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to understanding to implement social sustainability practices that may potentially
help the firm evolve as socially responsible over the time.
2 Literature Review Social Sustainability
Social sustainability underpins by a wide range of activities and practices related to
social issues. The primary concern with devising such ways and practices to concern
with developing process and products and incorporate efficient ways to incorporate broader employee and community perspective. The concept of sustainability
appeared in (Elkington and Burke 1987). The concept of Social sustainability first
appeared in agenda 21 in Rio conference on social aspects. Since then social sustainability in the supply chain has emerged a study area and brought the concept
to global prominence. It is regarded as integral to sustainability in order to achieve
sustainable development in both developing and industrialized countries (Hutchins
and Sutherland 2008). Hutchins and Sutherland (2008) argued that a firm supply
chain that is socially sustainable, must establish policy and laws within firms and
with its employees, devise policies about employee health and safety, working conditions, wages, child labour, labour hours, betterment for local community and society. Social sustainability practices are therefore characterized by health and safety,
equity, wages, discrimination, equal opportunity, employability, safety and quality
of life both employee and society (Andersen and Skjoett-Larsen 2009; Klassen and
Vereecke 2012; Husgafvel et al. 2015). Social sustainability is a system of coordinated social interaction practices for the management of the social impact on people
and society with the key internal and external stakeholders. This all happens for creating, developing and delivering the best social and ethical code of conduct (Awan
et al. 2018)
Other studies (Hutchins and Sutherland 2008; Mani et al. 2015) discussed different
dimensions and came to conclude that social sustainability measures are important
for reaching sustainable development goals. Furthermore, social sustainability is a
key factor for the development of industry, it covers broad employee and societal
issues and emphasizes the expectations and needs that the local community has for
wellbeing. Implementations of social sustainability practices are considered to be one
of the most challenging and therefore it needs to employ procedural and contextual
social sustainability (Suopajärvi et al. 2016). In the current global environment, buyer
involvement can contribute to the improvement of occupational and health practices.
The social sustainability aim is, to have value for the survival of current business
system (customers, partners, and society) and its growth for the future generation in
an equitable and prudent manner (Awan et al. 2018).
U. Awan et al.
to understanding to implement social sustainability practices that may potentially
help the firm evolve as socially responsible over the time.
2 Literature Review Social Sustainability
Social sustainability underpins by a wide range of activities and practices related to
social issues. The primary concern with devising such ways and practices to concern
with developing process and products and incorporate efficient ways to incorporate broader employee and community perspective. The concept of sustainability
appeared in (Elkington and Burke 1987). The concept of Social sustainability first
appeared in agenda 21 in Rio conference on social aspects. Since then social sustainability in the supply chain has emerged a study area and brought the concept
to global prominence. It is regarded as integral to sustainability in order to achieve
sustainable development in both developing and industrialized countries (Hutchins
and Sutherland 2008). Hutchins and Sutherland (2008) argued that a firm supply
chain that is socially sustainable, must establish policy and laws within firms and
with its employees, devise policies about employee health and safety, working conditions, wages, child labour, labour hours, betterment for local community and society. Social sustainability practices are therefore characterized by health and safety,
equity, wages, discrimination, equal opportunity, employability, safety and quality
of life both employee and society (Andersen and Skjoett-Larsen 2009; Klassen and
Vereecke 2012; Husgafvel et al. 2015). Social sustainability is a system of coordinated social interaction practices for the management of the social impact on people
and society with the key internal and external stakeholders. This all happens for creating, developing and delivering the best social and ethical code of conduct (Awan
et al. 2018)
Other studies (Hutchins and Sutherland 2008; Mani et al. 2015) discussed different
dimensions and came to conclude that social sustainability measures are important
for reaching sustainable development goals. Furthermore, social sustainability is a
key factor for the development of industry, it covers broad employee and societal
issues and emphasizes the expectations and needs that the local community has for
wellbeing. Implementations of social sustainability practices are considered to be one
of the most challenging and therefore it needs to employ procedural and contextual
social sustainability (Suopajärvi et al. 2016). In the current global environment, buyer
involvement can contribute to the improvement of occupational and health practices.
The social sustainability aim is, to have value for the survival of current business
system (customers, partners, and society) and its growth for the future generation in
an equitable and prudent manner (Awan et al. 2018).