Repository logo
 
Publication

The impact of media pressure on corporate sustainability in the cement industry: a Portuguese case study

dc.contributor.authorEugénio, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorLourenço, Isabel C.
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Ana I.
dc.contributor.authorCastelo Branco, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-30T11:22:17Z
dc.date.available2018-07-30T11:22:17Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn this study we examine the sustainability reporting practices and sustainability strategies of a leading Portuguese cement company. The Portuguese cement industry had to deal since 1997 with scrutiny and pressure because of its involvement in co-incineration of hazardous industrial waste. Grounded on a lens of analysis combining legitimacy theory and media agenda-setting theory and based on a content analysis of sustainability reports and semi-structured interviews, we analyse the strategies used by the company to deal with said scrutiny and pressure and present its sustainability performance. Media pressure does seem to have impacted sustainability reporting and sustainability strategies as tools for the company to restore its legitimacy. Findings generally suggest that strategies of communication designed to legitimate the company actions were used. In particular, we suggest that the company managed its legitimacy by using simultaneously two sustainability reporting strategies: one of image enhancement and other of avoidance of threatening topics.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationEugénio, T.; Lourenço, I.; Morais, A. and Branco, M. (2015), The Impact of Media Pressure on Corporate Sustainability in the Cement Industry: A Portuguese Case Study, Caspian Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 4 (3), pp. 25-35 ; Thomson Reuters ISI Journal. ISSN: 2251-9114pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2251-9114
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3392
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectSustainabilitypt_PT
dc.subjectCase studypt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectMedia pressurept_PT
dc.subjectInterviewspt_PT
dc.subjectLegitimacypt_PT
dc.titleThe impact of media pressure on corporate sustainability in the cement industry: a Portuguese case studypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage35pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage25pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleCaspian Journal of Applied Sciences Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume4(3)pt_PT
person.familyNameEugénio
person.familyNameLourenço
person.familyNameCastelo Branco
person.givenNameTeresa
person.givenNameIsabel
person.givenNameManuel
person.identifier.ciencia-id1F17-50A3-BEE2
person.identifier.ciencia-id6913-73F2-D809
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1040-3164
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4338-6778
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3715-0881
person.identifier.ridH-3564-2014
person.identifier.ridD-1705-2010
person.identifier.scopus-author-id54079668000
person.identifier.scopus-author-id53986265200
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57194672796
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
relation.isAuthorOfPublication63b6d075-7a05-4f91-8d46-4e9cbe93dc09
relation.isAuthorOfPublication474aeb53-bba1-4534-9b78-d80f3426bf49
relation.isAuthorOfPublication612f547e-4fee-4d1a-8d51-c83d57260af8
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery63b6d075-7a05-4f91-8d46-4e9cbe93dc09

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Eugenio et al_CJASR_2015.pdf
Size:
713.3 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.32 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: