This article presents the theme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a subject of great interest for the management of organizations and for the scientific research. In the last decade, concerns regarding the advanteges of a social responsible behaviour have increased not only for large...

Im Laufe der letzten Jahre hat sich das Thema nachhaltiges Wirtschaften und soziale Verantwortung von Unternehmen längst in der Betriebswirtschaft etabliert, worauf vermehrt international anerkannte Rahmenwerke entwickelt wurden. Allerdings haben wenige Beiträge einen Überblick über bestehen...

The developing South African economy provides good business opportunities for global companies. Despite the popularity of mergers and acquisitions as a way to expand into a developing economy, many such business transaction fail to create sustainable organisations due to issues pertaining to...

The ISO 9000 experiences of the same sample of organisations over a five year time period is examined in this paper. The responses to a questionnaire sent out at the end of 1999 to companies which had a reasonably long term experience with the ISO 9000 series quality system are analysed. These...

Issues related to company-community relations and the social license to operate have emerged as strategic business issues. This paper aims to contribute to the growing body of research on long-term company-community relations. An analysis of the relationship between Alcan (Aluminum of Canada,...

An excellent organization demands agility and versatility, associated with change, innovation and coupled with robustness and resilience, implying stability, sustainable advantage and capabilities that may evolve over time. In the past decade, most companies adopted restructuring and...

In recent years, more and more companies, both small and large, have become aware of issues related to sustainable development. In spite of the significant presence of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, few studies have examined the social responsibilities of SMEs. Corporate social...