Submitted by (edna.saturno@ufrpe.br) on 2016-05-18T11:41:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana Dornelas de Luna.pdf: 2244772 bytes, checksum: d4b296d49bb202cc40eae14b0184a99a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-18T11:41:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana Dornelas de Luna.pdf: 2244772 bytes, checksum: d4b296d49bb202cc40eae14b0184a99a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-25 / The reverse logistics can be defined as the logistics actives of collection, dismantling and processes of products and materials in order to ensure a sustainable recovery or disposal. Due to laws regulating the sector of chemical industry, it is supervised and held accountable for their waste generated. Thus highlighting the need for the study of reverse logistic as a means to organize the sector and bring it to the laws. The theme of this work due to the need to investigate the processes and difficulties in returning the packaging of pesticides, after using the product. This work has as main objective to analyze the process of returning the empty pesticide containers at the mills in the Zona Mata of Pernambuco, the involvement of actors and their participation in the process of returning the empty pesticide containers, and to investigate the final destination (recycling, incineration and discard) the packaging of pesticides, and check the environmental perception. Our universe was composed of 18 sugar and alcohol of the state of Pernambuco associated Arpan (Association of Dealers of agricultural Products in Northeast).Exploratory research / descriptively designed to provide greater familiarity with the problem. The work was divided into two stages of ways to approach different, though complementary. Qualitative and quantitative approach, so to obtain the primary data, applied a questionnaire with closed questions in a direct way with 20 questions, divided into two parts, one on reverse logistic of packaging and another on social and environmental responsibility. After classification and categorization of information, we proceeded to a quantitative data analysis using the following techniques: frequency distribution and correlation of Spearman (non parametric) that enable visualization and clarity of the information collected, because the various correlations significant. Considering the results presented come to some conclusions as is necessary for companies to improve their employees, suppliers, vendors and consumers, showing its importance, and it deserves attention within the organization. Many companies engage in reverse logistics mainly due to government regulation or legal pressure from environmental agencies. In companies is well organized an paid. We conclude the need for further study that can develop or adapt models or programs to collect these packages in order to benefit all involved the chain of reverse logistics in the region. / A logística reversa pode ser definida como, as atividades logísticas de coleta, desmonte e processos de produtos e materiais, a fim de assegurar uma recuperação ou destinação sustentável. Devido às legislações que regula o setor da indústria química, o mesmo é responsabilizado e fiscalizado pelos seus resíduos gerados. Trazendo assim a necessidade do estudo da logística reversa como meio de organizar o setor e adequá-lo às legislações. A escolha do tema deste trabalho se deu devido à necessidade de investigar os processos e os entraves na devolução das embalagens de agrotóxico, após utilização do produto. Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo analisar o processo de devolução das embalagens de agrotóxicos nas usinas da Zona da Mata de Pernambuco, o envolvimento dos atores e sua participação no processo de devolução das embalagens de agrotóxicos, bem como investigar o destino final (reciclagem, incineração e descarte) das embalagens de agrotóxicos, além de verificar a percepção ambiental. Nosso universo foi constituído de 18 Usinas de Açúcar e Alcool do Estado de Pernambuco associado à Arpan (Associação dos Revendedores de Produtos Agropecuários do Nordeste). Pesquisa exploratória /descritiva que visa proporcionar maior familiaridade com o problema. O trabalho foi dividido em duas etapas de formas de abordagem diferentes, entretanto complementares. Abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa, sendo assim para obtenção dos dados primários, foi aplicado questionário, com questões fechadas de forma direta contendo 20 questões, dividido em duas partes, uma sobre logística reversa das embalagens e outra sobre responsabilidade sócio-ambiental. Após classificação e categorização das informações, procedeu-se a uma análise quantitativa dos dados utilizando-se das seguintes técnicas: distribuição de freqüência e a correlação de Sperman (não-paramétrico) o que possibilitou visualização e maior clareza das informações coletadas, devido as varias correlações significativas. Diante dos resultados apresentados chegamos a algumas conclusões como: é necessário que as empresas melhorarem seus processos reversos, tornando pública a importância da logística reversa, divulgando-a entre seus funcionários, fornecedores, vendedores e consumidores, mostrando sua a importância, e por que merece atenção dentro da organização empresarial. Muitas empresas praticam a logística reversa principalmente devido às regulamentações do governo ou pressão legal de órgãos ambientais. Em empresas em que a prática da logística reversa estar associada a ganhos econômicos, a cadeia é bem organizada e remunerada. Concluímos a necessidade de um estudo mais aprofundado que possa elaborar ou mesmo adequar modelos ou programas de coletas dessas embalagens de forma a beneficiar todos os envolvidos na cadeia de logística reversa da região.

