Linking business's gender and diversity practices with corporate citizenship: implications for Latin America
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| contents | Linking business's gender and diversity practices with corporate citizenship: implications for Latin America Sylvia Maxfield Administración y Contabilidad gender diversity women in business corporate social responsibility This article surveys reasons and methods for incorporating gender and diversitypractices within the broader framework of corporate social responsibility (CSR).The strength and details of the business case for a focus on gender and diversityshould vary with a companys profile. Recruiting and motivating to maximizeemployee productivity is a commonly understood aspect of the business case forpromoting diversity but increasingly companies also understand that diversitycan help grow sales and improve customer satisfaction, help risk managementand enhance creativity and flexibility in organizational processes leading to betterproblem-solving. In Latin America, while CSR practices are gaining ground,gender and diversity is not typically seen as a strong component. Instead corporateCSR tends to focus on community relations or environmental sustainability. Thearticle outlines aspects of the Latin American landscape suggesting strongpotential rewards for companies to pursue CSR by focusing more on gender anddiversity. 2007 artículo científico 1012-8255 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71603806 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=716 Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración application/pdf Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración (Perú) Num.38 |
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| spellingShingle | Linking business's gender and diversity practices with corporate citizenship: implications for Latin America Sylvia Maxfield Administración y Contabilidad gender diversity women in business corporate social responsibility Linking business's gender and diversity practices with corporate citizenship: implications for Latin America Sylvia Maxfield Administración y Contabilidad gender diversity women in business corporate social responsibility This article surveys reasons and methods for incorporating gender and diversitypractices within the broader framework of corporate social responsibility (CSR).The strength and details of the business case for a focus on gender and diversityshould vary with a companys profile. Recruiting and motivating to maximizeemployee productivity is a commonly understood aspect of the business case forpromoting diversity but increasingly companies also understand that diversitycan help grow sales and improve customer satisfaction, help risk managementand enhance creativity and flexibility in organizational processes leading to betterproblem-solving. In Latin America, while CSR practices are gaining ground,gender and diversity is not typically seen as a strong component. Instead corporateCSR tends to focus on community relations or environmental sustainability. Thearticle outlines aspects of the Latin American landscape suggesting strongpotential rewards for companies to pursue CSR by focusing more on gender anddiversity. 2007 artículo científico 1012-8255 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71603806 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=716 Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración application/pdf Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración (Perú) Num.38 |
| title | Linking business's gender and diversity practices with corporate citizenship: implications for Latin America |
| topic | Administración y Contabilidad gender diversity women in business corporate social responsibility |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71603806 |