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Empirical Study on Corporate Social Resposibility

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K03748
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba (2019-2021)
The Japan Economic Research Institute (2017-2018)

Principal Investigator

Mari Sakudo  筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (70748954)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
KeywordsCSR / 環境マネジメントシステム / 社会的責任活動 / 環境配慮的活動 / 企業・組織 / 社会的規範 / 経済政策
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To reduce their environmental impacts, a growing number of organizations worldwide have implemented environmental management systems (EMSs). In these organizations, energy saving activities become usual behaviors for employees; thus, we hypothesize that employees continue such energy saving behaviors at home. This hypothesis is supported by data from surveys of individuals in Japan. Specifically, we find that the probability of engaging in energy saving practices at home is higher and that expenditures on electricity use are lower for individuals who work in organizations that implement EMSs than those who do not work in organizations with EMSs. Our results suggest that beyond the original purpose of helping organizations reduce their environmental impacts, EMSs work as an intervention to promote household energy saving.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

わが国は経済の発展と同時にそれに伴って生じうる環境問題などの社会的課題を克服しながら持続的に成長する社会を政策目標としている。こうした持続的社会の実現には、政府が目指すべきターゲットとして目標を掲げるだけでなく、社会における経済主体である企業組織の環境配慮的取り組みも重要な要素となる。そのため、近年、その研究が増加傾向にあるが、波及効果に関する研究は未だ数少なく、研究成果は学術的にも意義があるといえる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2022 2021

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Seemingly Unrelated Interventions: Environmental Management Systems in the Workplace and Energy Saving Practices at Home2021

    • Author(s)
      Toshi H. Arimura, Kazuyuki Iwata, Hajime Katayama, and Mari Sakudo
    • Journal Title

      Environmental and Resource Economics

      Volume: 80 Pages: 761-794

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] An Estimated Model of Social Norms in the Workplace2022

    • Author(s)
      Mari Sakudo
    • Organizer
      ノンパラメトリック統計解析とベイズ統計研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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