Submitted by (edna.saturno@ufrpe.br) on 2016-06-10T12:12:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Viviane da Silva Souza.pdf: 2312715 bytes, checksum: de6e14eae9709e91835ad475f1a1ddd5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-10T12:12:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Viviane da Silva Souza.pdf: 2312715 bytes, checksum: de6e14eae9709e91835ad475f1a1ddd5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-10 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Sector of Hotels Farm is one of the most promising economic sectors for exploration of nature with minimal environmental impact. Allied to this, society as a whole has become more sensitive to aspects of sustainability of companies charging an ethical attitude towards their customers. In this context, the present work reports a field study, conducted with the Farm Hotels located in the Agreste of Pernambuco region. Aimed to map and analyse the social and environmental responsibility strategies used by hotels surveyed Farm and from there build a model for measuring efficiency through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and classification by means of the tool ELECTRE TRI. Also, we attempted to collect data to know the perception of guests over sustainable practices Hotels Farm. As a result the ELECTRE TRI allocated each hotel in a range of five ordered categories and it was observed that 50% of the hotels studied were classified into intermediate categories, indicating that integrated sustainability practices in these cases are conducted in incipient form. DEA already generated as a result there is a difference regarding the effectiveness of sustainable hotels, where three had scores of efficiency (100%) and was inefficient. However, no change of scenery when you change the inputs and outputs of the overall assessment. Finally, most of the guests offered to pay more for sustainable service. However, when they are hosted, are less sensitive to aspects of environmental responsibility practiced by Farm Hotels. / O setor de Hotéis-Fazenda é um dos segmentos econômicos mais promissores para exploração da natureza com o mínimo impacto ambiental possível. Aliado a isso, a sociedade como um todo se tornou mais sensível aos aspectos da sustentabilidade, cobrando das empresas uma postura ética perante seus consumidores. Neste contexto, a presente dissertação relata uma pesquisa de campo, realizada junto a seis Hotéis-Fazenda localizados na Região do Agreste de Pernambuco. Objetivou mapear e analisar as estratégias de responsabilidade socioambientais utilizadas pelos Hotéis-Fazenda pesquisados a partir da medição de eficiência através da Análise por Envoltória de Dados (DEA) e classificação por meio da ferramenta ELECTRE TRI. Também, buscou-se coletar dados para saber a percepção dos hóspedes em relação às práticas sustentáveis dos Hotéis-Fazenda. Como resultado, o ELECTRE TRI alocou cada um dos hotéis em um range de cinco categorias ordenadas e observou-se que 50% dos hotéis estudados foram classificados em categorias intermediárias, indicando que as práticas integradas de sustentabilidade nestes casos são conduzidas de forma incipiente. Já DEA gerou como resultado que há diferença em relação à eficiência sustentável dos hotéis, onde três tiveram scores de eficiência (100%) e um foi ineficiente. Entretanto, há modificação de cenário quando se altera os inputs e outputs da avaliação geral. Por fim, a maioria dos hóspedes se propôs pagar mais caro por um serviço sustentável. Porém, quando estão hospedados, são pouco sensíveis aos aspectos da responsabilidade socioambiental praticadas pelos Hotéis – Fazenda.

