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Relationships between stakeholder pressure, culture, and CSR-practices in the context of project management in the construction industry in Poland
PublicationThe study aims to investigate how CSR-stakeholder pressure, CSR-company culture, and CSR-practices are related to one another based on the example of the construction industry in Poland. This knowledge will make it possible to assess which of the two factors, i.e., stakeholder culture or the internal company culture have a stronger effect on the CSR-practices. To accomplish the goal of the study a sample composed of 216 cases was...
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How to achieve sustainability?-Employee's point of view on company's culture and CSR practice
PublicationThe people are the company. This study aims to examine the structure of relationships between company culture, performance, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and reputation, as seen from the employee's perspective, to determine which company culture factors most influence CSR practice and, as a result, sustain a company's development and improve its performance. To accomplish this goal, we conducted a survey among employees...
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How does stakeholder pressure influence CSR-practices? A construction industry model based on a European sample
PublicationThe stakeholder pressure is one of the most vital powers which determines CSR implementation and can provide organizations with the motivation to adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, as the stakeholder theory claims. The current investigation replications Kowalczyk’s (2019) study, who examined the same structure of relations based on the Polish sample. The essence of this replication is to find out whether CSR-...
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Corporate social responsibility practices incomes and outcomes: Stakeholders' pressure, culture, employee commitment, corporate reputation, and brand performance. A Polish–German cross‐country study
PublicationThis study aims to compare employee perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice incomes and outcomes in the construction industry in Poland and Germany. It proposes a model that examines the influence of stakeholder pressure, culture, and CSR practices on company brand performance, reputation, and employee identification. The findings suggest that the structure of relationships varies for project‐managed construction...
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CSR and innovation or CSR as non-technological innovation
PublicationThis chapter investigates the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and innovation process. There is an ongoing discussion in the literature regarding this relationship, in particular on its one- or bidirectional nature and possible antecedents or mediating factors. This research addresses this gap and aims to provide more conceptual clarity and synthesize the different types of relationships between CSR and...
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Employee Commitment Matters for CSR Practice, Reputation and Corporate Brand Performance—European Model
PublicationSo far, there have been no studies that explore how employee brand commitment moderates CSR practice outcomes. Employee brand commitment is often claimed as a focal input and output of the CSR. So, it means that it shapes CSR conditions. Then, it is a moderator. This study aims to verify it. Besides, commitment exists in many forms and can be achieved in many ways. Hence the question, if employees are committed to the brand, then...
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CSR and small business from the international and national perspective
PublicationCorporate and social responsibility is nowadays quite a popular topic among large companies but thanks to numerous popularization activities undertaken by national and international institutions, also small entrepreneurs become more and more interested in exploring this fairly new approach. This paper outlines the main differences between the implementation of the CSR approach in large companies and in SMEs, which are not able...
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CSR knowledge and perception in Polish SMEs: Evidence from the region of Pomerania.
PublicationThe concept of CSR was created in the second half of 20th century mostly with respect to large businesses, mostly multinational corporations. Alongside with the renaissance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which took place in the seventh decade of 20th centu-ry, we can observe a constant increase in the popularity of research into CSR practices among SMEs. This topic still remains under-researched, especially in transition...
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The main developments of the CSR initiatives in Poland
PublicationThis short paper outlines the most important documents and initiatives that have appeared in the subject throughout the years within the international institutions, such as United Nations or European Union. It also discusses the ways in which the international CSR initiatives are being incorporated into Polish legislative and organizational system, by providing an outline of the biggest and most active organizations and foundations...
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CSR in Polish SMEs- from perception to infatuation. Examples of socially engaged firms from Pomeranian Region
PublicationDespite the increasing worldwide awareness of the importance of social issues in con-temporary business management, Polish small and medium-sized enterprises seem to re-main in the group of followers, certainly not leaders, of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement, and this despite important dissemination efforts by numerous institu-tions. The aim of this paper is to present the bumpy road to the (still incomplete)...
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CSR in Polish SMEs from the Women Perspective
PublicationThis paper presents the implementation of the CSR approach among Polish small and medium enterprises, taking into account gender issues. It offers also a kind of evaluation of the national context of women entrepreneurship combined with a wider and deeper analysis of the CSR solutions that may be adressed to both, women, workers and women entrepreneurs.
