Is the good corporation dead? the community social responsibility of small business operators

Besser, Terry L.; Miller, Nancy J.

doi:10.1016/s1053-5357(01)00094-4

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“…This concern might mean ensuring that delivery trucks do not block roads, or that noise levels are kept to a minimum. Philanthropic contributions to community initiatives will be an important measure of the business' social responsibility for community members (Besser & Miller, 2001). This responsibility has been found to be particularly pronounced in developing countries (Muthuri, Chapple, & Moon, 2009).…”

Section: Carroll's Pyramid Of Csr From the Perspective Of An Ethic Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small Business Social Responsibility

2014

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This article seeks to expand business and society research in a number of ways. Its primary purpose is to redraw two core corporate social responsibility (CSR) theories (stakeholder theory and Carroll's CSR pyramid), enhancing their relevance for small business. This redrawing is done by the application of the ethic of care, informed by the value of feminist perspectives and the extant empirical research on small business social responsibility. It is proposed that the expanded versions of core theory have wider relevance, value, and implications beyond the small firm context. The theorization of small business social responsibility enables engagement with the mainstream of CSR research as well as making a contribution to small business studies in scholarly, policy, and practice terms.

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Section: Carroll's Pyramid Of Csr From the Perspective Of An Ethic Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small Business Social Responsibility

2014

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“…In addressing the question ''is the good corporation dead?' ' Besser and Miller (2001), for example, deliberately address the role played by SMEs rather than adding to the pile of literature focusing on large corporations.…”

Section: Csr In Small and Medium Enterprisesmentioning

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Peculiar Strengths and Relational Attributes of SMEs in the Context of CSR

2008

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The spotlight in the CSR discourse has traditionally been focused on multinational corporations (MNCs). This paper builds on a burgeoning stream of literature that has accorded recent attention to the relevance and importance of integrating small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the CSR debate. The paper begins by an overview of the CSR literature and a synthesis of relevant evidence pertaining to the peculiarities and special relational attributes of SMEs in the context of CSR. Noting the thin theoretical grounding in the literature on offer, the paper then presents relevant CSR theoretical perspectives that could be useful in conducting further research on SMEs. In light of this framework, the paper outlines the findings of an empirical study highlighting the peculiar CSR orientations of SMEs in a developing country context in comparison to some of their MNC counterparts. The study is qualitative in nature, capitalizing on a comparative research design to highlight differences in CSR orientations between SMEs and MNCs. The findings are presented and implications are drawn regarding the peculiar relational attributes of SMEs in the context of CSR generally, and developing countries more specifically, and how this inclination can be further nurtured and leveraged.

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“…Links to the community may well therefore be both an intrinsic part of how SMEs behave, and something to be encouraged, rather than something to be regarded as a "bolt-on" activity. However, Curran et al (2000) and Besser & Miller (2001) both found that community links are not necessarily such an intrinsic part of SME activity, so that such links, while desirable from a CSR viewpoint, cannot be assumed. The main point to emerge here, however, is that SMEs may well engage in socially responsible practices without necessarily viewing such activity in this way.…”

Section: Responsible Business Practice In Smesmentioning

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Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An Exploratory Case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations

2008

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The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractThis paper develops a set of 16 criteria, divided into four groupings, for responsible business practice (RBP) in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) drawn from the existing SME/RBP literature. The current lack of a general set of criteria against which such activity can be judged is noted and this deficit is redressed. In order to make an initial assessment in support of the criteria so derived, an exploratory feasibility study of RBP in U.K. Fair Trade organisations was conducted. The findings from this study show that most but not all of the RBP criteria seem to be applicable to U.K. Fair Trade organisations but it is recommended that the complete set of criteria continues to be used in further research until such time as there is a general consensus as to which criteria are appropriate. Implications for RBP in small businesses in general, and for Fair Trade organisations in particular, are drawn out and suggestions for further research are identified.

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Is the good corporation dead? the community social responsibility of small business operators

Cited by 99 publications

References 31 publications

Small Business Social Responsibility

Small Business Social Responsibility

Peculiar Strengths and Relational Attributes of SMEs in the Context of CSR

Criteria for Responsible Business Practice in SMEs: An Exploratory Case of U.K. Fair Trade Organisations

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