Social Responsibility in Football Business Suppliers

Paper ID : 1829-SSRC-13TH

Authors

maryam niazitabar *, zhaleh memari Alzahra university

Abstract

Introduction: Social responsibility is a new organizational concept that has become a significant and growing issue in football with the development of professionalism (Niyazi Tabar et al., 2020). In the current global environment, companies are under pressure to manage their complex supply chain networks in a way that benefits their stakeholders (Modak et al., 2016). The goal of all initiatives is to reduce costs and risks. Improving the level of CSR is about relationships with suppliers and increasing the value of products/services for the consumer if possible (Risso, 2012). Accordingly, this study aims to survey the corporate social responsibility of football industry suppliers. Methods: To analyze the literature, used ATLAS.ti 9 software to save, identify, and assess the data. The research sources used for the search were Taylor and Francis, Emerald, Springer, Google Scholar, and Elsevier. Simultaneously, the predominant keywords were Corporate Social Responsibility, suppliers, and football. Journal articles, theses, books, and conference proceedings were included in the analysis. As per the systematic literature review, 89 documents were reviewed. Then the coding process was performed. Results: The finds consisted of 77 codes that the most critical codes include: promoting healthy lifestyles, promoting team culture, humanitarian aids, facilitating friendship and cooperation, commercial ethics and transparency, Commitment to contracts, Respecting social norms and rules, Respecting ethics and values of social, contracts and informational transparency, Improving peace and solidarity, CSR related football, Local and international communication, Developing football infrastructures, Diversity, health issues, Environmentalism, Shaping worldwide policies through CSR, Investing in CSR, prohibiting child labor. Conclusion: Football industry suppliers can invest their capital and effort in areas that benefit the community, such as education, health, and environmental change. Thus, they can implement or improve their social responsibility plans and programs for social issues. Despite the importance of integrating corporate social responsibility with organizational processes, there is an obvious need for both the football community and researchers to develop it.

Keywords

“Corporate social responsibility,” “football industry,” “suppliers”.

Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation)