Gestão à Vista: uma proposta de avaliação de impacto da política municipal de garantia de direitos infanto-juvenil. A relação de causa e efeito da prática da monitoria sobre o volume de doações ao fundo para a infância e adolescência - FIA

O presente projeto de dissertação apresenta uma metodologia para avaliar a relação de causa e efeito da forma de gestão adotada pelos Conselhos Municipais de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente, em especial no que se refere à utilização de ferramentas de monitoria e avaliação para acompanhar os projetos executados, no aumento do orçamento público captado através de doações aos Fundos para a Infância e Adolescência – FIA. Este projeto busca identificar a existência de possíveis gargalos na gestão dos Conselhos, principalmente no que diz respeito aos processos de monitoria dos projetos desenvolvidos com recursos advindos de doações ao Fundo Municipal para a Infância e Adolescência como uma oportunidade de avançar no processo de melhoria da gestão pública, neste caso, de garantia de direitos infanto-juvenil. Para tanto, será necessário criar grupos de tratamento e controle considerando os Conselhos Municipais de Garantia de Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente que utilizam ferramentas de monitoria e avaliação daqueles que não adotam essa prática no seu cotidiano profissional. A identificação de tais Conselhos será feita a partir de três filtros correlacionados a saber, tamanho da população do município, índice de desenvolvimento humano municipal e cadastro em situação regular do Fundo Municipal para a Infância e a Adolescência. Não se trata de um trabalho que visa apontar erros na gestão dos Conselhos, ao contrário, uma proposta de mapeamento capaz de verificar fragilidades e propor uma linha de atuação alternativa - capaz de romper com práticas meramente paternalistas ou formalismos que produzam disfunções burocráticas - que gere transformação no espaço de atuação.

Comparison and analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports of the top five companies ranked on the 2013 CSR RepTrak

In the 1970s, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was discussed by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman in his article “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” (Friedman, 1970). His view on CSR was contemptuous as he referred to it as “hypocritical window-dressing” a reflection of the view of Corporate America on CSR back then. For a long time short-term maximization of shareholder value was the only maxim for top management across industries and companies. Over the last decade, CSR has become a more important and relevant factor of a company’s reputation, shifting the discussion from whether CSR is necessary to how best CSR commitments should be done (Smith, 2003). Inevitably, companies do have an environmental, social and economic impact, thereby imposing social costs on current and future generations. In 2013, 50 of the world biggest companies have been responsible for 73 percent of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emission (Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013). Post et al. (2002) refer to these social costs as a company’s need to retain its “license to operate”. In the late 1990s, CSR reporting was nearly unknown, which drastically changed during the last decade. Allen White, co-founder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), said that CSR reporting”… has evolved from the extraordinary to the exceptional to the expected” (Confino, 2013). In confirmation of this, virtually all of the world’s largest 250 companies report on CSR (93%) and reporting by now appears to be business standard (KPMG, 2013). CSR reports are a medium for transparency which may lead to an improved company reputation (Noked, 2013; Thorne et al, 2008; Wilburn and Wilburn, 2013). In addition, it may be used as part of an ongoing shareholder relations campaign, which may prevent shareholders from submitting Environmental and Social (E&S)1 proposals (Noked, 2013), based on an Ernst & Young report 1 The top five E&S proposal topic areas in 2013 were: 1. Political spending/ lobbying; 2. Environmental sustainability; 3. Corporate diversity/ EEO; 4.Labor/ human rights and 5. Animal testing/ animal welfare. Three groups of environmental sustainability proposal topics of sub-category number two (environmental sustainability) 6 2013, representing the largest category of shareholder proposals submitted. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) even goes as far as to claim that CSR reports are “…becoming critical to a company’s credibility, transparency and endurance.” (PwC, 2013).

