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ETHICAL CERTIFICATION IN THE SPANISH AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY: AN ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM?

NOVÁKOVÁ, K. COMPES LÓPEZ, R. GARCÍA ALVAREZ-COQUE, J.

Original Title

ETHICAL CERTIFICATION IN THE SPANISH AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY: AN ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM?

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

The agrifood sector belongs to traditional industries often supported by the national governments. The quality of the output is directly related to human health and, therefore, several initiatives within the EU have been introduced. These initiatives support the consciousness of the broad public, including the individual agrifood businesses. Besides the marketing standards, geographical indications and organic farming, there are also national and private certification schemes. All these tendencies aim to promote the socio-ethical principles of the business to support the non-monetary issues related to the agrifood sector. This paper provides a closer exploration of the socio-ethical aspects of companies in the Spanish agrifood sector. Any awareness of these principles in the daily business routine can be considered as a potential competitive advantage for an individual company. The objective of the paper is to examine whether there are significant differences among individual sub-industries within the Spanish agrifood sector in terms of social and ethical aspects. A sample of 66,047 different agrifood companies in the year 2012 was examined. Results of empirical tests prove that there are significant differences between the agricultural producers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

Keywords

business ethics, human resources, Spanish agrifood sector, socio-ethical certification

Authors

NOVÁKOVÁ, K.; COMPES LÓPEZ, R.; GARCÍA ALVAREZ-COQUE, J.

Released

1. 9. 2016

Publisher

Akadémiai Kiadó

Location

Budapest

ISBN

1588-9726

Periodical

Society and Economy

Year of study

38

Number

3

State

Hungary

Pages from

399

Pages to

412

Pages count

13

URL

http://www.akademiai.com/doi/abs/10.1556/204.2016.38.3.8

BibTex

@article{BUT129220,
  author="Kamila {Nováková} and Raúl {Compes López} and José María {García Alvarez-Coque}",
  title="ETHICAL CERTIFICATION IN THE SPANISH AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY: AN ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM?",
  journal="Society and Economy",
  year="2016",
  volume="38",
  number="3",
  pages="399--412",
  doi="10.1556/204.2016.38.3.8",
  issn="1588-9726",
  url="http://www.akademiai.com/doi/abs/10.1556/204.2016.38.3.8"
}