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The progress towards sustainable development could be accelerated by the adoption of progressive technologies and the development of new “green” products. The anecdotal evidence suggests that the acceptance of these products is, in part, affected by the development and acceptance of new standards as well as by the management of standardization in firms. Yet, there is a lack of a clearly focused research agenda that would systematically address the management of standardization in firms – particularly from a sustainability perspective. This paper addresses this gap and develops a research framework that is organized in three areas—intrafirm capabilities (the role of standards in the development of firms’ capabilities in—and through—standardization-related activities), interorganizational relationships (the role of standards in the development of interorganizational relationships) and accountability (the role of standards for accountability in firms and supply chains). Each area provides a set of representative research questions for future research. The paper also aims to encourage scholars in the field to address standardization from a strategic perspective, to develop an understanding about the complex nature of the management of standardization and trace its economic and sustainability consequences.
Pavel Castka. The Role of Standards in the Development and Delivery of Sustainable Products: A Research Framework. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10461 .
AMA StylePavel Castka. The Role of Standards in the Development and Delivery of Sustainable Products: A Research Framework. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10461.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka. 2020. "The Role of Standards in the Development and Delivery of Sustainable Products: A Research Framework." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10461.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recently begun promoting the linkages between its standards and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, further research is needed to explore how ISO standards can serve as a platform for achieving the SDGs. In this paper, we discuss the interlinkage between ISO standards and SDG 2 (i.e., Zero hunger—End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture). We review the literature on a set of 77 ISO standards related to SDG 2 and study existing evidence pertinent to SDG 2 and its targets. Specifically, we review research in four key areas of interest: agricultural productivity of ISO certified firms, adoption of ISO standards amongst small scale producers, ISO standards development, and governance of standards. We found implicit evidence in the literature that ISO standards have the potential to contribute to two SDG 2 targets, namely targets 2.3 and 2.4. Some aspects of ISO standards, however, such as low levels of adoption amongst small scale farmers or a lack of multi-stakeholder standard development, contradict key aspects of the SDG agenda. We outline key areas for future research in the four areas of interest noted above.
Xiaoli Zhao; Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy. ISO Standards: A Platform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9332 .
AMA StyleXiaoli Zhao, Pavel Castka, Cory Searcy. ISO Standards: A Platform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9332.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiaoli Zhao; Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy. 2020. "ISO Standards: A Platform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9332.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the certification and auditing services of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS). The traditional approach to auditing—on-site visits—has been significantly curtailed, and it is unclear when, and under what conditions, it might resume in full. The purpose of this paper is to study the initial responses to COVID-19 of leading VSS—a group of 21 standards that are members of ISEAL, a global membership organization for VSS. This is a qualitative study, and data are collected from publicly-available sources (i.e., official announcements, policy amendments, derogations) in order to inductively analyze how individual VSS have adjusted their certification services in response to travel bans and lockdowns. The emphasis of the analysis was understanding the role of technologies in the VSS responses to the COVID-19 crisis. The findings demonstrate significant uptake of remote auditing and information and communications technology (ICT), even though that uptake is constrained by limiting conditions and it is not currently expected by VSS to extend beyond the crisis. Lessons learned from the crisis are discussed, and the potential for remote auditing during this period to encourage the adoption of more advanced technologies (such as artificial intelligence and satellite monitoring) in certification services is explored. A set of research questions to guide future work grounded in the analysis is also provided.
Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy; Sönke Fischer. Technology-enhanced Auditing in Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Impact of COVID-19. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1 .
AMA StylePavel Castka, Cory Searcy, Sönke Fischer. Technology-enhanced Auditing in Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Impact of COVID-19. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):1.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Cory Searcy; Sönke Fischer. 2020. "Technology-enhanced Auditing in Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Impact of COVID-19." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 1.