The impact of negative social environmental events on the market value of supply chain partners

The present work analyzes the impact of negative social / environmental events on the market value of supply chain partners. The study offers a contextualized discussion around important concepts which are largely employed on the Operations Management and Management literature in general. Among them, the developments of the literature around supply chains, supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development and sustainable supply chain management are particularly addressed, beyond the links they share with competitive advantage. As for the theoretical bases, the study rests on the Stakeholder Theory, on the discussion of the efficient-market hypothesis and on the discussion of the adjustment of stock prices to new information. In face of such literature review negative social / environmental events are then hypothesized as causing negative impact in the market value of supply chain partners. Through the documental analysis of publicly available information around 15 different cases (i.e. 15 events), 82 supply chain partners were identified. Event studies for seven different event windows were conducted on the variation of the stock price of each supply chain partner, valuing the market reaction to the stock price of a firm due to triggering events occurred in another. The results show that, in general, the market value of supply chain partners was not penalized in response to such announcements. In that sense, the hypothesis derived from the literature review is not confirmed. Beyond that, the study also provides a critical description of the 15 cases, identifying the companies that have originated such events and their supply chain partners involved.

ISO 26000: responsabilidade social

A ISO 26000 é a norma internacional que trata sobre a responsabilidade social, prevista pra ser concluída em 2010

The impact of corporate social responsibility on the Peruvian consumer’s purchasing behavior

This exploratory research aims to find out the extent to which Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) impacts the purchasing behavior of Peruvian consumers when it comes to convenience food products. The study includes qualitative and quantitative analysis. Qualitative analysis consists of in-depth interviews with CSR representatives from consumer product companies, CSR practitioners and some consumers from the quantitative sample. That group’s composition was selected in order to obtain a wide picture of the consumers’ perception towards CSR, including their understanding of the concept and the relevance in their decision making process when buying convenience food products. The quantitative analysis portion consists of an on-line survey focused on Peruvian consumers who live in Lima during the year 2015. Consumers included in the sample were selected by convenience. After analyzing the 134 completed surveys, the results obtained suggest that even though there is an increasing interest in CSR, including CSR as an attribute of the purchased goods, interest is not fully demonstrated by the purchasing behavior of consumers. The main breach leading to this inconsistency appears to be the lack of or failure in the companies’ CSR communication towards consumers. Consumers demand reliable information which socially responsible companies usually provide; however at this stage, the target audiences of such information are mostly corporations and communities surrounding the manufacturing plants of convenience food products.

The corporate financial effects of corporate social responsibility, as executed by, and impacted upon, Prime Bank Limited, Bangladesh

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is being implemented in the corporate world at an ever increasing rate, benefitting societies around the world. Several theories have been proposed that contend that the corporations who are implementing CSR programs also benefit financially, making the relationship a symbiotic one. This paper analyzes the financial health of Prime Bank Limited, Bangladesh, (PBL) over a period of a decade in order to determine if PBL has indeed benefited financially from implementing its CSR program. The analysis focuses on examining PBL’s internal and external financial indicators over an extended period of time to determine what the net effect, if any, that the CSR program has had on them. This analysis concludes that the evidence does not support the claim of a causal relationship between CSR spending and positive effects upon PBL, as measured by PBL’s financial indicators.

EPC: economia de baixo carbono na prática: casos empresariais (parte I, 2 e 3)

