TY  - JOUR
TT  - ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY- AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT ROMANIAN COMPANIES
AU  - Mănoiu, Valentina-mariana
AU  - Gâdiuţă, Alexandru Valeriu
PY  - 2017
DA  - April
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.309487
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 70
EP  - 80
VL  - 3
IS  - 7
KW  - corporate social responsibility
KW  - environmental responsibility
KW  - Romania
KW  - companies
KW  - projects
N2  - The environmental impact isone of the most important consequences of a company's economic activity. Bytheir operations, economic entities constantly strain the environment. Becauseof this significant effect, the environmental component of corporate socialresponsibility (CSR) is very important. The present study is a historicaldescriptive-analytic investigation of social responsibility and itsenvironmental component in the case of Romanian companies.The aim of the research is to create ahistorical analysis of this concept and its environmental aspects at the national level, and also to present the way inwhich some of the most important Romanian companies have built up theenvironmental component of their corporate social responsibility policies, aswell as the projects that have been undertaken in this area. The selection of the companies was based on their size, as we sought topresent major companies that have a high degree of involvement in this field.For each and every company, we analyzed the components of the environmentalsocial responsibility that are created in order to reduce environmental impactsas well as any projects aimed at increasing the general public's involvement inprotecting nature. In Romania, the concept of corporate social responsibilitydid not develop as quickly as it did at an international level. The main causewas the different political regime of Romania compared to the situation foundin the countries where CSR emerged. This political situation also led toeconomic, social and environmental differences. In Romania, after the regimechange that occurred in 1989, a period of economic and social opening towardsinternational trends and currents ensued. As social and economic ties with theoutside world intensified, the concept of a company's social responsibilityappeared in Romania as well. The field of social responsibility in Romaniaexperienced a constant growth over the last years, but this evolution occurred,for the most part, through a series of individual projects (belonging tocompanies, NGOs and researchers), without a general and unitary view andwithout a strong cooperation between those involved. An important step for CSRtook place in 2015, with the creation of the Global Compact Network Romania, apart of the Global Compact Network under the aegis of the United Nations, thelargest social responsibility project to date. Until now, 27 participants havejoined the national Global Compact network, including some of the mostimportant companies in Romania. The environmental component of corporate socialresponsibility policies for Romanian companies is structured in two parts. Thefirst one is concerned with internal policies and actions aimed at reducing theenvironmental impact of the company’s activities. The second aspect consists ofpolicies regarding the company’s interactions with the external environment andthe community where it operates, trying to support its development.
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