CSR in SMEs: Do SMEs matter for the CSR agenda?
Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 18 (1):1-6 (2009)
Abstract
In this paper we argue that the collective grandness of small business is often underestimated in CSR research and policy-making. We emphasize the importance of understanding the contexts and the ways in which small- and medium-sized companies engage in CSR and how they differ from multinational companies. We suggest that it might be that researchers and practitioners are asking the wrong questions in their ambitions to prove 'the business case for CSR'. Perhaps we should rather focus on the 'how' and the 'with what impact' questions to understand better the SME engagement in CSR.DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01544.x
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