Social Development Through Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Responsibility: The Case of Lesvos in Greece

Abstract

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) origins are traceable back to concepts such as Green Economy, Sustainable Development, etc. These terms do not differ conceptually from each other, but remain consistent throughout their usage in alternative socio-economic discourse grounded on the same principles. CSR measures the social responsibility of entrepreneurs, linking them with various criteria (social, environmental, etc.). This is in the light of the importance given to entrepreneurial activity in the development process. In effect, CSR has already been established and implemented in practice by various Entrepreneurs and is promoted by global organizations such as the E.U. However, in Greece CSR is not well established, compared with other European countries. The point of interest is to see is how these developmental concepts of social responsibility are being applied in Lesvos. In order to find out about all these, a qualitative research will be conducted via the purposive sampling method, consisting of 5 semi-structured interviews.

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“…This topic shows the importance of counting on the participation of internal stakeholders to achieve the success of CSR projects. The first study corroborating the above statement refers to research by Bloskas et al (2013) in a Greek beverage company. The authors noted that employee participation in volunteer programs contributed positively to the success of the projects developed.…”

“…The provision of financial resources is also seen as a critical factor for the success of CSR projects in order to take actions towards CSR. In their study, Bloskas et al (2013) analyse how the Greek financial crisis has reflected on CSR actions. Many companies were forced to reduce their budgets, and the first actions that were sacrificed were CSR activities.…”

The Intervening Effect of Customer Satisfaction in the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Reputation and Credibility: Case of Credit Departments of Taiwan's Farmer Association

“…The demand for ethical business conduct is also increasing for public organisations and institutions such as cooperatives (Poetz et al, 2013;Bloskas, Chatzi and Spandonidou, 2013;Kimura, 2010). One perspective could be of the members and customers who assume CSR is a norm in such organisations, while another view may be that in such organisations the major obstacle is the cost of implementing CSR programmes.…”

“…Ethics draws its principles from religion, culture and upbringing, and therefore theories relating to ethics are ineffective to dictate what is right or wrong when conducting CSR programmes. However, as previous studies have stressed the importance of public organisation behaving ethically since they are accountable to the public (Poetz et al, 2013;Bloskas et al, 2013;Kimura, 2010), the CSR activities of such organisations need ensure that ethics plays a bigger role than other dimensions of CSR.…”

Challenges for the development of green organizations

“…While retaining a pyramidal structure, green organizations focus on empowerment to lift motivation and to create great workplaces (Laloux 2014;Mishra 2017). Then there are two main approaches, which states that green organizations are organized groups of people that aim to advance sustainability (Bloskas et al 2013) or business entities who perform those actions towards actively organizing sustainably (Kryk 2011;Xing et al 2019). Despite definitional problems which revolves around common points or definitions, there are other challenges more related to the development of green organizations.…”