Ethical issues in non-financial auditing are increasingly under scrutiny and questions have been raised about the impartiality and independence of audits. Among many other problematic issues, firms have discretion to select their assurance providers and are also required to cover the cost of the audit. Previous literature highlighted several consequences of this competitive and client-driven environment. However, research has mainly focused on firm-level investigation of the consequences—in this paper, we enhance this research by also considering assurance providers. Our approach is grounded in legitimacy and institutional perspectives and we study how organizational motives and selection of assurance providers impact the benefits arising from the audit. In particular, we assume that firms select their assurance providers on the basis of audit strictness (substantial auditing) and market credibility (symbolic auditing) and we study the operational and market benefits that arise from the audit. Based on the data collected from 597 firms, we demonstrate that internal motives drive firms to be more likely to select assurance providers that offer audit strictness, while external motives drive firms to be more likely to select assurance providers that offer market credibility. The findings further show that assurance providers associated with auditing strictness have a stronger effect on operational benefits compared to assurance providers that offer market credibility. We also find that firms’ motives alone are important in driving the benefits achieved. These findings provide a basis for exploring the ethical implications of non-financial auditing.
Daniel Prajogo; Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy. Paymasters and Assurance Providers: Exploring Firms’ Discretion in Selecting Non-financial Auditors. Journal of Business Ethics 2020, 1 -17.
AMA StyleDaniel Prajogo, Pavel Castka, Cory Searcy. Paymasters and Assurance Providers: Exploring Firms’ Discretion in Selecting Non-financial Auditors. Journal of Business Ethics. 2020; ():1-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Prajogo; Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy. 2020. "Paymasters and Assurance Providers: Exploring Firms’ Discretion in Selecting Non-financial Auditors." Journal of Business Ethics , no. : 1-17.
Social and environmental audits (SEA) in supply chains prove to be difficult: costly, administratively challenging, retrospective and often lacking veracity and timeliness. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of technology (such as blockchain, satellite imaging and others) in improving the veracity and timeliness of SEA in supply chains. We develop conceptualizations of veracity and timeliness appropriate to the SEA context. We also link veracity and timeliness to key steps in the auditing process (data collection, recording and sharing, and analysis and interpretation) and explore technology’s role in these steps. We then contrast the traditional audit process to a technology-enhanced audit process and develop an organizing framework to generate a research agenda linking technology-enhanced auditing to veracity and timeliness of the audit process, and, in turn, enhancing social and environmental supply chain performance. The novelty and value of our work lie in its exploration of how technology-enhanced auditing relates to (1) issues related to scope/focus, firm motivations for SEA, and governance of the audit function, (2) three conditions under which the benefits of technology-enhanced audits are most likely, (3) the 4 V’s of data (volume, variety, velocity/timeliness and veracity); and (4) possible mechanisms by which veracity and timeliness affect social and environmental performance in the supply chain.
Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy; Jakki Mohr. Technology-enhanced auditing: Improving veracity and timeliness in social and environmental audits of supply chains. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 258, 120773 .
AMA StylePavel Castka, Cory Searcy, Jakki Mohr. Technology-enhanced auditing: Improving veracity and timeliness in social and environmental audits of supply chains. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 258 ():120773.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Cory Searcy; Jakki Mohr. 2020. "Technology-enhanced auditing: Improving veracity and timeliness in social and environmental audits of supply chains." Journal of Cleaner Production 258, no. : 120773.
Internationally, higher education establishments have faced strong institutional pressures to embrace socially responsible practices. The body of literature, which has offered the theoretical and conceptual guidance in this space, has been the work on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Taking an organisation‐centric perspective, this study aims to empirically examine the institutionalisation of CSR in six Malaysian universities. An in‐depth case study approach was utilised using the data from two external sources (an external measure of university research performance and university self‐reporting) as well as collecting data on side (interviews). Using qualitative and configurational analyses, a set of propositions about the institutionalisation of CSR in universities is formulated. The analysis depicts the pathways that lead to CSR outcomes.
Aminah Abdul Rahman; Pavel Castka; Tyron Love. Corporate social responsibility in higher education. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2019, 26, 916 -928.
