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Slovenian SMEs: From the Environmental Responsibility to Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Jozica Knez-Riedl

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, Maribor, Slovenia)

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Environmental and societal issues are emphasising the social role of enterprises, including all size classes, even the smallest ones, so-called micro enterprises. This paper reflects on Slovenian SMEs. These enterprises are confronting ever increasing and changing expectations, demands and claims for accountability not concerning only economic, but also environmental and social performance. Environmental responsibility is one of three dimensions of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) promoted also by the EU. A range of motives and many barriers are decisive for proactive or reactive environmental activities of SMEs. For determining as to how much environmentally responsible Slovenian SMEs are in the period just before joining the EU (May 2004), some aspects in context of environmental management system (including environmental standards and indicators) are investigated here.

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  • Jozica Knez-Riedl, 2004. "Slovenian SMEs: From the Environmental Responsibility to Corporate Social Responsibility," Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, vol. 7(Special C), pages 127-140, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:zag:zirebs:v:7:y:2004:i:sci:p:127-140
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    Cited by:

    1. Dietrich H. Earnhart & Madhu Khanna & Thomas P. Lyon, 2014. "Corporate Environmental Strategies in Emerging Economies," Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 8(2), pages 164-185.

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    Keywords

    accountability; environmental indicators; environmental management system; environmental responsibility; sustainability;
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    JEL classification:

    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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