Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2018, 66(2), 531-541 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201866020531

Construction Industry in the Czech Republic: the Level of Involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility

Renata Kučerová1, Tomáš Dania1, Renata Skýpalová1, Veronika Blašková2
1 Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Statistics and Operation Analysis, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

This article introduces results of inquiry in corporate social responsibility conducted among construction companies in the Czech Republic in 2017. Its main themes include specifics of application of the CSR concept in the practice of the construction industry and effects of selected factors on the level of involvement of Czech construction companies in CSR activities. The results of the inquiry clearly indicate that despite the high level of knowledge of the CSR concept among the construction companies reaching 65 % the overall activities across the CSR pillars are scarce. The statistical test results show that large companies working with the concept of business ethics are more engaged in CSR activities. Growing size of the construction company is connected with activity increase in the social pillar. On the other hand, strategic planning hardly affects the company involvement in the CSR concept. Also the length of activity of the construction company on the market only affects CSR activity level within the environmental pillar.

Keywords: construction industry, social responsibility, company size, strategic plan, business ethics

Published: May 2, 2018  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Kučerová, R., Dania, T., Skýpalová, R., & Blašková, V. (2018). Construction Industry in the Czech Republic: the Level of Involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 66(2), 531-541. doi: 10.11118/actaun201866020531
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. ARORA, A., and SONI, T. K. 2017. Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Characteristics: Evidence from BSE 500. International Journal of Information, Business & Management, 9(1): 107-126.
    2. BOEGER, N., MURRAY, R. and VILLIERS, CH. 2008. Perspectives on corporate social responsibility. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Go to original source...
    3. BLAŠKOVÁ, V. 2012. Statistics I [in Czech: Statistika I]. 2nd Edition. Brno: Mendel University in Brno.
    4. BUDÍKOVÁ, M., KRÁLOVÁ, M. and MAROŠ, B. 2010.Guide to basic statistical methods [in Czech: Průvodce základními statistickými metodami]. 1st Edition. Praha: Grada Publishing.
    5. DYTRT, Z. 2006. Goodwill [in Czech: Dobré jméno firmy]. 1st Edition. Praha: Alfa Publishing
    6. ELKINGTON, J. 1997. Cannibals with forks: the triple bottom line of twenty first century business. Oxford: Capstone Publishing.
    7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2006. New definition of small and medium companies: User guide and model declaration [in Czech: Nová definice malých a středních podniků: Uživatelská příručka a vzor pro hlášení]. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/sme_definition/sme_user_guide_cs.pdf [Accessed 2017, September 17].
    8. FOOTE, J., EVANS, J. R. and GAFFNEY, N. 2010. Corporate social responsibility: Implications for performance excellence. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence. 21(8): 799-812 DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2010.487660 Go to original source...
    9. GEORGESCU, M. A. 2012. Business Ethics and Organizational Values in Romanian Enterprises. Procedia Economics & Finance. 3: 734-739. DOI: 10.1016/S2212-5671(12)00222-5 Go to original source...
    10. GOVINDAN, K., KANNAN, D., and SHANKAR, K. M. 2014. Evaluating the drivers of corporate social responsibility in the mining industry with multi-criteria approach: A multi-stakeholder perspective. Journal Of Cleaner Production, 84(1): 214-232. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.065 Go to original source...
    11. GOYAL, P., and CHANDA, U. 2017. A Bayesian Network Model on the association between CSR, perceived service quality and customer loyalty in Indian Banking Industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 10: 50-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2016.12.001 Go to original source...
