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Analyzing Disability in Socially Responsible Companies

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  • Ana Isabel Segovia-San-Juan

    (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED))

  • Irene Saavedra

    (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED))

  • Victoria Fernández-de-Tejada

    (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED))

Abstract

The incorporation of People with Disability (PWD) in organizations is a subject taken up by international organizations, such as the European Union and the United Nations, which has had subsequent consequences in Spain with the development of legislation and specific initiatives. In this paper we have considered the concept of disability as part of diversity and, above all, as a fundamental subject of human rights and justice, which has allowed us to include the collective of PWD among the stakeholders of companies. The research on the incorporation of disability as an integral part of the policies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in companies is very recent, although the term Corporate Social Responsibility and Disability is already used. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the commitment with PWD of Spanish companies considered socially responsible by the sustainability indices used. We have included in four large dimensions (Stakeholders, Visibility, Human Resources and Accessibility) the indicators that have allowed us to analyze the information on PWD published by these companies in their sustainability reports or similar documents accessible through their websites. The results suggest that the companies are more concerned about improving their image towards the exterior than for the commitment with their own employees, which is consistent with the dimension Visibility being where the companies carry out more actions in favor of PWD.

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  • Ana Isabel Segovia-San-Juan & Irene Saavedra & Victoria Fernández-de-Tejada, 2017. "Analyzing Disability in Socially Responsible Companies," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 130(2), pages 617-645, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:130:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s11205-015-1198-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1198-9
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