Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility practices of Greek companies

• Authors: Alexandros G. Sahinidis , Androniki Kavoura

Title variants

PL

Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu w praktyce greckich przedsiębiorstw

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the extent of use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices among 27 companies from 9 of the biggest industries in Greece based on their annual revenues. The types of practices used are examined and grouped into five categories, related to: Environment, Community, Marketplace, Values and Vision and the Workplace, depicting the emphases and priorities of these enterprises. Data have been collected from published information available on the Internet. The information gathered was content-analyzed while the categorization based on CSR activities followed, so as to enable us to detect patterns and variations between industries. The findings provide a picture of the types of CSR practice choices that large companies operating in Greece are making, with regard to the content, variety and number of occurrences. The findings in this study offer an understanding of the approach of large Greek companies to CSR and demonstrate the particular importance they assign to specific domains of CSR in the period of economic crisis. Considering the increasing importance of CSR practices in the way businesses conduct themselves and the rising trend of adopting such practices and communicating them to the stakeholders involved, the knowledge produced about corporate CSR practices can help in the creation and enrichment of best practices which can then be communicated and advertised to the wider population of the country’s businesses.

PL

Autorzy artykułu dokonują analizy zakresu wykorzystania społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu (CSR) wśród 27 firm z 9 największych gałęzi przemysłu w Grecji na podstawie ich rocznych przychodów. Zastosowane rodzaje badanych praktyk zostały ujęte w pięciu różnych kategoriach takich jak: środowisko, społeczeństwo, rynek, wizja i wartości oraz miejsce pracy, przedstawiając priorytety i akcenty wcześniej wspomnianych przedsiębiorstw. Dane, zebrane na podstawie informacji dostępnych w internecie, zostały poddane analizie pod względem treści, a następnie dokonano kategoryzacji opartej na CSR, tak aby odpowiednio dostrzec wzorce i odmienności występujące w różnych gałęziach przemysłu. Wyniki badań klarownie pokazują rodzaj praktyk CSR, jakie są podejmowane w dużych firmach działających w Grecji w odniesieniu do ich treści, różnorodności i liczby występowania. Wnioski zawarte w niniejszej pracy pozwalają zrozumieć dobór działań w zakresie społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu podejmowanych przez duże greckie firmy w okresie kryzysu gospodarczego. Biorąc pod uwagę stale rosnącą wagę praktyk w zakresie CSR, sposób ich adaptacji przyjęty przez poszczególne przedsiębiorstwa oraz rosnącą tendencję do stosowania takich działań, jak również przekazywanie informacji na ich temat zainteresowanym stronom, wiedza w ten sposób uzyskana może pomóc w tworzeniu i wzbogacaniu najlepszych działań, które w dalszej kolejności mogą być propagowane wśród większej liczby przedsiębiorstw w kraju.

Keywords

EN

Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR categories; communicating CSR; Greece

PL

społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu; kategorie CSR; komunikacja CSR; Grecja

• Publisher: Małopolska Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczna
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Małopolskiej Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Tarnowie
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 2(25)
• Pages: 185-193

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Alexandros G. Sahinidis

• Technological Education Institute of Athens, Department of Business Administration, 12210 Aigaleo, Greece, Tel.: [phone]

author

Androniki Kavoura

• Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Department of Marketing

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