مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - VALUE-DRIVEN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PORTS

Abstract :

This paper examines Corporate Social Responsibility concern at seaports where merely the “environmental” dimension takes the most part in the shipping and port literature and aims to present an overview of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) implementations of selected seaports in Europe. CSR variables for ports are extracted by the detailed analysis of specific CSR reports, annual and sustainability reports of selected ports. The paper demonstrates how the port organisations develop CSR applications in order to remain competitive in the global scale and this is executed by scanning the ports within the focus of the study according to the CSR-related dimensions (environmental, economic, social, stakeholder, ethical, philanthropic/voluntariness). Porter’s Value Chain approach is adopted and a conceptual model encompassing value-driven CSR implementations at ports was developed. The value-driven CSR approach based on the strategies of the ports serves as a comprehensive tool to enlighten both the practitioners and the academics in the assessment of strategic and value-driven CSR practises. Research results indicate that, port authorities emphasize stakeholder and community engagement, voluntary participation on educational, cultural and sports activities and ethical values like transparency by reporting, integrity and honesty.