presente pesquisa se propõe a analisar informações de hóspedes sobre meio ambiente, considerando a seguinte pergunta: a variável ambiental é contemplada na escolha do meio de hospedagem e do destino turístico? Para tal foram selecionados dois meios de hospedagem: o primeiro localizado na cidade de Canela e o segundo no município de Caxias do Sul. Como objetivos específicos desta pesquisa, podem ser citados, verificar: a) o perfil dos hóspedes dos dois meios de hospedagem; b) como o hóspede obtém informações sobre os municípios e meios de hospedagem; c) o conhecimento dos hóspedes sobre o saneamento básico do município de origem e da destinação turística; d) ocorrência de separação dos resíduos pelos hóspedes em sua residência e no meio de hospedagem; e) se o saneamento básico é fator de escolha do meio de hospedagem pelos hóspedes; f) se práticas ambientais é fator de escolha dos meios de hospedagem pelos hóspedes; g) se o hóspede tem compromisso com o meio ambiente e h) se os meios de hospedagem devem ter compromisso com o meio ambiente. Para atender aos objetivos propostos por este estudo, foram aplicados questionários nos dois meios de hospedagem, durante dois períodos distintos, alta e baixa estação, respeitando o calendário turístico de cada município. A primeira parte do questionário está relacionada às perguntas sobre dados pessoais dos hóspedes: a) idade; b)gênero; c) escolaridade; d) motivos da viagem; e) município de origem; f) informação sobre responsabilidade ambiental e g) como obteve informações do município e do meio de hospedagem visitado. Na segunda parte do questionário, intitulado Motivos para escolha do destino turístico e dos meios de hospedagem , foram utilizadas questões que buscam identificar motivações e percepções dos hóspedes em relação à variável ambiental. Essa parte contemplou situações como: a) informações sobre o conhecimento da situação de saneamento básico (água de abastecimento, resíduos sólidos e tratamento de esgoto) do município de origem dos hóspedes; b) informações sobre o conhecimento da situação de saneamento básico do destino turístico; c) informações sobre a separação dos resíduos sólidos em casa e nos meios de hospedagem; d) informações sobre o saneamento básico (água de abastecimento, resíduos sólidos e tratamento de esgoto) e práticas ambientais serem fatores decisivos na escolha do destino turístico e e) informações sobre o compromisso do hóspede e dos meios de hospedagem com a preservação do meio ambiente. Os resultados permitem concluir que os hóspedes manifestam interesse pelas relações entre turismo, meio de hospedagem e meio ambiente. Porém, há ainda uma lacuna nas informações dos mesmos sobre a situação ambiental dos destinos turísticos e meios de hospedagem. Cabe destacar que o papel do hóspede é importante na tomada de decisão dos gestores, interferindo na adoção de práticas ambientais no âmbito dos meios de hospedagem. / This research wants to study the relation between the guests´ behaviour and the environment, regarding the next question: Is the environmental variable regarded in the choice of the hotel and the touristic destinations? To this, two hotels were selected, the first located in the Canela city, and the second in the Caxias do Sul city. In this research the specifics purposes are: a) the guests profile in the both hotels; b) how the guest gets information about the cities and the hotels; c) the guests´ knowledge about the hometown´s and touristic destination´s health measures; d) the occurrence of waste separation by the guest at their houses and at the hotel; e) if the health measures is factor of choice of the hotel by the guests; f) if environmental practices is factor of choice of the hotel by the guests; g) if the guests have a commitment with the environment and h) if the hotels should have a commitment with the environment. To attend the purposes of this study, questionnaires were applied with the guests of the two hotels during two different periods, high and low season, respecting the hotels touristic calendar. The questionnaire have two parts: the first with questions about the personal information, where are contemplated data like: a) age; b) gender; c) instruction; d) the motivation to travel; e) the hometown; f) information about environmental responsibility and g) how the tourist gets information about the city and the hotel visited. In the second part entitled Motivations in the choice of the Touristic Destination and the Hotels questions intent to identify guests´ motivations and perceptions in relation to environmental variable. This part regarded situations like: a) information about the knowledge of the guests hometown health measures situation (supply water, waste and sewerage treatment); b) information about the knowledge of the touristic destination health measures situation; c) information about the waste separation at home and at the hotel; d) information if the health measures and environmental practices are important factors to the choice of the touristic destination and e) information about guests and hotels engagement with environmental preservation. The results allow to conclude that the guests show interest about the relations between the tourism, the hotels and the environment. However, there is a lacuna in the information about the environmental situation of the touristic destinations and the hotels. It is noted that the guest role is important in the make decision of managers, interfering in the adoption of environmental practices in the hotels scope.