AMA StyleAminah Abdul Rahman, Pavel Castka, Tyron Love. Corporate social responsibility in higher education. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2019; 26 (4):916-928.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAminah Abdul Rahman; Pavel Castka; Tyron Love. 2019. "Corporate social responsibility in higher education." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 26, no. 4: 916-928.
There are significant economic, environmental, social, and marketing issues that exist from the supply-side perspective in response to sustainability. This study examines New Zealand winegrowers in terms of their attitudes and behaviours towards wine tourism and sustainable wine production. A national survey was conducted at the end of 2015, which was the fourth such survey to be undertaken as part of a longitudinal study of wine tourism in New Zealand. This survey drew on issues of wine and biosecurity, climate change, and eco-labelling, as well as wine tourism. These issues were examined within the context of three key drivers of sustainability: the physical aspects of sustainable wine production, the internal drivers within wine businesses for the adoption of sustainable practices, and the external regulatory aspects that govern the adoption of sustainable wine production practices. The findings indicate that there were substantial concerns with the perceived value provided by both wine tourism and sustainable winegrowing practices. These concerns exist at both the firm level and with the governing bodies that are responsible for implementing sustainable winegrowing initiatives. Unless this perception of the value of sustainability within the New Zealand wine industry is altered in the future, it appears that there will continue to be an ongoing issue as to how sustainable winegrowing initiatives are implemented.
Tim Baird; C. Michael Hall; Pavel Castka. New Zealand Winegrowers Attitudes and Behaviours towards Wine Tourism and Sustainable Winegrowing. Sustainability 2018, 10, 797 .
AMA StyleTim Baird, C. Michael Hall, Pavel Castka. New Zealand Winegrowers Attitudes and Behaviours towards Wine Tourism and Sustainable Winegrowing. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (3):797.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTim Baird; C. Michael Hall; Pavel Castka. 2018. "New Zealand Winegrowers Attitudes and Behaviours towards Wine Tourism and Sustainable Winegrowing." Sustainability 10, no. 3: 797.
The ISO 26000 guidance standard for social responsibility represents an important instrument in managing social responsibility in organizations. However, studies of the adoption of ISO 26000 have been conceptual so far, and little is known about future adoption patterns. In this study, we provide insights into the type of adopting organization, geographical adoption and adoption challenges at the firm level, as well as discussing the importance of ISO 26000 in the context of other voluntary standards for social responsibility. We gathered the data from experts who developed ISO 26000. We have also identified differences, especially related to adoption of ISO 26000 in the developing world and to specific challenges of firm level adoption. By drawing parallels with existing literature on voluntary standards, managers and policy makers will understand the areas of overlap with existing standards as well as challenges specific to ISO 26000.
Michaela Balzarova; Pavel Castka. Social responsibility: Experts’ viewpoints on adoption of the ISO 26000 standard. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2018, 25, 819 -824.
AMA StyleMichaela Balzarova, Pavel Castka. Social responsibility: Experts’ viewpoints on adoption of the ISO 26000 standard. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2018; 25 (5):819-824.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichaela Balzarova; Pavel Castka. 2018. "Social responsibility: Experts’ viewpoints on adoption of the ISO 26000 standard." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 25, no. 5: 819-824.
Pavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. An exploration of interventions in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification context – A multiple case study approach. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 174, 1642 -1652.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Michaela A. Balzarova. An exploration of interventions in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification context – A multiple case study approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 174 ():1642-1652.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. 2018. "An exploration of interventions in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification context – A multiple case study approach." Journal of Cleaner Production 174, no. : 1642-1652.
