Responsible business practices: Aspects influencing decision-making in small, medium and micro-sized enterprises.

Autor: Cronje, Lynette, Ferreira, Edmund John, van Antwerpen, Sumei
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Zdroj: African Journal of Business Ethics; Nov2017, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p23-42, 20p
Abstrakt: Society demands responsible business practices (RBP) from all businesses, including small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs). The conscious decision to partake in RBP resides with the main decision-makers of SMMEs. This article identifies which aspects influence the decision-makers of SMMEs to utilise business resources for RBP, and the different demographic variables that impact on these influencing aspects. Responses from 84 SMMEs indicate that the company's current financial condition is the greatest influence for SMMEs, while ethics only influences SMMEs to a moderate extent. The age, education level and gender of the decision-makers all have an impact on these influencing aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index