Acciones sociales y su importancia en MiPyMes: desde la óptica de sus dirigentes

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Paula María Miranda-Martínez ◽  
Jesús Nereida Aceves-López ◽  
Nora Edith González-Navarro ◽  
Elba Myriam Navarro-Arvizu
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Low Degree

The purpose of this research is to identify the value that entrepreneurs place in carrying out social in their organization. Seeking to answer the research question: What is the degree of importance that business leaders attach to the development of social actions within your organization? Subsequently, a non-experimental transactional study applied to 32 MSMes of Cd. Obregon, Sonora was carried out. Questionnaires consisting of 16 multichoice questions were applied; some of them are measured on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, divided into three modules: I. Businessman Data, II. General company data and III. Social Responsibility. Obtaining as a result that the majority of entrepreneurs consider having an average/low degree of knowledge about Social Responsibility, they also show no interest in participating in actions that contribute to the public good (culture, relationships with authority and corporate ethical behavior). Respondents consider the benefits that contribute to the company’s image and profitability to be more relevant. The conclusion of this study will provide adequate information for the relevant measures that contribute to the change of the participating companies

scholarly journals Corporate Responsibility: In the Dilemma between Fake and Trust?

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
Simon Fietze ◽  
Wenzel Matiaske ◽  
Roland Menges
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Invisible Hand ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Market Organization ◽  
Corporate Social

The accusation of whitewashing accompanied the discussion about corporate social responsibility (CSR) since its inception the 1950s. That's not surprising. Ever since its beginnings in Scottish moral philosophy, economics did not expect the general good to be enhanced by the individual's social orientation, but rather by its self-interest, a concept less liable to disappointment, and the work of the invisible hand (Hirschman, 1977). The latter aims to promote a common goal that individuals have not intended. Following his famous text, Adam Smith (2007 [1786], p. 350) continues: ‘I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.’ The ‘mistrust’ of the ‘goodwill’ of the capitalist lives on in various streams such as Marxism, (neo-)liberalism or sociological system theory, to name but a few schools of thought. Marxists do not expect societal progress any more than (neo-)liberals from benevolent capitalists who, demand more taxable profits, instead of social responsibility, in the framework of the market organization of companies. System theorists find that ethical demands are hardly transferable directly into the economy code of payment/non-payment. Although Adam Smith (2007 [1786], p. 350) shared the view that the claim of public good orientation is ‘indeed, not very common among merchants’, but that ‘very few words need to be employed in dissuading them from it.’

scholarly journals Words That Start With E: Why Librarians Should Fight Climate Change and Climate Change Denial

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Jennifer McDevitt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Climate Change Denial

Ecology, economy, equity. Exemplars, educators, enablers. Librarianship centres around the values ofcommunity-building, access to information, and advocating for the public good, and so librarians arepoised to be leaders when it comes to environmentally-friendly and sustainable practices and policies.Our commitment to intellectual freedom demands that we ensure facts about climate change reach thepublic, while social responsibility asks that we consider the harm that can be done by the spread ofdisinformation like climate change denial—the kind of harm that has led to the devastating, irreversiblecircumstances we’re in today. To ensure there will continue to be a community for libraries to serve,librarians must allow sustainability to underpin all their choices, especially with regard to educating thepublic, devaluing disinformation, and advocating for concrete collective action.

Millenials, Social Networking and Social Responsibility

2011 ◽  
pp. 277-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmila Pixy Ferris
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Aspect

In this chapter the author explores Millenials’ participation in the public good, investigating whether they use social networking for social responsibility. Millenials, the wired, connected generation for whom social networking is an essential aspect of life, are often criticized for their lack of social responsibility. Social networking, as new media uniquely a part of Millenials’ wired and connected lifestyles, has the potential to “transform citizenship.” To investigate Millenials’ social networking and social responsibility, a Webnography was conducted. Findings go against conventional wisdom as the author found that Millenials use social networking to take social and political action, engage in social entrepreneurship, and conduct charitable solicitation and donation.

scholarly journals Embracing the Feminization of Librarianship

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shana Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Good ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Feminine

