Corporate Social Responsibility In Global Supply Chains: Performance Of Sustainable Transportation

• Main Authors: LAURA MEGHRAOUI LABBADI, 羅娜
• Other Authors: RAMON SANTACANA
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w6a32v

碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 國際碩士學位學程 === 105 === Even if the first objective of each company is to grow and earn maximum profit, companies accept a wider range of new responsibilities, especially dealing with their relations with stakeholders. A few decades ago, a new concept emerged to qualify those new challenges: corporate social responsibility (CSR). The purpose of this study is to analyze the relation between corporate social responsibility performance and corporate financial performance: in other words, high corporate social responsibility performance leads to higher corporate financial performance. In order to qualify this relation, a methodology in four steps is developed for a sample of private logistics and transportation companies. Through the development of a CSR framework, a CSR index and a multiple linear regression analysis, the principal finding is that there is a neutral relation between corporate social responsibility performance and corporate financial performance. This study confirms the importance of stakeholders’ relationships in companies. Corporate social responsibility is a non-financial concept which brings numerous positive externalities for companies which implement a clear CSR strategy such as: attraction of more investors, reduction of risks, better relationships with stakeholders, engaged workforce, loyal and satisfied customers, transparency, and collaborative community. Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Supply Chains, Transportation, Performance