Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel
Animal-based tourism companies operate as a sensitive ecosystem in which a poor season of tourism flows can lead to ethically questionable decisions regarding the lives of thousands of animals for the sake of cutting economic losses. In this case, we show how a husky kennel engages in political corp...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/016174af-f7ae-4f83-90eb-58ea31b47546 2023-12-31T10:04:01+01:00 Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel García-Rosell, José-Carlos Haapakoski, Anna-Emilia 2023-04-19 https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/016174af-f7ae-4f83-90eb-58ea31b47546 https://doi.org/10.1079/tourism.2023.0009 https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/tourism.2023.0009 eng eng https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/016174af-f7ae-4f83-90eb-58ea31b47546 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess García-Rosell , J-C & Haapakoski , A-E 2023 , ' Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business : The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel ' , Tourism Cases , no. April . https://doi.org/10.1079/tourism.2023.0009 Sled dogs Animals responsibe tourism responsible business CSR corporate activism political CSR social responsibility small and medium-sized enterprises small business tourism business animal-based tourism Arctic tourism nature-based tourism animal welfare animal rights animal ethics Ethics Morlaity stakeholders nonhuman multispecies encounters /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/20/4 name=Tourism research /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/12 name=Business and management article 2023 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1079/tourism.2023.0009 2023-12-07T00:03:09Z Animal-based tourism companies operate as a sensitive ecosystem in which a poor season of tourism flows can lead to ethically questionable decisions regarding the lives of thousands of animals for the sake of cutting economic losses. In this case, we show how a husky kennel engages in political corporate social responsibility and activism to transform well-established industry values that are in conflict with their own. The core of the kennel’s political agenda is to influence positive change in the tourism industry and ensure the ethical treatment of sled dogs as working animals. To that end, the kennel owner-managers use different activist strategies, such as introducing ethical sled dog practices, publicly addressing the regulatory gaps caused by outdated norms and regulations, and raising stakeholders’ awareness of animal welfare issues within the dog sledding business. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System Tourism Cases |
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Animal-based tourism companies operate as a sensitive ecosystem in which a poor season of tourism flows can lead to ethically questionable decisions regarding the lives of thousands of animals for the sake of cutting economic losses. In this case, we show how a husky kennel engages in political corporate social responsibility and activism to transform well-established industry values that are in conflict with their own. The core of the kennel’s political agenda is to influence positive change in the tourism industry and ensure the ethical treatment of sled dogs as working animals. To that end, the kennel owner-managers use different activist strategies, such as introducing ethical sled dog practices, publicly addressing the regulatory gaps caused by outdated norms and regulations, and raising stakeholders’ awareness of animal welfare issues within the dog sledding business. |
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Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel |
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Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel |
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Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel |
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Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel |
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Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business:The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel |
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political corporate social responsibility in small tourism business:the case of a finnish sled dog kennel |
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García-Rosell , J-C & Haapakoski , A-E 2023 , ' Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Small Tourism Business : The Case of a Finnish Sled Dog Kennel ' , Tourism Cases , no. April . https://doi.org/10.1079/tourism.2023.0009 |
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