Dalla coercizione per la sostenibilità all'impegno sociale: il ruolo della responsabilità sociale d'impresa

Titolo Rivista CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Autori/Curatori Francesco Caputo, Veronica Scuotto, Armando Papa, Manlio Del Giudice
Anno di pubblicazione 2021 Fascicolo 2020/2 Lingua Inglese
Numero pagine 17 P. 15-31 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/cgrds2-2020oa10558
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Come ampiamente riconosciuto, la sostenibilità è un dominio multi e transdisciplinare potenzialmente in grado di influenzare azioni, decisioni e comportamenti a tutti i livelli delle organizzazioni socioeconomiche. Riflettendo sulla natura pervasiva del dominio della sostenibilità, il documento propone una panoramica sul percorso evolutivo delle strategie e degli approcci per la sostenibilità. Adottando un approccio deduttivo, lo scopo principale del lavoro è di sottolineare in che modo il passaggio da un approccio coercitivo ad un approccio partecipativo nelle strategie per la sostenibilità - reso possibile dalla diffusione delle pratiche di Responsabilità Sociale d’Impresa - ha contribuito all’emergere del dominio dell’innovazione sostenibile. Il concetto di Social Engagement è proposto per arricchire il dibattito in corso sulla sostenibilità al fine di sottolineare che l’innovazione sostenibile è possibile solo nel caso in cui tutti i livelli delle organizzazioni socioeconomiche sono impegnati nel dibattito sulla sostenibilità e - di conseguenza - sono in grado di comprendere e promuovere efficacemente il valore di un’innovazione in grado di coniugare e soddisfare i bisogni della società, dell’economia e dell’ambiente.

As widely recognized, sustainability is a multi- and trans-disciplinary domain potentially able to influence actions, decisions, and behaviors at all the levels of socio-economic organizations. Reflecting upon the pervasive nature of sustainability domain, the paper proposes an overview about the evolutionary path of strategies and approaches for sustainability. Adopting a deductive approach, the main purpose of the paper is to underline in which ways the shifting from a coercive approach to a participatory approach in strategies for sustainability - made possible by the spread of Corporate Social Responsibility practices - has contributed to the emergence of sustainable innovation domain. The concept of Social Engagement in sustainability debate is proposed with the aim to underline that sustainable innovation is effectively possible only in the case in which all the levels of socio-economic organizations are engaged in the debate about sustainability and - as a consequence - they are effectively able to understand and promote the value of an innovation able to combine and satisfy society, economy, and environment needs.

Keywords:Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Engagement, Sustainable Innovation, Evolutionary path.

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Francesco Caputo, Veronica Scuotto, Armando Papa, Manlio Del Giudice, Dalla coercizione per la sostenibilità all'impegno sociale: il ruolo della responsabilità sociale d'impresa in "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES" 2/2020, pp 15-31, DOI: 10.3280/cgrds2-2020oa10558