Nasser Sanoubar; Saeid Bazmohammadi
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Analyzing corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a multi-criteria problem. This paper firstly introduces gray relation and entropy weighting methods in order to find a solution to analyze and rank corporations from this point of view. The proposed technique that conducted through combining these two ...
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Analyzing corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a multi-criteria problem. This paper firstly introduces gray relation and entropy weighting methods in order to find a solution to analyze and rank corporations from this point of view. The proposed technique that conducted through combining these two methods, will become more reliable decision making criterion. Furthermore, since in literature there are different dimensions suggested for CSR, entropy method is used to determine the relative importance of each dimension. Awareness-raising questionnaire prepared by the social responsibility unit of European Commission was used to measure corporate responsibility. By applying these methods, 10 active pharmaceutical material and products manufacturing corporations were investigated and in terms of paying attention to social responsibilities, Pars Daro corporation placed first. This technique not only helps corporations to diagnose their weaknesses and strengths, but also helps them to know their position against competitors and make better decisions to promote corporate rank in social responsibility.
Reza Esmaeilpour; Adel Azar; Mohammad ShahMohammadi
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Nowadays many organizations involved in environmental, social and economic concerns and measure supplier performance on the fields; including the effect that "corporate social responsibility" could have on the suppliers’ selection. The aim of this study is determine of a model to selection of suppliers ...
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Nowadays many organizations involved in environmental, social and economic concerns and measure supplier performance on the fields; including the effect that "corporate social responsibility" could have on the suppliers’ selection. The aim of this study is determine of a model to selection of suppliers based on corporate social responsibility. By a review of research literature and obtaining the opinion of experts, the issues were identified in the 5 dimensions (organizational commitment, employee, commitment to society and citizenship, moral commitments, environmental commitments) and 17 indicators. Then the matrix structured questionnaire was developed to determine the intermediate relationship of these indicators. Questionnaire's obtained data analyses using ISM so it was traced 6 levels in an interactive network that indicator "focus on sustainable development" was at the highest level. Also, influence and dependence of the indicators relative to each other on the matrix influence-dependence was evaluated. The most influential indicator in the matrix influence-dependence is "Providing relevant training in CSR to the suppliers”; so the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in the selection of suppliers depends on their training and to be with this attitude, long-term plans would be design on the basis of social responsibility training specifically for suppliers