This chapter explores the ways in which the feminine-coded qualities of librarianship and the "feminization" of library work may be aligned with (re)asserting an agenda for libraries that builds from a foundation of serving the public good and of social responsibility.

scholarly journals Socio-Cultural and Institutional Mechanisms and Resources of Contemporary and Soviet-Era Solidarity Practices (Through the Example of Soviet-Era Patronage and Corporate Volunteering)

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-79
Author(s):  
Svetlana G. Klimova ◽  
◽  
Ivan A. Klimov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Applied Sociology ◽  
Social Effectiveness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
Corporate Volunteering ◽  
Horizontal Connections ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This article continues the analysis of the continuity problem with regard to contemporary and Soviet-era solidarity practices as exemplified by patronage and corporate volunteering, which was started in the article published in the Yearbook of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2019 and was devoted to the theme of meanings and functions of both activities This article analyzes the subjects, resources (organizational, material, and personal) and competencies of both solidarity activities as well as their socio-economic mechanisms. The author draws abconclusion that the organizational orderliness of volunteering is not always sufficient for its social effectiveness. In turn, social effectiveness occurs where absystem of non-random horizontal connections is built and where the interaction of subjects included in volunteer projects is based on local identities and an operational system of social responsibility. Where local interests (ofbauthorities or businesses) supersede the public good, both recipients and donors get disappointed in volunteer projects. The objective of comparing the two social practices is to reveal the theme of the semantic and functional continuity of current solidarity practices and Soviet-era experience (with corporate volunteering and Soviet-era patronage as abspecial case). The application task is to identify sociological parameters of comparison in order to understand what elements of Soviet experience can be used today in doctrinal substantiation and organizational solutions related to volunteering (public and corporate).

Millenials, Social Networking and Social Responsibility

2010 ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Sharmila Pixy Ferris
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Aspect

In this chapter the author explores Millenials’ participation in the public good, investigating whether they use social networking for social responsibility. Millenials, the wired, connected generation for whom social networking is an essential aspect of life, are often criticized for their lack of social responsibility. Social networking, as new media uniquely a part of Millenials’ wired and connected lifestyles, has the potential to “transform citizenship.” To investigate Millenials’ social networking and social responsibility, a Webnography was conducted. Findings go against conventional wisdom as the author found that Millenials use social networking to take social and political action, engage in social entrepreneurship, and conduct charitable solicitation and donation.

scholarly journals Rankings and the Public Good Role of Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Ellen Hazelkorn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Engagement ◽  
Corporate Social

Measuring university engagement or societal impact is becoming a popular way to assess the public good role of universities. Rankings have been early movers in this area, but do they tell us anything meaningful? And while it is important to ask about the role and responsibility of universities, it is about time that we asked about the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the ranking organizations themselves, given that their real intent is to sell magazines and newspapers and/or consultancy?

scholarly journals Acciones ambientales: Responsabilidad Social en MiPyMes

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Jesús Nereida ACEVES-LÓPEZ ◽  
Nora Edith GONZÁLEZ-NAVARRO ◽  
Elba Myriam NAVARRO-ARVIZU
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environmental Actions ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
Alternative Energies

The attention to the environment is of global urgency and is a commitment of all sectors. The objective of this research is to identify the performance of the business sector regarding the care of the environment. Posing the following research question, what are the social actions carried out by companies with respect to their environment? A non-experimental study was carried out, corresponding to 88 MiPyMes of Cd. Obregón, Sonora. Applying questionnaire consisting of 18 questions, some of them with multiple choice, measured on a Likert scale from 1 to 5, divided into three Sections: I. Data of the person in charge of the business, II. General aspects of the company and, III. Environmental actions in the company. The results obtained show that although certain activities are already being carried out, there is still a lot of work to be done, in actions such as: use of ecological and / or recyclable packaging; adoption of measures regarding the design of ecological products and / or services; Consideration of programs for the use of alternative energies, and voluntary access to environmental regulations. The results obtained will allow designing programs, where entrepreneurs acquire knowledge, which will help them develop environmental strategies through social responsibility actions, generating added value to the same organization.

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