Socially responsible life cycle assessment: organizational activity for the greater good

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Social Responsibility Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI:10.1108/srj-11-2022-0481

Myriam Ertz, Shashi Kashav, Tian Zeng, Shouheng Sun

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Purpose Traditionally, life cycle assessment (LCA) has focused on environmental aspects, but integrating social aspects in LCA has gained traction among scholars and practitioners. This study aims to review key social life cycle assessment (SLCA) themes, namely, drivers and barriers of SLCA implementation, methodology and measurement metrics, classification of initiatives to improve SLCA and customer perspectives in SLCA. Design/methodology/approach A total of 148 scientific papers extracted from the Web of Science database were used and analyzed using bibliometric and content analysis. Findings The findings suggest that the existing research ignores several aspects of SCLA, which impedes positive growth in topical scholarship, and the study proposes a classification of SLCA research paths to enrich future research. This study contributes positively to SLCA by further developing this area, and as such, this research is a primer to gain deeper knowledge about the state-of-the-art in SLCA as well as to foresee its future scope and challenges. Originality/value The study provides an up-to-date review of extant research pertaining to SLCA.

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对社会负责的生命周期评估:为更大利益的组织活动

传统上，生命周期评估侧重于环境方面，但将社会方面纳入生命周期评估已受到学者和实践者的关注。本研究旨在回顾社会生命周期评估(SLCA)的关键主题，即SLCA实施的驱动因素和障碍、方法和测量指标、改进SLCA的举措分类以及SLCA中的客户观点。设计/方法/方法从Web of Science数据库中提取148篇科学论文，采用文献计量学和内容分析法进行分析。研究结果表明，现有研究忽视了SLCA的几个方面，阻碍了专题学术的积极发展，本研究提出了SLCA研究路径的分类，以丰富未来的研究。本研究通过进一步发展这一领域，对SLCA做出了积极的贡献，因此，本研究是对SLCA的最新技术有更深入的了解，并预见其未来的范围和挑战的入门。原创性/价值本研究提供了与SLCA相关的现有研究的最新综述。

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期刊介绍： The Social Responsibility Journal, the official journal of the Social Responsibility Research Network, is interdisciplinary in its scope and encourages submissions from any discipline or any part of the world which addresses any element of the journal''s aims. The journal encompasses the full range of theoretical, methodological and substantive debates in the area of social responsibility. Contributions which address the link between different disciplines and / or implications for societal, organisational or individual behavior are especially encouraged. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical papers, speculative essays and review articles. The journal also publishes special themed issues under the guidance of a guest editor. Coverage: Accountability and accounting- Issues concerning sustainability- Economy and finance- Governance- Stakeholder interactions- Ecology and environment- Corporate activity and behaviour- Ethics and morality- Governmental and trans-governmental regulation- Globalisation and disintermediation- Individuals and corporate citizenship- Transparency and disclosure- Consumption and its consequences- Corporate and other forms of organization