The development of Corporate social responsibility in Lithuanian food industry

Abstract

The authors of the article analyze the development of corporate social responsibility in Lithuanian food industry. By emphasize the importance of food industry as one of the largest manufacturing group in Lithuania and its strong impact and high dependence on the economy, the environment and on society, implementation of principles and practice of corporate social responsibility is of high relevance for this sector. The paper deals with the main indicators of Lithuanian food industry in 2006-2012 and the features of enterprises of Lithuanian food sector in the context of sustainable development. Researched the features of Lithuanian food sector the authors found that development of principles of corporate social responsibility is still not very common in practice in this sector and that an active development of socially responsible principles and practice could be one of the most effective forms of Lithuanian business responses to the challenges of the sustainable development

Keywords

• Corporate social responsibility, Sustainable development, Food industry, Lithuania

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