable to quantitatively evaluate the benefit which they have received from support programmes because they are in the project planning stage or have limited financial data. Without a form of evaluation, support networks often cannot retain funding support. This paper is based on the grounded theory approach to analyse qualitative data received from participants in a sustainability support programme. Research on such programmes to SMEs is scant. This paper proposes the use of qualitative data collection and its evaluation to be considered when making the case for funding such programmes, along with quantitative data when availabl
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