The practice of corporate social performance in minority- versus nonminority-owned small businesses

Family Control, Socioemotional Wealth, and Governance Environment: The Case of Bribes

“…While new and small privately held companies contribute to a large portion of economic growth and employment around the globe, there remains considerable ambiguity in business ethics of entrepreneurial firms (e.g., Jones 1991; Thompson and Hood 1993;Ede et al 2000;Tilley 2000;Hannafey 2003;Besser and Miller 2001;Lepoutre and Heene 2006;Ivanova 2007). Meanwhile, impacts of family involvement on business ethics are underexplored in the entrepreneurship literature (Debicki et al 2009;Payne et al 2011;Long and Mathews 2011;Mitchell et al 2011;Litz and Turner 2012).…”

Addressing and measuring small business social responsibility in the African context: a stakeholder framework

“…1) point out that charitable contribution is an important indicator of the social performance of small ventures. In a study in Canada, Martin, as quoted in Thompson and Hood (1993), found that as a group, small businesses donated higher levels of their pre-tax income than the larger businesses. Thus, it would appear that charitable donations (which can take many forms) and local employment form two of the most important small-business BSR activities in their local communities.…”

“…In fact, considerable dialogue on the subject still exists. But as noted by researchers such as Wilson (1980); Thompson and Hood (1993); Van Marrewijk (2003) and Valor (2005), most of the empirical studies to date have focused on large businesses.…”

Directors’ Roles in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Stakeholder Perspective

“…Such a concern will also have significant impact on how the strategies an organization uses to deal with multiple stakeholders will change as the organization evolves through the stages of formation, growth, maturity, and decline or revival (Clarkson, 1995;Scott and Lane, 2000;Thompson and Hood, 1993). This will provide a relevant framework for assessing the roles, rights, responsibilities, and legitimacies of different actors in the interaction between organizations and their environment (Cummings and Doh, 2000;Donaldson, 1990;Harrison and Freeman, 1999).…”

“…Stakeholders are groups of people who have an interest in the activity of a certain entity, such as an organization, a local community, a society or a certain social movement (Brenner and Cochran, 1991;Freeman, 1984;Hill and Jones, 1992;Donaldson and Preston, 1995;Donaldson, 1990;Mitchell et al, 1997;Thompson and Hood, 1993). According to stakeholder theory, an organization's survival and continued success depends upon the ability of its management to create and maintain sufficient wealth, value, or satisfaction for all primary stakeholder groups (Clarkson, 1995;Frooman, 1999;Jones and Wicks, 1999).…”