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The Impact of Business on the Natural Environment as Part of Corporate Social Responsibility

The term and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the entire range of activities and to all relationships that a business entity establishes internally and externally with the community. The internal dimension of CSR involves several stakeholders such as employees, environment issues, strategic guidelines etc. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the business entity on the natural environment as part of the CSR. The theoretical part of the paper provides an overview of relevant sources regarding the creation of a framework for understanding the impact of businesses on the natural environment. The empirical part of the paper is based on the research conducted in the period 2017-2018. By using the qualitative approach to research, primary research data on CSR activities related to the impact of business on the natural environment are obtained through personal structured interviews with open question questionnaire conducted with executive managers coming from four businesses in the food processing industry ranging from the small and medium to large sized entities. In the interviews, managers were probed on several questions from the level of knowledge of CSR up to various CSR activities related to the impact of business on the natural environment. The deductive analysis of interview data is particularly focused on assessing in what way the social responsibility is expressed in specific management practices towards natural environment. The findings of the research confirmed that the impact of business on the natural environment requires a systematic approach that is part of the overall strategy.

corporate social responsibility, natural environment, sustainable development, environment protection

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