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Social responsible activities of small and medium sized enterprises
[Společensky Odpovědné Aktivity Malých A Středních Podniků]

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  • Pavlína Dalíková

    (University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice)

  • Darja Holátová

    (University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice)

Abstract

The article deals with corporate social responsibility in specific area of small and medium sized enterprises. Corporate social responsibility as a way of global advocated sustainable development can be characterised as an integration of not only economical aspects but also social and environmental ones to the corporate decision making. The aim of the article is to analytically describe motivate factors related with engagement to the corporate social responsibility and especially to analyse the most important social responsible activities of small and medium sized enterprises. Primary data were obtained via grant project GAJU 047/2011/S-Dalíková through the quantitative method of electronic questionnaire survey on random sample of 100 small and medium sized enterprises reside in Havlíčkův Brod district. The results show five main social responsible activities which small and medium sized enterprises should follow.

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  • Pavlína Dalíková & Darja Holátová, 2011. "Social responsible activities of small and medium sized enterprises [Společensky Odpovědné Aktivity Malých A Středních Podniků]," Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Economics, vol. 14(2), pages 53-60.
    • Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:14:y:2011:i:2:p:53-60
    DOI: 10.32725/acta.2011.022
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