Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability through Institutional Legitimacy in Police Forces

Antonio-Juan Briones-Peñalver (), Ignacio del Olmo Fernandez, Francisco-José Fernández Cañavate and José António C. Santos
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Antonio-Juan Briones-Peñalver: Departamento Economía de la Empresa, Facultad de Ciencias de la Empresa, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Campus CIM, C/Real, 3, 30201 Cartagena, Spain
Ignacio del Olmo Fernandez: Jefatura Superior de Policía de la Región de Murcia, Plaza Ceballos 13, 30003 Murcia, Spain
Francisco-José Fernández Cañavate: Departamento de Estructuras, Construcción y Expresión Gráfica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Campus Muralla del Mar, C/Dr. Fleming s/n, 30202 Cartagena, Spain
José António C. Santos: CinTurs, Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 15, 1-19

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of institutional legitimacy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in police forces through their methods and procedures (procedural justice) that determine citizens’ trust in the police, which theoretically influences organised coexistence in human communities (social effectiveness). CSR can increase collective well-being through legitimacy, sustained by police action. An anonymous citizen survey was carried out to verify the theoretical proposal to inquire about their opinions on the legitimacy, methods, and community relations between Spanish police forces and the community. The hypotheses were analysed with a structural equation system. The practical implications aspire to know the citizens’ opinions about the methods and procedures used by the Spanish police and their relations with Spanish civilians. Finally, citizens consider that police actions and procedures are institutionally and legally regulated competencies, and, therefore, citizens cannot influence them.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); procedural justice; social effectiveness; police forces; structural equations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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