Small business—Big responsibility: The experience of social responsibility among small firms in rural Newfoundland, Canada
Notice bibliographique
Résumé
While definitional debates and discussion of its strategic significance continue, the concept, theories, and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are widely recognised as common elements of contemporary business conduct. The wealth of related academic literature and general popular awareness of CSR speak to both the perceived significance of the relationship between business and society, and the interest in understanding the nature and bounds of a business’s responsibilities and obligations to society. Overwhelmingly, the examination of social responsibility (SR) is framed in the context of the “corporation.” Though developing as an emergent area of scholarship, what is less well-understood, is how smaller firms—those that dominate developed and underdeveloped economies alike—understand and engage with SR. Even less explored is the SR experience of the rural small business (RSB). The rural setting, characteristically dominated by small firms, presents a unique backdrop against which to evaluate whether and how the experience of SR in smaller firms is distinct from contemporary understandings of CSR. A qualitative research approach was adopted to achieve the study aim to critically examine the SR experience of RSBs. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with the owner-operators of twenty-four small businesses throughout rural Newfoundland, Canada; all research participants were identified as exemplars of socially responsible businesses. Analysis of project data was undertaken based on a constructivist grounded theory approach where data was coded, categorised, and thematically evaluated to identify defining characteristics of the phenomenon under examination. The central findings of this research revealed that the SR experience of RSB owners was both similar and distinct from contemporary CSR and small business social responsibility (SBSR), and was significantly shaped by the rural community context. