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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Social Responsibility at Emerald: good for business and good for society

Emerald Group Publishing Limited embraces its responsibility to the communities in which it operates and to society at large. We have a clear vision for Corporate Social Responsibility: we act responsibly as a corporate good citizen in local, regional and international communities and in the business and scholarly world. We help further society and the sustainability of human interests by funding and improving access to scholarly research, protecting our environment and nurturing our employees.

Our strategy for achieving our vision involves six key initiatives:

1. Support scholarly research
2. Make research accessible
3. Use technology responsibly
4. Sustain and protect our environment
5. Support local and regional communities
6. Observe high ethical standards in business and employee relationships

Support scholarly research

We believe that the research presented in the journals we publish can help business leaders with sustaining economies – now and in the future. We consider it our social responsibility to invest in research endeavours. As such, we fund researchers around the world through our Emerald Research Awards Programme and through sponsorships.

Make research accessible

As an active participant in the global research community, we foster management research and help bring it to publication through our publishing policy and research development programme. Embedded in our policy are the fundamental principles of internationality and relevance to practice. These are the cornerstones our editorial objective. We foster the distribution of research to (and from) researchers located around the world. We set targets for international representation of our journal contributors and we measure performance against these.

Use technology responsibly

Emerald is firmly committed to adhering to publishing industry standards, ensuring that our electronic products and services can be accessed and used by everyone – regardless of location.

Sustain and protect our environment

Emerald recognizes and accepts its responsibility to help create an increasingly sustainable environment. Our company policies and actions are designed to reduce our carbon footprint, and encourage the protection of the environment.

Support local and regional communities

In our 40 years of business, Emerald has grown from a small publishing house into an internationally recognized journal publisher of 200 titles. We are proud of our business roots which lie in Bradford, an industrial city on the edge of the moors of the West Yorkshire Pennines in the United Kingdom. Today we employ 200 people in the region, a steadfast reminder of our responsibility to local economies and our commitment to being a loyal corporate citizen.

Observe high ethical standards in business and employee relationships

At Emerald Group Publishing we strive for transparent business operations and performance. We adhere to a high set of ethics and values, which guide our governance procedures and daily management decisions. We believe that our responsibility as good corporate citizens includes making our workforce happy and ensuring the equitable treatment of everyone.