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Doing Well by Doing Good- CSR in a Global Context
PublicationNowadays, there is a general understanding that stakeholders are crucial for the successful enterprise. There is also a need to think about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a global context. Never before corporations enjoyed so much power and authority. Corporations need to evolve, re-think their strategies and change their processes accordingly. However, as of now, there is no agreed way of measuring overall sustainability...
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CSR at HEIs: Between Ignorance, Awareness and Knowledge
PublicationThe paper focuses on CSR education in Higher Education Institutions. It analyzes current approaches to this education and the enhancements already deployed in the international perspective. The main aim is to conceptualize CSRS education forms within the context of technology-oriented HEIs and propose the model for this education. This model has also been partially verified using the cases of four technical universities. This research...
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CSR a zarządzanie wiekiem w przedsiębiorstwie
PublicationW niniejszym artykule podjęto rozważania nas odpowiedzialnością społeczną biznesu, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem kwestii zarządzania wiekiem. W przekonaniu autorki, działania CSR skoncentrowane na pracownikach firmy są jedną z możliwych dróg dochodzenia przez przedsiębiorstwa (w tym również MSP) do sukcesu, poprzez zbudowanie silnego, zmotywowanego i zaangażowanego w pracę zespołu.
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CSR in Family Business- Ethnocentric Meaning Socially Responsible?
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to provide framework and key issues relevant for research on social responsibility of family business. From providing two theoretical approaches towards social responsibility such as social capital concept commenting on the familiness as a family firm resource and capability; and the stakeholder theory we move to the state of the art of family business. Then, we discuss heterogeneity among family firms...
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Implementing a CSR Strategy in a Small Enterprise - a Case Study
PublicationAs a result of employees’ meetings conducted according to Kaizen workshops formula and seeking new development directions for the company (including CSR actions) various product and service innovations have been implemented. Also a market niche has been discovered, and as a consequence the company gained another profitable aspect of the business activity. The atmosphere and contribution in performing tasks have improved among...
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Doing well by doing good — CSR in a global context
PublicationMotivation: Nowadays, there is a general understanding that stakeholders are crucial for the successful enterprise. There is also a need to think about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a global context. Never before corporations enjoyed so much power and authority. Corporations need to evolve, re-think their strategies and change their processes accordingly. However, as of now, there is no agreed way of measuring overall...
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CSR – A FASHION OR REAL COMMITMENT? THE CASE OF POLISH LISTED COMPANIES
PublicationThis article, without claiming to be the ultimate reference, aims at assessing the social commitment of the large and solid financially, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), Polish companies, on the eve of the implementation of the EU directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information (2014/95/EU). The selected companies seem perfect to form a vanguard of CSR in Poland, but the results of the analysis indicate...
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CSR – normy etyczne versus normy prawne
PublicationW opracowaniu przeanalizowano wagę norm etycznych w realizacji idei CSR przez firmy. Odnosząc się do tego, podkreślono pierwotność w obowiązywaniu tych norm. Wskazywano jednocześnie na konieczność budowania uregulowań prawnych jako ram ułatwiających realizację zadań społecznie odpowiedzialnych.
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CSR education in Poland- current situation and future challenges
PublicationThe importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in nowadays business reality is constantly growing thanks to many factors, including the important promotional effort at all possible authorities levels and increasing educational effort of universities and in particular of business schools. Since there is no commonly accepted guideline/curriculum/content of social responsibility (SR) education, business schools at higher...
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Europe, between Mandatory and Voluntary Approach to CSR: Some New Evidence from the Polish Listed Companies
PublicationThis paper aims to explore the relationship between corporate governance rules and application of CSR practices into operations of the top 30 companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Since in Poland, so far, there is no obligation to follow any specific CSR standards or to make disclosures of non-financial, social and environmental information, this is still a fully voluntary approach. At the moment, only some of the companies...
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CSR in Polish SMEs: From Perception to Love: Examples of Socially Engaged Firms from Pomeranian Region
PublicationNotwithstanding the worldwide increasing awareness of the importance of social issues in nowadays business management, Polish small and medium enterprises seem to remain in the group of followers, certainly not leaders of corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement, and this despite an important dissemination efforts by numerous institutions. The aim of this paper is to present the bumpy road to the implementation, still incomplete,...
