Promoting Sustainability Through Corporate Social Responsibility: Insights and Barriers of Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in India
Corporate sustainability; CSR; Effective corporate social responsibility; Medium-sized manufacturing enterprises; Partial least square structure equation modelling
The current study aims to explore if effective corporate social responsibility leads to corporate sustainability in medium-sized manufacturing enterprises. Using the factors, an exploratory examination was performed to assess their suitability in Indian context, and data were collected from 121 manufacturing companies using structured questionnaire based on pretested scale, and the proposed relationships were tested through partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show overall model fit and empirical examinations support causal relationships between effective corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability (CS). The results indicated that effective CSR mediated the relationships between corporate sustainability and integration of CSR into corporate policy and priority of the board towards CSR. The results of this study are useful for medium-sized enterprises to establish a formal approach towards CSR and meet the needs of business and society in the 21st century. Copyright 2022, IGI Global.
International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, Vol-13, No. 1
https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2022010107 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125074639&doi=10.4018%2fIJSESD.2022010107&partnerID=40&md5=547a9bc43deda878c9a16063f86e7816
Dawar G., Christ University (Deemed), Delhi, India, Delhi Technological University, India; Singh S., Delhi Technological University, India