Chapter 12 Social Responsibility Your Employees
DOI: 10.23912/9781915097880-5985 | ISBN: 9781915097880 |
Published: April 2025 | Component type: chapter |
Published in: Sustainable Value Creation in Hospitality 2nd edition | Parent DOI: 10.23912/9781915097880-5937 |
Abstract
Sustainable development is increasingly important to and applied within the hospitality sector. Interestingly, efforts in this field often prioritize environmental issues above social ones (Cavagnaro, 2017: 377). This is remarkable, given that hospitality is a people-oriented industry, and dependent on the quality of its relationships with others on all levels of the socio-economic system (Melissen, 2017: 2). Therefore, one would expect this sector to invest significantly in the dimension of sustainability. Unfortunately, short-term cost reduction strategies, such as eco-efficient practices, are instead prioritized.
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- Frans Melissen, Breda University of Applied Sciences (Author) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8211-5957
- Nadia Teunissen (Author)
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- Elena Cavagnaro, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-2509
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Melissen, F. & Teunissen, N. (2025) "Chapter 12 Social Responsibility Your Employees" In: Cavagnaro, E. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781915097880-5985
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