Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises
Research has shown that implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice represents a considerable challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This research conceptualises the dimensions and contingencies of CSR in SMEs’ supply chains. Drawing on institutional theory and...
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| author | Lee, Hee-Yong Kwak, Dong-Wook Park, Jeong-Yang |
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| description | Research has shown that implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice represents a considerable challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This research conceptualises the dimensions and contingencies of CSR in SMEs’ supply chains. Drawing on institutional theory and stakeholder theory, we investigates the degree of importance and implementation of CSR practices in SMEs. A large-scale questionnaire survey with SMEs in manufacturing sectors and panel discussions were conducted in South Korea. The findings indicate that SMEs tend to focus on explicit CSR practices that can be easily identified by their customers. Consistent with this, stakeholder and institutional pressures were valid in the performance of CSR practices, but largely biased to customers, government and regulatory pressures. Based on institutional theory and stakeholder theory as overarching theoretical lenses, this research contributes to offer a fuller understanding of dimensions of CSR practices in the supply chains from a SME perspective. |
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| spelling | nottingham-450422020-05-04T18:51:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45042/ Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises Lee, Hee-Yong Kwak, Dong-Wook Park, Jeong-Yang Research has shown that implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice represents a considerable challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This research conceptualises the dimensions and contingencies of CSR in SMEs’ supply chains. Drawing on institutional theory and stakeholder theory, we investigates the degree of importance and implementation of CSR practices in SMEs. A large-scale questionnaire survey with SMEs in manufacturing sectors and panel discussions were conducted in South Korea. The findings indicate that SMEs tend to focus on explicit CSR practices that can be easily identified by their customers. Consistent with this, stakeholder and institutional pressures were valid in the performance of CSR practices, but largely biased to customers, government and regulatory pressures. Based on institutional theory and stakeholder theory as overarching theoretical lenses, this research contributes to offer a fuller understanding of dimensions of CSR practices in the supply chains from a SME perspective. Wiley 2017-06-23 Article PeerReviewed Lee, Hee-Yong, Kwak, Dong-Wook and Park, Jeong-Yang (2017) Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management . ISSN 1535-3966 corporate social responsibility institutional theory small and medium-sized enterprises South Korea stakeholder theory supply chain management http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csr.1433/abstract doi:10.1002/csr.1433 doi:10.1002/csr.1433 |
| spellingShingle | corporate social responsibility institutional theory small and medium-sized enterprises South Korea stakeholder theory supply chain management Lee, Hee-Yong Kwak, Dong-Wook Park, Jeong-Yang Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title | Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title_full | Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title_fullStr | Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title_short | Corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| title_sort | corporate social responsibility in supply chains of small and medium-sized enterprises |
| topic | corporate social responsibility institutional theory small and medium-sized enterprises South Korea stakeholder theory supply chain management |
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