Voluntary certifications, such as Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) in the forestry sector, are used to manage sustainable and socially responsible practices in firms. Even though the certifications are based on standards, it has been reported that adopting firms are nothing but a homogeneous cohort of adopters and in fact differ in their approaches to the certification. In this paper, we conceptualize firms’ approach to certification and link the approaches to various aspects of certification. Using an inductive approach and deriving our data from multiple case studies from forestry FSC certification, we argue that firms’ approach to certification is explained by their development of absorptive capacity, alignment of their organizational routines and their engagement in negotiations with FSC. We also argue that these approaches affect firm’s benefits from certification, their level of adherence to the requirements of the certification and their likelihood to withdraw from the certification. We discuss our findings in view of the literature on absorptive capacity, institutional literature and the literature on collective action and also discuss the implications of the study to voluntary certification literature in general.
Kathryn Bowler; Pavel Castka; Michaela Balzarova. Understanding Firms’ Approaches to Voluntary Certification: Evidence from Multiple Case Studies in FSC Certification. Journal of Business Ethics 2015, 145, 441 -456.
AMA StyleKathryn Bowler, Pavel Castka, Michaela Balzarova. Understanding Firms’ Approaches to Voluntary Certification: Evidence from Multiple Case Studies in FSC Certification. Journal of Business Ethics. 2015; 145 (2):441-456.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKathryn Bowler; Pavel Castka; Michaela Balzarova. 2015. "Understanding Firms’ Approaches to Voluntary Certification: Evidence from Multiple Case Studies in FSC Certification." Journal of Business Ethics 145, no. 2: 441-456.
Delete the following note under Table 2: The entry “n/a” in the correlation table indicates that the combined variable “third party audits and verifiers accredited” is never used in the same analysis as the separate variables “third-party audits” and “verifiers accredited.”
Pavel Castka; Charles J. Corbett. Erratum to: Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage. Journal of Business Ethics 2015, 135, 401 -401.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Charles J. Corbett. Erratum to: Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage. Journal of Business Ethics. 2015; 135 (2):401-401.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Charles J. Corbett. 2015. "Erratum to: Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage." Journal of Business Ethics 135, no. 2: 401-401.
“Eco-labels” are an increasingly important form of private regulation for sustainability in areas such as carbon emissions, water consumption, ethical sourcing, or organic produce. The growing interest and popularity of eco-labels has also been coupled with growing concerns about their credibility, in part because the standard-setting and conformity assessment practices that eco-labels adopt exhibit striking differences. In this paper, we assess which assurance practices contribute to eco-labels being perceived as better governed, in the eyes of experts as well as the media. Unlike previous studies, which are mostly conceptual, qualitative, or focused on one or few eco-labels, we study a large set of eco-labels, combining data from three different sources. Our findings suggest that experts and media are primarily concerned about “re-assurance” practices, looking for one or preferably multiple layers of “re-assurance” that independent parties are overseeing the eco-label and the firms certified under it.
Pavel Castka; Charles J. Corbett. Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage. Journal of Business Ethics 2014, 135, 309 -326.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Charles J. Corbett. Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage. Journal of Business Ethics. 2014; 135 (2):309-326.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Charles J. Corbett. 2014. "Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage." Journal of Business Ethics 135, no. 2: 309-326.
Independent third party certification has been proposed as a governance mechanism to control for unobservable practices of firms, such as green practices. Although showing some promise, it has been also argued that the challenge of independent third party certification is to force firms to embrace certifications in substance (hence to internalize the certifications in daily practice) not only to adopt certifications in a symbolic manner. This paper investigates whether the pressure from secondary stakeholders can assist with this challenge. We study this problem in the context of ISO 14001 certification. Based on a study of a sample of 328 Australian and New Zealand firms, we found that ISO 14001 certificate is being accepted by secondary stakeholders as a sufficient signal of firms' environmental efforts. In other words, firms, which experience pressure from secondary stakeholders to adopt the standard, find reputational benefits from the mere fact that they are certified. At the same time, the study also shows that the pressure from secondary stakeholders is not contributing to the internalization of ISO 14001. Firms do not put extra effort into the management of their environmental systems just because they experience stakeholders' pressure to get certified. In line with the findings from other studies, we found that firms that internalize ISO 14001 do also report environmental benefits such as reduced pollution or reduced energy consumption yet the pressure from secondary stakeholders is not contributing to such improvements.
