Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin.
There are four main objectives of this study. First, to examine the level of CSR practice in selected Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Second, to determine the motivation of implementing CSR practices. Third, to determine the barriers on the implementation of CSR practices. Finally, to...
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| description | There are four main objectives of this study. First, to examine the level of CSR practice in selected Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Second, to determine the motivation of implementing CSR practices. Third, to determine the barriers on the implementation of CSR practices. Finally, to examine the attitude of twenty selected Malaysian SMEs owners towards CSR practice. This study employed a mixed method in data collection and analysis via survey questionnaires to the selected SMEs and archival analysis by examining the financial reports of those SMEs. This study found that SMEs is still lag behind in implementing CSR practices. Although they understand the benefits such as enhancing company’s reputation and promote brand name, limited fund available and proper training required prevent them to implement effective CSR practices. This study also found that the SMEs’ owners have a positive attitude on CSR practices. |
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| spelling | uitm-302692020-05-08T09:50:14Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30269/ Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. mar Norbit, Norhafizah Nawawi, Anuar Puteh Salin, Ahmad Saiful Azlin Malaysia There are four main objectives of this study. First, to examine the level of CSR practice in selected Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Second, to determine the motivation of implementing CSR practices. Third, to determine the barriers on the implementation of CSR practices. Finally, to examine the attitude of twenty selected Malaysian SMEs owners towards CSR practice. This study employed a mixed method in data collection and analysis via survey questionnaires to the selected SMEs and archival analysis by examining the financial reports of those SMEs. This study found that SMEs is still lag behind in implementing CSR practices. Although they understand the benefits such as enhancing company’s reputation and promote brand name, limited fund available and proper training required prevent them to implement effective CSR practices. This study also found that the SMEs’ owners have a positive attitude on CSR practices. Accounting Research Institute (ARI, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30269/1/30269.pdf Norbit, Norhafizah and Nawawi, Anuar and Puteh Salin, Ahmad Saiful Azlin (2017) Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. (2017) Management & Accounting Review (MAR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Management_=26_Accounting_Review_=28MAR=29.html>, 16 (2). pp. 17-40. ISSN 2550-1895 |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia Norbit, Norhafizah Nawawi, Anuar Puteh Salin, Ahmad Saiful Azlin Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. |
| title | Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. |
| title_full | Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. |
| title_fullStr | Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. |
| title_short | Corporate social responsibility practices among the SMEs in Malaysia - a preliminary analysis / Norhafizah Norbit, Anuar Nawawi and Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin. |
| title_sort | corporate social responsibility practices among the smes in malaysia - a preliminary analysis / norhafizah norbit, anuar nawawi and ahmad saiful azlin puteh salin. |
| topic | Malaysia |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30269/ |