Perceptions on Social Responsibility

Abstract

This article outlines the results of an inquiry into the nature of entrepreneurial commitment to social responsibility as a business philosophy. Findings show that the respondents, as a group, reported a strong orientation to this view. Several social responsibility topics emerge in a position of special prominence to entrepreneurs, and their preferences for these topics do not widely vary. Furthermore, the degree of attachment to social responsibility, as an operational construct, correlates with several demographic and psychographic dimensions.

La conjugaison des facteurs contextuels, organisationnels et individuels comme déterminant de la sensibilité des PME au sujet du développement durable

“…Il a été suggéré que les femmes seraient plus sensibles que les hommes aux enjeux de DD, et accorderaient plus d'importance aux responsabilités environnementales et sociétales des entreprises (Lämsä, Vehkaperä, Puttonen et Pesonen, 2008 ;Schaper, 2002) La scolarisation constitue notre quatrième déterminant individuel. Un niveau d'éducation plus élevé serait associé non seulement à une sensibilité plus développée aux enjeux liés au DD (Gadenne, Kennedy et McKeiver, 2009 ;Schaper, 2002 ;Vives, 2006), mais aussi à un engagement envers sa responsabilité sociale (Peterson et Jun, 2009). Cela s'expliquerait notamment parce que les enjeux sociaux sont généralement traités à des niveaux d'éducation supérieurs.…”

Enhancing community resilience to flooding through social responsibility

“…It is largely agreed that social responsibility is an important topic not only for the business environment but also for wider society, with negative effects, such as new legislation and adverse publicity, seen as arising from a failure to recognise and maintain a suitable level of social responsibility [13]. Social responsibility has also long been an important field of research for both academics and business practitioners and continues to provide a valuable research area for those wishing to investigate modern societal issues [13,14].…”

“…It is largely agreed that social responsibility is an important topic not only for the business environment but also for wider society, with negative effects, such as new legislation and adverse publicity, seen as arising from a failure to recognise and maintain a suitable level of social responsibility [13]. Social responsibility has also long been an important field of research for both academics and business practitioners and continues to provide a valuable research area for those wishing to investigate modern societal issues [13,14]. Social responsibility has been the focus of research that has investigated business social responsibility by exploring and comparing the perspectives of businesses and social workers [15], investigated the relationship between perceptions of personal and social responsibility and intrinsic motivation in the field of education [16] and explored social responsibility as a factor when investigating genetic and environmental components of pro-social attitudes [17].…”

Investigating the relationship between perceptions of social responsibility and community resilience to flooding: a definition, context and methodology

“…It is largely agreed that social responsibility is an important topic not only for the business environment but also for wider society, with negative effects, such as new legislation and adverse publicity, seen as arising from a failure to recognise and maintain a suitable level of social responsibility [13]. Understanding how people perceive themselves and each other in relation to a particular aspect can be a useful way of investigating that aspect itself.…”