Corporate Social Responsibility of Chinese SMEs: Implementation and Challenges (Spoleczna odpowiedzialnosc chinskich MSP: wdrozenie, realizacja i wyzwania)

Khaled Mohammed Alqahtani () and Pingping Song
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Khaled Mohammed Alqahtani: Business School Shaqra University University of Technology
Pingping Song: Faculty of Management University of Warsaw University of Technology

Research Reports, 2016, vol. 1, issue 20, 65-79

Abstract: The research scope of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been growing increasingly popular in emerging economies, whereas the knowledge relating to CSR in the case of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is still limited. This study starts with the definition of CSR and an explanation regarding the relation between CSR and marketing. Descriptions of CSR in China and Chinese SMEs are presented as well. This research aims to identify the situation of CSR as adopted by Chinese SMEs in the current economic environment as well as to analyze the challenges of their implementation. To achieve these research objectives, twenty different SMEs in Guangdong Province were investigated through in-depth semi-structured interviews. This study shows that CSR is still in an infant stage for the majority of Chinese SMEs due to the incomplete legal system, weak CSR awareness, and deficient financial resources. Moreover, several appropriate suggestions for policy makers and the enterprises themselves are recommended in order to improve the future CSR performance of Chinese SMEs.

Keywords: SMEs; China; corporate social responsibility; practices and outcomes; challenges and recommendations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 M10 M14 M38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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