Case studies
The leadership style is a mechanism that supports both the management of the relations with regulators and the investments in communities to introduce new products by achieving win-win deals. “We support transparency and accountability and, therefore, commit ourselves to annually report our progress and challenges, in line with the sustainability strategy, which seeks to strengthen the economic and competitive growth of the company while promoting the social development of communities. This is managed under strict control of environmental impacts […]” (CEO’s statement about sustainability, 2016).
Finally, CEO adds in relation to the type of initiatives to be supported: ... “The other aspect is social responsibility ... Everything we do in our operation is intended to have good relations with our neighbors, employees and the communities that buy products from us… and to have a good relationship with our shareholders […]”
Table 16 presents a summary of the influencing sub-factors and environmental practices associated to the manager´s perspective of the firm. Table 16. Manager’s Perspective – Chemical Company esa factor Manager’s perspective
category Profits and transactional leadership style
main features * Support participation of employees in voluntary programs related to environmental education. * Support Eco-efficiency and process redesign practices. * Rewarding communities in exchange for reputation management
• Adoption of the environmental strategy at the Chemical Company. Chemical Company under the influence of public pressure, parent company and authorities adopted an environmental strategy focused in compliance and green processes, supported by a dynamic business model and a manager´s profits perspective (See Figure 10). Main practices at Chemical
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