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Shaping New Generations of Managers and Consumers: CSR Implementation and Higher Education System in Poland
PublicationConsidering the Corporate Social Responsibility as a significant research and education topic for university staff, students, graduates and the whole society, has become a sign of our times. Universities and other education institutions, including the third sector, play an important role, incorporating CSR as a crosscutting issue, in particular into the curricula of future managers and graduate students, no matter the country we...
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NST CSR ZII 2023
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Czy korporacyjna kultura CSR może być wzorcem dla małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw?
PublicationArtykuł pokazuje specyfike realizacji idei firmy społecznie odpowiedzialnej w firmach mikro i firmach dużych - podobieństwa i różnice w sposobie pojmowania idei,specyfikę działań.Firmy duże - koncerny, mając diametralnie różną strukturę od firm mikro, działając w innym otoczeniu ekonomicznym, w swojej działalności borykają się ze zgoła różnymi, nie dającymi się porównać problemami. Stąd ich pojmowanie i realizacja programów CSR...
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CSR NST AG II wykł.
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CSR AG II on line NST
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Wioleta Kucharska dr hab. inż.
PeopleWioleta Kucharska holds a position as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdansk TECH, Gdansk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Universities Union, Poland. She authored 74 peer-reviewed studies published with Wiley, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Emerald, Elsevier, IGI Global, Routledge, and by members of international conferences committees. She reviews international journals (83 revisions...
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Shaping New Generations of Managers and Consumers: CSR Implementation and Higher Education System in Poland
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Europe, between Mandatory and Voluntary Approach to CSR: Some New Evidence from the Polish Listed Companies
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Odpowiedzialny biznes- modna koncepcja czy odrodzenie wartości?
PublicationOpracowanie porządkuje wiedzę na temat koncepcji społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu oraz jej specyfiki w kontekście małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw. Omówione zostały różnice pomiędzy zastosowaniem CSR w dużych organizacjach i w MŚP, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem przedsiębiorstw polskich. Predyspozycje do zaangażowania społecznego przedsiębiorcy przedstawione zostały na kilku modelach teoretycznych, a konkretne przykłady dobrych...
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Public Participation practice versus economic pressure: transformation of the Gdansk Coastal Strip
PublicationThe paper focuses on the issue of public participation in the areas that are particularly sensitive to the transformation processes based on the case study of Gdańsk Coastal Strip. Moreover the article presents the outcome of an innovative attempt at promotion of public participation introduced in university education that was built on the experiences gathered during elaboration of the pro publico bono project of the Coastal Strip...
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Culture, Practice & Europeanization
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Koncepcja społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu w usługach ubezpieczeniowych
PublicationCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie koncepcji społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu (CSR) w usługach ubezpieczeniowych. Zidentyfikowano w tym celu podstawowe oczekiwania interesariuszy oraz najważniejsze obszary zastosowania CSR w instytucjach ubezpieczeniowych. Zaprezentowano również podstawowy związek pomiędzy działaniami społecznie odpowiedzialnymi realizowanymi przez instytucje ubezpieczeniowe a ich wizerunkiem. Na podstawie...
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Corporate Social Responsibility Culture in the University of Technology – Polish Students Perspective
PublicationPurpose: The view on CSR concept is constantly broadening and still the new perspective is needed. New challenges are imposed by social, environmental and economic changes. A stakeholder approach defining organizations’ responsibility is no more valid. There is a need to redefine CSR concept and its role in sustainable development. Higher education and its role in shaping future attitudes towards corporate social responsibility...
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Magdalena Popowska dr
PeopleMagdalena Popowska (PhD) is a researcher and lecturer of Organization Science and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Gdansk University of Technology. For many years she has been in charge of exchange programmes, double degrees and other internationalization activities. In 2008-2016 she was a Vice-Dean for International and Public Affairs and now she is a Dean Proxy for International Cooperation. Her...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Family Business: Current Debates and Future Prospects
PublicationThis paper aims at examining the main perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in family firms discussed in international literature. The topic of CSR has grown exponentially in the last two decades in both, business practice and as an area of interest among academics and researchers. Most studies focus on multinational corporations, some on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the smallest number on family business...
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Corporate social responsibility and forward default risk mediated by financial performance and goodwill
PublicationIn today’s business environment, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly significant factor for firms. This study is driven by the motivation to add to the current literature by investigating the mediating elements that explain the relationship between CSR and forward default risk. In this paper, we attempt to identify the important mediators and give a more comprehensive explanation of this connection...