EPC: engajamento das empresas na economia de baixo carbono - Parte I No ano em que a Plataforma Empresas pelo Clima (EPC), do Centro de Estudos em Sustentabilidade da FGV-EAESP completa 4 anos, conversamos com seus participantes para identificar iniciativas realizadas pelas grandes empresas brasileiras em prol de uma economia de baixo carbono.No primeiro vídeo, Juliana Limonta, Gerente de Sustentabilidade da Vivo, fala acerca do projeto desenvolvido pela companhia envolvendo soluções inteligentes para transportes; Cintia Turella, Gerente de Infraestrutura Patrimonial do Itaú Unibanco, apresenta o projeto sobre novas políticas corporativas para redução das emissões que envolve o sistema de transporte de colaboradores entre os pólos do Banco; João Teixeira, Analista sênior de Sustentabilidade da Natura, fala sobre o projeto de engajamento da cadeia de valor da empresa chamado "Strategic Outsourcing TBL" e, por fim, Alexandre Di Cierro, Gerente Executivo de Sustentabilidade da Suzano - Papel e Celulose fala sobre a iniciativa da empresa de adotar a pegada de carbono em seus produtos. Neste segundo vídeo, Daniel Fernandes, Especialista em Engenharia do Grupo Abril fala sobre inovação do processo produtivo e o Programa Abril Carbono Neutro. Em inovação de produto, Jorge Soto, Diretor de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Braskem, discorre sobre o Polietileno Verde; Leonel Ramirez, Presidente e CEO da GE Iluminação América Latina, esclarece o projeto da Companhia que propõe parcerias com diversos municípios para adoção de LED em vias públicas. Sobre o engajamento de colaboradores, Frederico Cintra, Especialista de Negócios Sustentáveis do HSBC, apresenta o Programa HSBC Climate Partneship. Ainda nesta peça, sobre adaptação em Riscos Climáticos, Sônia Hermisdorff, Gerente de Meio Ambiente, Projetos Corporativos e Gestão de Programas Ambientais, fala sobre o projeto da AES Brasil de nome "Plano Verão 2011\ 2012" e Vitor Gardiman, Gestor Executivo de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da EDP apresenta o projeto "Adaptação e Gestão de Riscos Climáticos". No terceiro vídeo da série, a Coordenadora de Responsabilidade Socioambiental do Bradesco, Giuliana Arruda Presiozi, apresenta o Projeto de Gestão de Ecoeficiência adotado pelo Banco Bradesco. Laila Caires Saad, Coordenadora de Responsabilidade Social da Ticket, fala acerca do engajamento de colaboradores através de iniciativas que abarcam o projeto "Gestão Integrada de Emissões de GEE". Ainda sobre o mesmo tema Raquel Ogando, Gerente de Comunicação e Responsabilidade Social da Santos Brasil, fala acerca do Projeto Carbono.Ainda no mesmo vídeo, Leticia Monteiro, Coordenadora do Comitê de Sustentabilidade da Monsanto fala do Projeto Revitamon e Amanda Kardosh, Gerente de Relacionamento em Sustentabilidade da Eco Frotas, fala sobre a Campanha Condução Consciente

O que as empresas podem fazer pela erradicação da pobreza

As três primeiras partes do texto apresentam uma análise do que é a pobreza, com dados numéricos sobre a situação brasileira, e apontam alguns eixos possíveis para pensar ações que favoreçam a erradicação da pobreza. Em seguida, realiza-se uma síntese dos Indicadores Ethos de Responsabilidade Social e se propõe um exercício que busca demonstrar como essa metodologia pode servir de base para o monitoramento de ações sociais da empresa. A parte final relata um conjunto de experiências voltadas para a erradicação da pobreza, mostrando linhas de ação que as empresas podem adotar e as possibilidades que se abrem quando decidimos somar esforços para apoiar ações já existentes, bem-sucedidas e de interesse verdadeiramente público. Esperamos que a publicação O Que as Empresas Podem Fazer pela Erradicação da Pobreza sirva de referência e estímulo para a participação do setor empresarial no processo de mudança da sociedade brasileira, numa perspectiva de desenvolvimento econômico com justiça socia

Impact assessment and quality analysis of corporate social responsability (CSR) programs of mining companies and their contribution to sustainable development in the communities they operate: case study Tenke Fungurume Mining SA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Purpose – This case study presents an impact assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs of the TFM Company in order to understand how they contribute to the sustainable development of communities in areas in which they operate. Design/Methodology/Approach - Data for this study was collected using qualitative data methods that included semi-structured interviews and Focus Group Discussions most of them audio and video recorded. Documentary analysis and a field visit were also undertaken for the purpose of quality analysis of the CSR programs on the terrain. Data collected was analyzed using the Seven Questions to sustainability (7Qs) framework, an evaluation tool developed by the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) North America chapter. Content analysis method was on the other hand used to examine the interviews and FGDs of the study participants. Findings - Results shows that CSR programs of TFM SA do contribute to community development, as there have been notable changes in the communities’ living conditions. But whether they have contributed to sustainable development is not yet the case as programs that enhance the capacity of communities and other stakeholders to support these projects development beyond the implementation stage and the mines operation lifetime need to be considered and implemented. Originality/Value – In DRC, there is paucity of information of research studies that focus on impact assessment of CSR programs in general and specifically those of mining companies and their contribution to sustainable development of local communities. Many of the available studies cover issues of minerals and conflict or conflict minerals as mostly referred to. This study addressees this gap.