    12. HAYNES, K., MURRAY, A. and DILLARD, J. F. 2013. Corporate social responsibility: a research handbook. New York: Routledge. Go to original source...
    13. HOPKINS, M. 2007. Corporate social responsibility and international development: is business the solution? Sterling, VA: Earthscan.
    14. CHIH, H.-L., CHIH, H.-H. and CHEN, T.-Y. 2010. On the Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility: International Evidence on the Financial Industry. Journal of Business Ethics. 93(1): 115-135. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0186-x Go to original source...
    15. IPSOS. 2017. CSR & Reputation Research 2016. [Online]. Available at http://www.ipsos.cz/public/media/tiskove_zpravy/Ipsos%20CSR%20REPUTATION%20RESEARCH%202016_vybran%C3%A9%20v%C3%BDsledky%20z%20ve%C5%99ejn%C3%A9%20%C4%8D%C3%A1sti%20v%C3%BDzkumu.pdf [Accessed 2017, August 30].
    16. JACKSON, G. and APOSTOLAKOU, A. 2010. Corporate social responsibility in Western Europe: An institutional mirror or substitute? Journal of Business Ethics. 94(3): 371 - 394. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0269-8 Go to original source...
    17. JAGD, J. T. 2015. Investor oriented corporate social responsibility reporting. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Go to original source...
    18. JANKOVICHOVÁ, E. 2015. Corporate social responsibility in construction industry. Brno: Tribun EU.
    19. JIANG, W. and WONG, J. K. 2016. Key activity areas of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the construction industry: a study of China. Journal Of Cleaner Production, 113: 850-860. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.093 Go to original source...
    20. KPMG. 2015. The KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2015. Available at: https://home.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2015/12/KPMG-survey-of-CR-reporting-2015.pdf [Accessed 2018, January 15].
    21. KUČEROVÁ, R., SKÝPALOVÁ, R. and BLAŠKOVÁ, V. 2015. Factors Influencing the Implementation of the CSR Concept in the Czech Republic. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(6): 1979-1985. DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563061979 Go to original source...
    22. KULDOVÁ, L. 2012. New view on corporate social responsibility: strategic CSR [in Czech: Nový pohled na společenskou odpovědnost firem: strategická CSR]. Plzeň: Nava.
    23. KUNZ, V. 2012. Corporate social responsibility [in Czech: Společenská odpovědnost firem]. 1st Edition. Praha: Grada.
    24. LEUNG, T. and SNELL, R. 2017. Attraction or Distraction? Corporate Social Responsibility in Macao's Gambling Industry. Journal Of Business Ethics, 145(3): 637-658. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2890-z Go to original source...
    25. LOOSEMORE, M. and LIM, B. H. 2017. Linking corporate social responsibility and organizational performance in the construction industry. Construction Management & Economics, 35(3): 90-105. DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2016.1242762 Go to original source...
    26. LUO, J. M., CHAU, K. Y., SHEN, H. W., WANG, X. and LAM, C. F. 2017. Measuring Corporate Social Responsibility in Gambling Industry: Multi-Items Stakeholder Based Scales. Sustainability, 9: 11. Go to original source...
    27. MILTON DE SOUSA FILHO, J., WANDERLEY L. S. O., GÓMEZ, C. P. and FARACHE, F. 2010. Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Management for Competitive Advantage. BAR: Brazilian Administration Review. 7(3): 294-309 Go to original source...
    28. MIN, M., DESMOULINS-LEBEAULT, F. and ESPOSITO, M. 2017. Should pharmaceutical companies engage in corporate social responsibility?. Journal Of Management Development, 36(1): 58-70. DOI: 10.1108/JMD-09-2014-0103 Go to original source...
    29. MOCAN, M., RUS, S., DRAGHICI, A., IVASCU, L., and TURI, A. 2015. Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices on the Banking Industry in Romania. Procedia Economics and Finance, 23: 712-716. DOI: 10.1016/S2212-5671(15)00473-6 Go to original source...
