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Socially responsible and small: A quantitative study of corporate social responsibility in small and medium organizations in the United States.

机译：对社会负责和小型：对美国中小型组织的企业社会责任进行的定量研究。

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a global imperative supported by governments, industry, and citizens alike. In 2000, the United Nations launched the Global Compact to encourage businesses to adopt socially responsible policies. In tandem, businesses became increasingly attentive to their social practices with the vast majority of executives declaring CSR important to their organization's success. Despite this increase in attention -- which occurred among businesses of all sizes -- the academic literature on CSR has focused almost exclusively on large, public companies. Ironically, the majority of businesses in the United States are small, private businesses suggesting the existing CSR field has overlooked a significant segment of business.;To address this knowledge problem, this study analyzed pre-existing survey data from 3,005 small and medium enterprises (SME) located in the United States. This research first addressed the various types and levels of CSR by using factor analytic techniques to identify 22 organizational activities that corresponded to five areas of internal CSR and two areas of external CSR. Correlation coefficients and regression analysis were then used to determine the extent to which variation in these CSR activities could be explained by the 22 organizational characteristics identified in the data.;The study results indicated that more than 99% of SMEs participated in some form of CSR, although participation rates varied from a low of 5% to a high of 92% for specific CSR activities. Organization size, as measured by number of employees, proved to be the most significant variable with a positive relationship to CSR activity. In addition, leadership characteristics such as longer tenure, a higher percentage of women executives, and more frequent executive-employee meetings were also found to have a positive relationship with CSR activity. Other characteristics including industry type and geographic region showed both positive and negative relationships with CSR.;Overall, organization characteristics, including size, explained only 17% of the variation in CSR activity suggesting SMEs of all sizes can and do participate in CSR. It is hoped this study will provide practical data to further encourage SMEs in the United States to pursue CSR for the mutual benefit of business and society.
机译：企业社会责任（CSR）已成为全球性的当务之急，得到政府，行业和公民的支持。 2000年，联合国发起了《全球契约》，以鼓励企业采取对社会负责的政策。随之而来的是，企业越来越关注其社会实践，绝大多数高管宣布CSR对组织的成功至关重要。尽管关注的增加（在各种规模的企业中都发生了），但有关企业社会责任的学术文献几乎只集中于大型上市公司。具有讽刺意味的是，美国的大多数企业都是小型私营企业，这表明现有的企业社会责任领域已经忽略了很大一部分企业。为了解决这一知识问题，本研究分析了3,005家中小企业的既有调查数据（ SME）位于美国。这项研究首先使用因素分析技术确定了22种组织活动，这些活动分别与内部CSR的五个领域和外部CSR的两个领域相对应，从而研究了CSR的各种类型和水平。然后使用相关系数和回归分析确定数据中确定的22种组织特征可以解释这些CSR活动的变化的程度。;研究结果表明，超过99％的中小企业以某种形式参与了CSR ，但对于特定的CSR活动，参与率从5％到92％不等。以员工人数衡量的组织规模被证明是最重要的变量，与CSR活动呈正相关。此外，还发现领导力特征，例如任期更长，女性高管比例更高，行政人员与雇员之间的会议更加频繁，与企业社会责任活动有着积极的关系。其他特征，包括行业类型和地理区域，都与企业社会责任呈正负关系。总体而言，组织特征（包括规模）仅解释了17％的企业社会责任活动变化，表明各种规模的中小企业都可以而且确实参与了企业社会责任。希望这项研究将提供实用的数据，以进一步鼓励美国的中小企业为了企业与社会的共同利益而推行企业社会责任。

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    Berk, Abigail Sorenson.;

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    University of San Diego.;

  • 授予单位 University of San Diego.;
  • 学科 Management.;Business administration.;Ethics.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2016
  • 页码 225 p.
  • 总页数 225
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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