Esta pesquisa objetiva conhecer o papel da comunicação no embate entre empresa/comunidades, observando se as práticas comunicativas de responsabilidade socioambiental empreendidas por empresas, junto a trabalhadores e comunidades, geram transformação ou manutenção do status quo e como os valores organizacionais são (re) significados fora dos muros da organização. Para tal, foi feito o estudo de caso da relação de uma empresa multinacional com seus públicos de interesse, por meio da análise de materiais públicos da corporação, disponíveis em seu site, e entrevistas com roteiros semi-estruturados junto a trabalhadores, líderes e população da cidade de Divinópolis, em Minas Gerais, onde há uma unidade da organização. A pesquisa observou que a gestão da comunicação integrada empreendida pela empresa gera resultados positivos para sua marca e estreita os laços com seus públicos, no entanto, apesar das transformações que as ações sociais e ambientais promovem, a realidade de desigualdade social e precarização do mundo do trabalho se mantém. Com base nestas considerações, observou-se que ainda são muitos os desafios, para que o profissional da comunicação exerça sua função social na mediação da relação empresa/comunidade. / This research intends to know the paper of the communication in the relationship between the company and the community, being observed the communicative practices of environmental responsibility undertaken by companies, close to workers and communities, generate transformation or maintenance of the status quo and as the organizational values they are meant out of the walls of the organization. For such, it was made the study of case of the relationship of a multinational company with their publics of interest, through the analysis of public materials of the corporation, available in its site, and interviews semi-structured with workers, leaders and population of the city of Divinópolis, in Minas Gerais, where there is an unit of the organization. The research observed that the administration of the integrated communication undertaken by the company generates positive results for its mark and it narrows the bows with their publics, however, in spite of the transformations that the social and environmental actions promote, the reality of social inequality and washout of the works world stays. Based in these considerations, it was still observed that are many the challenges, so that the communication professional exercises his/her social function in the mediation of the relationship company / community.

This thesis answers the research question: How do corporate social and environmental responsibilities (CSER) affect global IT outsourcing (GITO)? In answering this question we identified seven key trends that are directing CSER in GITO. We found that CSER in outsourcing is new and relevant, with growing interest from outsourcing providers and buyers. CSER will be driven by consumer concerns and employee expectations, which are particularly relevant for outsourcing buyers with a consumer oriented product or service, such as banks or retail organisations. The need to attract and retain employees will increase the need for CSER at outsource providers. Similarly, CSER is important to an organisation's brand reputation with consumers, employees and other stakeholders such as investors. Within CSER, environmental topics are a growing issue: the need to reduce power consumption and thereby reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from carbon-based power production. We learned of 'green-washing', the need to be suspicious of CSER claims that cannot be fully validated. This led us, and others, to suggest that due diligence is required to counter possible in-authentic CSER by GITO providers. As a method of validating CSER claims, we propose using global standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative and ISO 26000 when examining CSER at outsource providers. We examined CSER from a strategic perspective, to understand if CSER provides a long-term advantage to outsource providers. Directed by the research data and theoretical frameworks, we proposed a model of strategic and responsive CSER suggested by Porter and Kramer (2006). Responsive CSER describes the set of basic requirements that have become 'table-stakes' for GITO providers. Strategic CSER distinguishes outsource providers by providing long-term benefits that are not easily copied by competitors. By applying the strategic/responsive CSER model for GITO in a case study we developed a model that provides guidance to outsource buyers and their providers on when and how to share and collaborate on CSER projects. The key contribution of this research is a model that describes the characteristics for buyers and providers to collaborate on CSER projects to build trust in the outsourcing relationship and to create shared benefits for both parties and to society or the environment. This research applies the Porter and Kramer model to an outsourcing relationship to understand how CSER can be used to improve GITO.

