Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development

Corporations address gender equality issues in the context of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development. As in other areas of CSR, various standards, certifications, and similar initiatives have been proposed to promote gender equality. Despite an increasing number of self-re...

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Autores: Velasco Balmaseda, Eva, Embeita Izaguirre, Nagore, Larrieta Rubín de Celis, Izaskun
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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content analysis
corporate social responsibility
gender equality
standards
sustainable development
voluntary sustainability standards
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spelling Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable developmentVelasco Balmaseda, EvaEmbeita Izaguirre, NagoreLarrieta Rubín de Celis, Izaskuncertificationscontent analysiscorporate social responsibilitygender equalitystandardssustainable developmentvoluntary sustainability standardsCorporations address gender equality issues in the context of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development. As in other areas of CSR, various standards, certifications, and similar initiatives have been proposed to promote gender equality. Despite an increasing number of self-regulation and signaling schemes being proposed, their study has been overlooked by the scholarly literature. This article tries to shed light on these standards through a two-stage exploratory study. First, the main worldwide initiatives that focus on gender equality standards are scrutinized and mapped. Second, their main characteristics are analyzed, based on a content analysis of the information disclosed by organizations that foster the most relevant initiatives. A systematic analysis of relevant gender equality standards is provided. This work highlights a dispersion and lack of uniformity in terms of missions, results, measurement, and even the definition of gender equality or the term used to refer to it. No framework has prevailed. Gender equality standards lack gender mainstreaming and intersectionality is invisible. The business case appears to be the main driver of gender equality standards. The present study is one of the first attempts to thoroughly examine the institutional design of gender equality standards, their standard-setting process as well as their enforcement. We suggest a rethink of the policies that promote the gender equality standards in organizations, as well as a need for collaborative work between managers and policymakers towards the use of common terminology, indicators, and uniformity regarding the terms to be certificated.This study the project METASTANDARDS; the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities; the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI); and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union (project reference PGC2018-098723-B-I00).Wiley202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/63925reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIU/PGC2018-098723-B-I00/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csr.2673info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/© 2023 The Authors. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Licenseoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/639252026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
spellingShingle Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
Velasco Balmaseda, Eva
certifications
content analysis
corporate social responsibility
gender equality
standards
sustainable development
voluntary sustainability standards
title_short Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
title_full Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
title_fullStr Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
title_full_unstemmed Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
title_sort Corporate social responsibility as a framework for gender equality: Mapping of gender equality standards for sustainable development
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Velasco Balmaseda, Eva
Embeita Izaguirre, Nagore
Larrieta Rubín de Celis, Izaskun
author Velasco Balmaseda, Eva
author_facet Velasco Balmaseda, Eva
Embeita Izaguirre, Nagore
Larrieta Rubín de Celis, Izaskun
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author2 Embeita Izaguirre, Nagore
Larrieta Rubín de Celis, Izaskun
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv certifications
content analysis
corporate social responsibility
gender equality
standards
sustainable development
voluntary sustainability standards
topic certifications
content analysis
corporate social responsibility
gender equality
standards
sustainable development
voluntary sustainability standards
description Corporations address gender equality issues in the context of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development. As in other areas of CSR, various standards, certifications, and similar initiatives have been proposed to promote gender equality. Despite an increasing number of self-regulation and signaling schemes being proposed, their study has been overlooked by the scholarly literature. This article tries to shed light on these standards through a two-stage exploratory study. First, the main worldwide initiatives that focus on gender equality standards are scrutinized and mapped. Second, their main characteristics are analyzed, based on a content analysis of the information disclosed by organizations that foster the most relevant initiatives. A systematic analysis of relevant gender equality standards is provided. This work highlights a dispersion and lack of uniformity in terms of missions, results, measurement, and even the definition of gender equality or the term used to refer to it. No framework has prevailed. Gender equality standards lack gender mainstreaming and intersectionality is invisible. The business case appears to be the main driver of gender equality standards. The present study is one of the first attempts to thoroughly examine the institutional design of gender equality standards, their standard-setting process as well as their enforcement. We suggest a rethink of the policies that promote the gender equality standards in organizations, as well as a need for collaborative work between managers and policymakers towards the use of common terminology, indicators, and uniformity regarding the terms to be certificated.
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