The Impact of Socially Responsible Reporting on Successful Corporate Operations

• Authors: Anton Peršič , Mirko Markič
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of our research was to study the impact and purpose of the reporting on socially responsible conduct on the success of corporate operations. The data and information were gathered with the quantitative research method, whereas the instrument for gathering them was a questionnaire that was distributed among 759 large and medium sized organisations from the field of market services in the Republic of Slovenia. We have established that activities aimed at socially responsible conduct are directly connected with the success of corporate operations, especially the revenue (p = 0.001), the profit of a company (p = 0.000), operational growth (p = 0.007) and operational economy (p = 0.002), and are typical for organizations with a larger number of employees (p = 0.032). In this regard, the real estate and construction market activities received the lowest scores. Research results provide theoretical as well as practical benefits for everyone dealing with the planning, implementation and control of sustainable development, as well as socially responsible conduct within the organization.

Keywords

EN

sustainable development; social responsibility; market services; operational success

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 47-54

Dates

published

2013-03-01

online

2013-04-13

Contributors

author

Anton Peršič

• Sallaumines 10a, 1420 Trbovlje, Slovenija

author

Mirko Markič

• University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, Cankarjeva 5, 6000 Koper, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/orga-2013-0007