Integrating corporate social responsibility and quality management into the TDABC costing system: a case study in the assembly industry

Olga Vedernikova, Villie Morocho, Erik Sigcha, Lorena Segarra-Tapia and Lorena Siguenza-Guzman

Social Responsibility Journal, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 264-285

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to show the potential of time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) to value and integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) and quality management (QM) processes in the assembly industry. It provides valuable insights about operational processes, sub-process and activities within assembly companies by using TDABC’s time equations with more accurate costs for the decision-making process. Design/methodology/approach - The current paper proposes a new methodology framework with four QM and CSR implementation levels and several costing scenarios through the TDABC system. The valuation was built based on the activities of essential referents in each subject, such as ISO, Ethos Institute and electrostatic discharge control programs. To this end, a case study in the assembly industry processes was conducted with data from a TV assembler. Findings - The results highlight that TDABC can be extended to perform a cost analysis with QM and CSR processes. The environmental management and occupational safety and health administration processes were considered part of CSR to do so. Consequently, managers can simulate the cost and impact of incorporating CSR and QM in assembly processes and thus decide the implementation degree and its corresponding planning according to the needs and available resources. In this particular case, the company increases a maximum of 12% of its resources to be socially responsible and manage its products’ quality. Originality/value - Although theoretical models on CSR have been developed, the current study provides a practical framework based on TDABC scenarios that enterprises can easily implement to support and evaluate QM and CSR processes.

Keywords: Quality management; Corporate social responsibility; TDABC; Time-driven activity-based costing; Assembly industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-11-2020-0455

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