TY  - BOOK
AU  - Manente,Mara
AU  - Minghetti,Valeria
AU  - Mingotto,Erica
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Responsible Tourism and CSR: Assessment Systems for Sustainable Development of SMEs in Tourism 
T2  - CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance,
SN  - 9783319063089
AV  - HD62.6 
U1  - 658.048 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Economics
KW  - Mathematical optimization
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Business planning
KW  - Economics/Management Science
KW  - Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility
KW  - Sustainable Development
KW  - Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
KW  - Organization/Planning
N1  - Introduction -- Responsible Tourism -- Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry -- Introduction to Reporting Systems -- The Analysis of European Reporting Systems for Responsible Tourism and CSR -- Business Case Studies -- Assessing the Effectiveness of Reporting Systems: Why and How -- Discussion and Future Research -- Conclusion
N2  - What are Responsible Tourism and Corporate Social Responsibility? What is the industry's awareness regarding these concepts? What are the systems and tools currently available on the market that tourism SMEs can use to assess their engagement and the sustainability of their business? This book is aimed at replying to these questions and offering an innovative contribution to the current debate in the field. After having defined Responsible Tourism and CSR and the environment in which these methodologies develop, the authors present and compare the main European assessment and certification systems, describe their characteristics and functionalities and discuss the relevant issues concerning their application. Through the AHP model and the selection of a number of relevant case histories, the suitability and efficacy of these systems in monitoring the level of responsibility of tourism SMEs are analyzed and debated. The results obtained contribute to enhance the recognition and diffusion of CSR principles in tourism and to support tourism businesses in choosing the assessment tool that best fits with their characteristics and the nature of their activity. The study also enables students and researchers to build or enhance their knowledge about the main reporting initiatives available in Europe and to assess the potential of the mathematical model applied for this kind of study
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06308-9
ER  -