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Corporate social responsibility in ports of Latin America

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  • José Satsumi López-Morales
  • Antonio Huerta-Estévez
  • Myrna Guadalupe Andrade-Estrada
  • Claudia Guadalupe Zarrabal-Gutiérrez

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Purpose - The activities carried out in ports are disruptive to the environment where they are located. Therefore, the objective of this work is to analyze the presence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the missions and visions of the main ports of Latin America. Design/methodology/approach - A qualitative technique of content analysis was applied to the missions and visions of 72 ports in Latin America. First, the missions and visions of the ports were collected (72). Second, it was assigned a value 1 if the mission had any evidence of CSR, 0 if it had no evidence and “-” if the mission was not found. The same procedure was performed with the visions. Findings - Results indicate that 20.83% of the ports allude to CSR in their missions, 34.72% of the ports allude to it in their missions and visions and 13.88% only allude to it in their visions (22 ports did not mention it in their missions or their visions). So, the main findings indicate that in Latin America the majority of ports do not consider elements of CSR in their missions and visions. Originality/value - This paper is mainly focused on covering two gaps in the literature: first, to increase knowledge about the strategic bases of ports in Latin America through their missions and visions; and second, to visualize the coherence of the missions and visions with the activities of CSR.

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  • José Satsumi López-Morales & Antonio Huerta-Estévez & Myrna Guadalupe Andrade-Estrada & Claudia Guadalupe Zarrabal-Gutiérrez, 2020. "Corporate social responsibility in ports of Latin America," Marine Economics and Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 3(1), pages 13-26, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:maempp:maem-01-2020-0001
    DOI: 10.1108/MAEM-01-2020-0001
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