Corporate Social Responsibility and Proenvironmental Behaviour in Employees: Evidence in Acapulco, Mexico

Rayma Ireri Maldonado Astudillo, Yan Pallac Maldonado Astudillo, Juan Alfonso Méndez Zavala, Claudia Leticia Manzano Jiménez and María Xochitl Astudillo Miller
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Rayma Ireri Maldonado Astudillo: Centro de Innovación, Competitividad y Sostenibilidad (CICS), Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco de Juárez 39640, Mexico
Yan Pallac Maldonado Astudillo: Centro de Innovación, Competitividad y Sostenibilidad (CICS), Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco de Juárez 39640, Mexico
Juan Alfonso Méndez Zavala: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Latina de México, Celaya Guanajuato 38085, Mexico
Claudia Leticia Manzano Jiménez: Campus Acapulco, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Crucero del Cayaco 39905, Mexico
María Xochitl Astudillo Miller: Centro de Innovación, Competitividad y Sostenibilidad (CICS), Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco de Juárez 39640, Mexico

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been the subject of extensive research, especially during the past two decades; however, few academic studies investigated the relationship between CSR and employee behaviour. This study reduces this gap by identifying the degree of association between CSR and the proenvironmental behaviour (PEB) of workers. These concepts were analysed among companies that are recognised as being socially responsible and others that are not; not enough empirical evidence was found to determine if these are positively affecting employee PEB in the Mexican context. The methodology was quantitative through questionnaires addressed to workers from renowned companies in Mexico, and analysed by using structural equation modelling (SEM) in AMOS software. Results showed that the CSR practices of the companies with a badge and the PEB of their workers are poorly related. The average of compliance with global CSR practices for companies that have a badge is less than or equal to that of those that do not. Conclusions indicate that CSR could occur only in declarative terms from the workers’ perception.

Keywords: environmental responsibility; quality of life; business ethics; linking with community; responsible consumption; socioenvironmental practices; structural equation modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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