Original scientific paper
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN A COMPANY IS “THE BEST PLACE TO WORK”: ELICA GROUP, THE HI-LIFE COMPANY
Mara Del Baldo
Abstract
The purpose of the work is to examine the relationship
between Corporate Social Responsibility policies,
and Human Resource Management, particularly
focusing on Corporate Family Responsibility. How do
CSR practices impact on employees, their work, and
their family life? How effective are these practices
and how can they positively impact on the difficult
“work-life balance”? With the aim to answer to these
questions, the study combines the deductive and inductive
approach. After presenting the theoretical
framework, the second part of the paper analyzes
the case of Elica Group, a large, multinational Italian
family company that has been named one of the
“best places to work” in the national and European
contexts. The points of reflection that emerge from
this study are centered on the factors that induce the
company to adopt such policies, and the factors that
impact their effectiveness. The results reveal that a
robust ethical foundation on the parts of the company’s
founder and of its management, as well as
their commitment to sharing values and objectives
with the entire organization, are keys to Elica’s success
based on a holistic development (economic, social
and environmental development).
Keywords
corporate social responsibility; corporate family responsibility; employee; ethical orientation; family-work balance; holistic development; human resource management
Hrčak ID:
133129
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2013.
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