Logistics social responsibility

  • Hinčica V
  • Maliková M
  • Řezanková H
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Abstract

This paper aims at finding out what effort logistics-related companies based in the Slovak Republic demonstrate, concerning their social responsibility. Using a standardized questionnaire, addressing approximately 30 issues from the field of social responsibility, grouped in five categories, we approached over 100 members of the Association of Logistics and Freight Forwarding of the Slovak Republic, of which 29 provided answers. Despite the low number of respondents, it was still possible to formulate several findings. First, it was revealed that a part of the Slovak logistics industry cares about the issue of social responsibility although the level of such a commitment is uneven for the five analyzed dimensions. Second, the responding companies with employees, or a department, dealing specifically with corporate social responsibility, demonstrate more effort in the field. Third, the responding foreign-owned companies also demonstrate additional efforts towards social responsibility. These findings may become a starting point for further research on the topic and intensify the discussion on the still underdeveloped concept of logistics social responsibility, not only from a one-country perspective.U ovom se radu utvrđuju napori logističkih poduzeća u Slovačkoj Republici za ostvarivanje društvene odgovornosti. Uz korištenje standardiziranog upitnika, koji je obuhvaćao 30-ak problema iz područja društvene odgovornosti, grupiranih u pet kategorija, zamolili smo za suradnju više od 100 članica slovačke Udruge za logistiku i špediciju, od kojih je 29 odgovorilo na upitnik. Iako je broj ispitanika mali, bilo je moguće doći do nekoliko zaključaka. Prvo je utvrđeno da se dio slovačke logističke industrije brine za društvenu odgovornost, iako je razina posvećenosti istoj različita za pet analiziranih kategorija. Nadalje, ispitanici, koji imaju zaposlenike ili odjel, koji se bave problematikom korporacijske društvene odgovornosti, pokazuju višu razinu posvećenosti u ovom području. Na kraju, poduzeća u stranom vlasništvu također pokazuju dodatnu posvećenost društvenoj odgovornosti. Ovi rezultati bi mogli postati polazište za buduća istraživanja navedenog područja, kao i potaknuti raspravu o još uvijek nedovoljno razvijenom konceptu društveno odgovorne logistike, i to iz perspektive više država.

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Hinčica, V., Maliková, M., & Řezanková, H. (2021). Logistics social responsibility. Management, 26(1), 111–128. https://doi.org/10.30924/mjcmi.26.1.7

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