Pavel Castka; Daniel Prajogo. The effect of pressure from secondary stakeholders on the internalization of ISO 14001. Journal of Cleaner Production 2013, 47, 245 -252.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Daniel Prajogo. The effect of pressure from secondary stakeholders on the internalization of ISO 14001. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2013; 47 ():245-252.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Daniel Prajogo. 2013. "The effect of pressure from secondary stakeholders on the internalization of ISO 14001." Journal of Cleaner Production 47, no. : 245-252.
Pavel Castka; Charles J. Corbett. Management Systems Standards: Diffusion, Impact and Governance of ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and Other Management Standards. Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management 2013, 7, 161 -379.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Charles J. Corbett. Management Systems Standards: Diffusion, Impact and Governance of ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and Other Management Standards. Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management. 2013; 7 (3-4):161-379.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Charles J. Corbett. 2013. "Management Systems Standards: Diffusion, Impact and Governance of ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and Other Management Standards." Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management 7, no. 3-4: 161-379.
We present an empirical investigation on how multiple stakeholders can influence and contribute to a standard development process. Based on the analysis of comments submitted by stakeholders developing ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility, we found no significant differences between the ratio of accepted and non-accepted comments among various stakeholder groups; however, we conclude that industry is the most influential stakeholder due to the volume of the comments. We also present a set of processes that stakeholders follow to influence and contribute to standards development, namely to (1) eliminate issues that are controversial and undesirable; (2) link and integrate the standard into a network of other documents and ISO standards; (3) seek consensus by highlighting areas for further dialogue or by addressing their exclusion from the standards development, (4) reinforce issues that are important; and (5) improve the content of the new standard. In conclusion, we provide a set of propositions about multi-stakeholder standards development and compare multi-stakeholder involvement in standards developed through a new committee established in existing standards setting organization [i.e., Committees within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)] and through new standards setting organizations established for one specific task (i.e., Forest Stewardship Council). We envisage that our study will be a useful platform to monitor and evaluate future developments of ISO 26000 and other multi-stakeholder standards.
Michaela A. Balzarova; Pavel Castka. Stakeholders’ Influence and Contribution to Social Standards Development: The Case of Multiple Stakeholder Approach to ISO 26000 Development. Journal of Business Ethics 2012, 111, 265 -279.
AMA StyleMichaela A. Balzarova, Pavel Castka. Stakeholders’ Influence and Contribution to Social Standards Development: The Case of Multiple Stakeholder Approach to ISO 26000 Development. Journal of Business Ethics. 2012; 111 (2):265-279.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichaela A. Balzarova; Pavel Castka. 2012. "Stakeholders’ Influence and Contribution to Social Standards Development: The Case of Multiple Stakeholder Approach to ISO 26000 Development." Journal of Business Ethics 111, no. 2: 265-279.
The field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown exponentially in the last decade and is gradually becoming a global trend. Companies are now expected to take explicitly into account all aspects of their performance, i.e., not just their financial results, but also their social and environmental performance. Therefore more organizations are now engaged in serious efforts to define and integrate CSR into all aspects of their businesses. The aim of our study is to understand this trend in Malaysia and specifically to investigate (i) The status of CSR in Malaysia; (ii) Different CSR practices in Malaysia; and (iii) Future diffusion of CSR in Malaysia. To answer these questions, we have conducted interviews with Malaysian leading experts in CSR. Our results suggests that the key issues in the journey toward wider diffusion and acceptance of CSR in Malaysia include current confusion over the meaning of CSR, the prevalent use of CSR as a PR tool, mandatory versus voluntary CSR and the role the National Mirror Committee of ISO/TMB/WG SR in this process. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
Jye Y. Lu; Pavel Castka. Corporate social responsibility in Malaysia - experts' views and perspectives. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2009, 16, 146 -154.
