%0 Journal Article
%T SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF BRAZILIAN FOOTWEAR-EXPORTING COMPANIES PR¨¢TICAS DE GEST O SOCIOAMBIENTAL ADOTADAS POR EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS EXPORTADORAS DE CAL ADOS
%A Flavia Luciane Scherer
%A Clandia Maffini Gomes
%A Cristina Ceribola Crespam
%J Future Studies Research Journal : Trends and Strategies
%D 2010
%I Funda??o Instituto de Administra??o
%R 10.7444/future.v1i2.15
%X The present study aims to analyze social and environmental management practices adopted by Brazilian footwear-exporting companies. To that end, we reviewed the literature on the Brazilian footwear industry and its socio-environmental management, which serves to frame our empirical survey of Brazilian footwear manufacturers having international operations, according to the Brazilian Footwear Association [ABICAL ADOS]. We undertook a descriptive study by using the survey method as a data collection procedure. The data obtained from responding companies showed the predominance of firms with proven market experience, mostly large-sized and with at least two decades of activity. The descriptive analysis allowed us to verify that whereas their investments in environmental practices usually have low to medium intensity rates, these investments nonetheless stand out when compared with investments in social issues. The factorial analysis enabled us to reduce and group the practices studied into two factors, which we termed ¡°environmental¡± and ¡°social.¡± Key-words: Social and Environmental Practices. Brazilian footwear-exporting companies. O presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar as pr¨¢ticas de gest o socioambiental adotadas por empresas brasileiras exportadoras de cal ados. Para tanto, foram revisados temas relativos ¨¤ ind¨²stria cal adista brasileira e ¨¤ gest o socioambiental, de modo a orientar a pesquisa emp¨ªrica realizada com empresas brasileiras fabricantes de cal ados com atua  o internacional, relacionadas pela Associa  o Brasileira das Ind¨²strias de Cal ados [ABICAL ADOS]. Tamb¨¦m realizou-se pesquisa descritiva, com levantamento (survey). Os dados obtidos revelam que as empresas pesquisadas s o de grande porte e possuem experi¨ºncia no mercado, haja vista que significativa parte delas tem cerca de duas d¨¦cadas de atividade. Por meio de an¨¢lise fatorial, reduziu-se e agrupou-se as pr¨¢ticas estudadas em dois fatores, denominados como ambiental e social. A partir da an¨¢lise descritiva, verificou-se que os investimentos em gest o socioambiental s o, de modo geral, de baixa e m¨¦dia intensidade, dentre estes, sobressaem-se os investimentos em pr¨¢ticas ambientais. Palavras-Chave: Pr¨¢ticas de gest o socioambiental. Empresas brasileiras exportadoras de cal ados.
%U http://www.revistafuture.org/index.php/FSRJ/article/view/15