Corporate social responsibility approaches in agribusiness
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https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2657Keywords:
corporate social responsibility, agribusiness, strategy, global value chainAbstract
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has various applications in manufacturing and service sectors. Still, the agricultural sector remains understudied in the academic literature. This paper aims to identify major CSR approaches which have been developed in agribusiness. A bibliometric technique was used to determine connections between articles indexed in Web of Science about CSR and agribusinesses. Based on the literature analysis results, four application approaches were determined: global value chain, environmental issues, regulation and international private standards and strategy. The study concludes that the link between CSR and agribusiness is a valuable research field, particularly with regard to compliance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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