This paper examines the hitherto neglected conservation movement in British Columbia after the Second World War. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the British Columbia Natural Resources Conference (BCNRC) and Roderick Haig-Brown were the province's most vocal and authoritative proponents of natural resource conservation. The BCNRC (1948-1970) held roughly annual conferences of leading bureaucrats, industry administrators and academics, who promoted scientific research and proposed resource management policies. Haig-Brown (d. 1976) was a well-known fishing writer and vocal conservationist who attended most of the conferences up to 1961 and wrote a popular book on natural resources for the BCNRC. Their activities generated public awareness of and concern for conservation during a period of rapidly expanding resource extraction. Although the common goal of prudent and rational resource use united Haig-Brown and the conference's managerial elite in the immediate postwar period, their conservation philosophies increasingly diverged after 1961. The ideals they articulated were rooted in the changing discourse about nature, which was deeply influenced in this period by the emerging science of ecology. However, ecological concepts led Haig-Brown and the BCNRC to different conclusions about how to deal with increasing resource use and environmental degradation. While the conference used ecology and economics to justify a regime of scientific resource management, Haig-Brown developed a critique of resource development based on humans' ethical responsibility for maintaining the integrity of ecosystems. This rift in conservation thought, and the public debate these conservationists generated, presaged the rise of environmentalism in the late 1960s. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate

Although businesses have extended their efforts towards addressing their environmental responsibilities, there are still substantial gaps, especially in their approach to biodiversity loss. It is one of the biggest threats to humankind and corporate activities are known to contribute substantially to the deterioration of ecosystems which makes these omissions particularly worrisome. The voluntary global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework has the potential to bring about the transformative change needed to improve biodiversity reporting (BDR), but this connection is rather understudied. This work therefore wants to bridge this literature gap by exploring the role SDGs 14 and 15 play in biodiversity reporting. To that end, the sustainability reports of large German companies were evaluated. A mixed-method approach was applied consisting of statistical testing an assumed association between using SDGs and the quality of BDR and a content analysis of SDG and BDR practices. One main finding is, that increased utilisation of SDG 14 and/or 15 goes hand in hand with better BDR but developed independently and rather as a result of increased biodiversity awareness within corporations. This might be the result of a combination of normative and coercive pressure. The second main finding is that overall, there are tendencies to integrate SDG 14/and or 15 but those are marginal, far from the transformational change needed and overshadowed by misleading reporting practices that fall under the greenwashing umbrella. These findings contribute to our understanding of voluntary frameworks like the SDGs on corporate governance by highlighting how they are currently underutilised.

Numerous management scholars argue that management theory is anthropocentric and considers humans as being separate from the environment. Further anthropocentrism does not enable theory and organisations to contribute to sustainable development. To counter this it is argued theory and organisations should embrace an environmental paradigm that does not separate humans and the environment. This exploratory research attempts to identify whether any organisations operate with an environmental paradigm. The research questions focus on paradigms and some of the tensions surrounding the human-environment debate, such as; sufficiency versus profit maximisation and quoted status, money as a means or an end and notions of boundaries between the organisation and the environment. The questions are explored with individuals from 23 environmentally focused, primarily for profit, organisations. The results indicate that the organisations operate with an environmental paradigm, do not perceive of boundaries between the organisation and the environment, do not pursue profit maximisation, can demonstrate sufficiency, view money as a means rather than an end and do not have a favourable view of quoted status. Furthermore, the interviewees do not separate their world into two realms, one social and one natural. Narratives that arise include the organisations operating to a mode of mission and money and that an aphorism of “altruistically selfish and selfishly altruistic” (Maturana & Varela, 1998:197) can be applied. In short, the results indicate some challenges to conventional management theory, in particular strategy and competitive advantage, and that the organisations interviewed could help to, some extent, enable sustainable development. To close, the hope of this study it that its narratives and the conceptual tool it has prompted, provide succour to students and managers who want to develop a ‘future normal’ of theories and organisations that better enable sustainability.

This is a quantitative case study in which attitudes towards Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) among management students at Udayana University in Denpasar on the island of Bali in Indonesia, have been investigated. The aim of the study is to investigate the attitudes towards CER among future business leaders in Bali. In the study, 199 students have answered a questionnaire to map out the students' attitudes, perceived control, subjective norms and intentions towards CER. These variables are part of Ajzen's Theory of planned behavior, whose goal is to measure an individual's intentions to predict behaviors. The result of the study showed that the students have a very positive attitude towards CER. The collected data indicates that the students feel that they would have the control to implement sustainable practices at their future employers, that people close to them expect them to do so and that the students have intentions to implement environmentally friendly measures at their future workplace. / Detta är en kvantitativ fallstudie där attityder mot Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) bland management-studenter på Udayana University i Denpasar på ön Bali i Indonesien, har undersökts. Målet med studien är att undersöka attityderna mot CER bland framtida företagsledare på Bali. 199 studenter har i studien fått besvara en enkät för att kartlägga studenternas attityder, upplevda kontroll, subjektiva norm samt intentioner mot CER. Dessa variabler ingår i Ajzens Theory of planned behavior vars mål är att mäta en individs intentioner för att förutsäga beteenden. Resultatet av studien visade att studenterna har en väldigt positiv inställning mot CER. Den insamlade datan tyder på att studenterna upplever att dem skulle ha kontrollen att implementera hållbara arbetssätt hos deras framtida arbetsgivare, att folk i deras närhet förväntar sig att dem gör det, samt att studenterna besitter intentioner att implementera miljövänliga åtgärder på deras framtida arbetsplats.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.