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Marketing a społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu – sprzeczne idee?
PublicationNegatywny wizerunek marketingu postrzeganego jako koncepcja kreująca nowe potrzeby i nakłaniająca klientów do zwiększania konsumpcji spowodował, że marketing wydaje się być sprzeczny z ideą rozwoju zrównoważonego i społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu. W artykule przedstawiono rozważania czy rzeczywiście tak jest i czy stosowanie działań marketingowych jest rozbieżne z celami rozwoju zrównoważonego . Stwierdzono, że realizowanie...
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Corporate social responsibility and forward default risk under firm and industry heterogeneity
PublicationObjective: This study aims to evaluate the impact of corporate social responsibility on forward default risk (FDR) under the setting of firm and industry heterogeneity. Research Design & Methods: This study evaluated the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on FDR using the data of 497 companies from 2007-2021 in the S&P 500 index, taking into account firm and industry heterogeneity aspects. This study utilized instrumental...
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Społeczna odpowiedzialność firm - narzędzie public relations czy coś więcej?
PublicationArtykuł stawia pytanie o miejsce działań Corporate Social Resposibility [ CSR} w strategii przedsiębiorstw i zależności między public relations a CSR w realizacji celów przedsiębiorstwa - między innymi kreowania wizerunku, budowania reputacji.
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Społeczna odpowiedzialność firm jako narzedzie kreowania wizerunku
PublicationRozdział ''Społeczna odpowqiedzialność firm jako narzedzie kreowania wizerunku'' pokazuje istotę działań CSR, analizuje sposób realizacji programów w firmach, zwraca uwagę na wynaturzenia tych realizacji, traktujących CSR jako narzędzie kreowania wizerunku.
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Społeczna odpowiedzialność korporacji - koncepcja i studium przypadku
PublicationW artykule podjęto próbę odpowiedzi na pytania: Jak narodziła się idea uregulowania działań korporacji? Co oznacza bycie społecznie odpowiedzialnym (CSR)? Jakie są granice CSR? Jak same korporacje odnoszą się do zagadnienia odpowiedzialności wobec interesariuszy?
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CSR EUREKA Przebudowa i remont wraz z wyposażeniem Centrum Szkoleniowo-Rehabilitacyjnego EUREKA w Sopocie
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Corporate social responsibility and project management: towards a better understanding of their relationship
PublicationThe main purpose of this article is to identify the fields of convergence, if any, between two management concepts and business practices, namely Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Project Management (PM). To achieve the formulated goal, a systematic literature review (SLR), including bibliometric analysis, LOESS regression analysis, and text mining, was performed. This analysis allowed us to distinguish five categories...
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Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu w Polsce na przykładzie dziesięciu największych firm
PublicationCelem artykułu jest analiza problemu Społecznej Odpowiedzialności Biznesu (ang. CSR) oraz jego odzwierciedlenie w rzeczywistości gospodarczej. W części teoretycznej zarysowane zostaną m.in. przyczyny, źródła i główne idee CSR. Drugą część stanowi studium przypadku zawierające analizę (opartą na kryteriach własnych autora) 10 największych przedsiębiorstw w Polsce w celu odpowiedzi na pytanie w jaki sposób rozwiązania dyktowane...
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Społeczna odpowiedzialność wymiaru sprawiedliwości a sąd w otoczeniu społecznym
PublicationSpołeczna odpowiedzialność jest koncepcją, którą z powodzeniem wdrażają przedsiębiorcy, a w coraz szerszym zakresie także instytucje z szeroko rozumianej administracji publicznej. Nie uniknie tego i wymiar sprawiedliwości, którego nadszarpnięty wizerunek może być kreowany także działaniami z zakresu CSR. Artykuł odpowiada na na pytanie na ile sąd i w ogóle wymiar sprawiedliwości może zaangażować się w działania CSR i na ile istotni...
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Modele relacji między Corporate Social Responsibility a public relations
PublicationArtykuł jest próbą usystematyzowania dotychczasowych rozstrzygnięć dotyczących relacji między CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] i public relations - występujących tak w literaturze przedmiotu jak i w praktyce organizacji. Autorka prezentuje też własną koncepcję, proponując trzy modele, które opisują i wyjaśniają nie tylko wzajemne relacje między CSR i PR, ale też i wyjaśniają funkcje, jakie nadaje się w organizacjach działaniom...