Skip to main content

Measuring and Examining the Relevance of Discretionary Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism: Some Preliminary Evidence From The UK Conference Sector.

Tools

Whitfield, J.E. and Dioko, L., 2012. Measuring and Examining the Relevance of Discretionary Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism: Some Preliminary Evidence From The UK Conference Sector. Journal of Travel Research, 51 (3), 289 - 302.

This is the latest version of this eprint.

Full text available as:

[img]
Preview
 PDF
2012_J Travel Rresearch_published.pdf - Accepted Version
375kB

Copyright to original material in this document is with the original owner(s). Access to this content through BURO is granted on condition that you use it only for research, scholarly or other non-commercial purposes. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact BU via BURO@bournemouth.ac.uk.

Any third party copyright material in this document remains the property of its respective owner(s). BU grants no licence for further use of that third party material.

DOI: 10.1177/0047287511418369

Abstract

This article investigates the implementation of environmentally focused discretionary corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the U.K. conference sector. A new framework is proposed that organizes and communicates information detailing business performance regarding 10 environmental policy initiatives (expressed by the acronym GREENER) using a CSR response scale (expressed by the acronym VENUE). This GREENER VENUE framework fills a void in the CSR literature by focusing on discretionary practices, by exhibiting psychometric and conceptual properties enabling its application within a multitude of contexts. Grounded in theory, the framework is simple to implement, practical, easily understandable, and highly relatable. Applying the GREENER VENUE framework to data collected via a self-administered Internet questionnaire of the U.K. conference sector reveals the majority of conference venues are classified as Eager. The study also examines the efficacy of the proposed framework toward influencing U.K. venues’ performance on a range of environmentally friendly best practices relative to environmental accreditation.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0047-2875
Group:Bournemouth University Business School
ID Code:20716
Deposited By: Dr Julie Whitfield
Deposited On:16 Feb 2013 19:27
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 13:46

Available Versions of this Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

More statistics for this item...
Repository Staff Only -