AMA StyleJye Y. Lu, Pavel Castka. Corporate social responsibility in Malaysia - experts' views and perspectives. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2009; 16 (3):146-154.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJye Y. Lu; Pavel Castka. 2009. "Corporate social responsibility in Malaysia - experts' views and perspectives." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 16, no. 3: 146-154.
In this paper we aim to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the maintenance of ISO 14001. Initially, we looked into the Hillary's [Hillary R. Evaluation of study reports on the barriers, opportunities and drivers for small and medium sized enterprises – the adoption of environmental management systems. Report for DTI Envirodoctorate 5th October, 1999. London: NEMA; 1999] evaluation study on barriers, opportunities and drivers for small and medium enterprises that adopted environmental management systems and we developed a comprehensive list of barriers identified in the literature. We have used this set of barriers to investigate the underlying mechanisms in the maintenance of ISO 14001 environmental management system through an in-depth longitudinal case study in manufacturing organisations. We have determined five underlying processes (transforming and value adding; administrating and improving; understanding and accepting; communicating and learning; availability of resources) and five key actors (external environment; environmental management team; ISO 14001 EMS; organisation; resources and skills), which interactions are captured in M-ISO model. Finally, based on our study we offer directions for future research.
Michaela A. Balzarova; Pavel Castka. Underlying mechanisms in the maintenance of ISO 14001 environmental management system. Journal of Cleaner Production 2008, 16, 1949 -1957.
AMA StyleMichaela A. Balzarova, Pavel Castka. Underlying mechanisms in the maintenance of ISO 14001 environmental management system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2008; 16 (18):1949-1957.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichaela A. Balzarova; Pavel Castka. 2008. "Underlying mechanisms in the maintenance of ISO 14001 environmental management system." Journal of Cleaner Production 16, no. 18: 1949-1957.
Pavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. Social responsibility standardization: Guidance or reinforcement through certification? Human Systems Management 2008, 27, 231 -242.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Michaela A. Balzarova. Social responsibility standardization: Guidance or reinforcement through certification? Human Systems Management. 2008; 27 (3):231-242.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. 2008. "Social responsibility standardization: Guidance or reinforcement through certification?" Human Systems Management 27, no. 3: 231-242.
Following a growing interest in corporate social responsibility, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced plans for development of the ISO 26000—guidance standard for social responsibility. Despite initial signals that ISO 26000 will be built on the intellectual and practical infrastructure of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000, the Advisory Group on Social Responsibility set a different direction: a guidance standard and not a specification standard against which conformity can be assessed. This paper aims to investigate what views ISO member body delegations and invited participants in international standardisation of social responsibility had about the divergence from the meta-standard approach towards a guidance standard. To answer the research question, the discussions at the ISO International Conference on Social Responsibility, where ISO member body delegations and approximately 40 invited organisations commented on this matter, have been analysed. As a result of this understanding, not only will insight into the first steps of standardisation of social responsibility be provided, but it will also shed light on the perception of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 that are held by standard developers.
Pavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. The impact of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 on standardisation of social responsibility—an inside perspective. International Journal of Production Economics 2008, 113, 74 -87.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Michaela A. Balzarova. The impact of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 on standardisation of social responsibility—an inside perspective. International Journal of Production Economics. 2008; 113 (1):74-87.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. 2008. "The impact of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 on standardisation of social responsibility—an inside perspective." International Journal of Production Economics 113, no. 1: 74-87.
Pavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. Adoption of social responsibility through the expansion of existing management systems. Industrial Management & Data Systems 2008, 108, 297 -309.
AMA StylePavel Castka, Michaela A. Balzarova. Adoption of social responsibility through the expansion of existing management systems. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 2008; 108 (3):297-309.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Castka; Michaela A. Balzarova. 2008. "Adoption of social responsibility through the expansion of existing management systems." Industrial Management & Data Systems 108, no. 3: 297-309.