    30. MPO ČR. 2015. Národní akční plán společenské odpovědnosti organizací v České republice. Strategický document. [Online]. Praha: MPO. Available at: http://narodniportal.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Aktualizovan%C3%BD-NAP-CSR-schv%C3%A1len%C3%BD-Vl%C3%A1dou-%C4%8CR.pdf [Accessed 2017, September 5].
    31. MPO ČR. 2017. Stavebnictví České republiky 2016. [Online]. Praha:MPO. Available at: https://www.mpo.cz/assets/cz/stavebnictvi-a-suroviny/informace-z-odvetvi/2017/3/Stavebnictvi-2016.pdf [Accessed 2017, October 22].
    32. NAKAMURA, E. 2016. Is Corporate Social Responsibility in Japanese Firms at the Theoretically Derived Achievable Level? An Analysis of CSR Inefficiency Using a Stochastic Frontier Model. Business & Society Review, 121(2): 271-295. DOI: 10.1111/basr.12088 Go to original source...
    33. OSAGIE, N. G. 2017. Corporate Social Responsibility and Profitability in Nigeria Telecommunication Industry: A Case Study of MTN Nigeria. Journal Of Entrepreneurship & Management, 6(2): 1-8.
    34. PEDRINI, M. and FERRI, L. M. 2011. Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility. An Exploratory Study of Strategy Integration and CSR Officers' Duty. Economia Aziendale Online, 2(2): 175-187.
    35. PERRAULT, E., and RIEFLIN, A. J. 2014. Like company, like self: a multilevel argument explaining firms' level of engagement in corporate social responsibility. Journal of General Management, 39(3), 39-57. DOI: 10.1177/030630701403900304 Go to original source...
    36. PETROVIC-LAZAREVIC, S. 2008. The development of corporate social responsibility in the Australian construction industry. Construction Management & Economics, 26(2): 93-101. DOI: 10.1080/01446190701819079 Go to original source...
    37. ROSZKOWSKA-MENKES, M. 2016. What Does CSR Really Stand For? An Analysis of Corporate Definitions of CSR in Poland. Research Papers Of The Wroclaw University Of Economics, 423: 94-106.
    38. SCHÜZ, M. 2012. Sustainable Corporate Responsibility - the Foundation of Successful Business in the New Millenium. Central European Business Review, 1(2): 7-15. DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.12 Go to original source...
    39. SKÝPALOVÁ, R. KUČEROVÁ, R. and BLAŠKOVÁ, V. 2016. Development of the Corporate Social Responsibility Concept in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Prague Economic Papers: Quarterly Journal of Economic Theory and Policy, 25(3): 287-303. DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.558 Go to original source...
    40. SRPOVÁ, J., KUNZ, V., and MÍSAŘ, J. 2012. Applying The Principles of CSR in Enterprises in The Czech Republic, [in Czech: Uplatňování principů CSR u podnikatelských subjektů v České republice]. Ekonomika a Management, 6(4): 1-14.
    41. STÁVKOVÁ, J. and DUFEK, J. 2004. Marketing research [in Czech: Marketingový výzkum]. Brno: MZLU v Brně.
    42. SVAZ PODNIKATELŮ VE STAVEBNICVTÍ V ČR. 2016. Stavebnictví v roce 2016. [Online]. Available at: http://www.sps.cz/RDS/_PDFDoc_2017/Tri-STAVEBNICTV%C3%8D%202016.pdf [Accessed 2017, October 22].
    43. VINTRÓ, C. and COMAJUNCOSA, J. 2010. Corporate social responsibility in the mining industry: Criteria and indicators [in Spanish: Responsabilidad social corporativa en la minería: Criterios e indicadores. Dyna, 77(161): 31-41.
    44. WITHISUPHAKORN, P. and JIRAPORN, P. 2016. The effect of firm maturity on corporate social responsibility (CSR): do older firms invest more in CSR? Applied Economics Letters, 23(4): 298-301. DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1071464 Go to original source...
    45. WU, M., and SHEN, C. 2013. Corporate social responsibility in the banking industry: Motives and financial performance. Journal of Banking and Finance, 37(9): 3529-3547. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.04.023 Go to original source...
    46. ZAHARIA, R. M. and GHENGHEA, M. 2011. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Romania's Case. Transformations. Business and Economics, 10(2): 730-740.
    47. ZHAO, Z., ZHAO, X., DAVIDSON, K. and ZUO, J. 2012. A corporate social responsibility indicator system for construction enterprises. Journal of Cleaner Production, 29-30: 277-289 Go to original source...

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY NC ND 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content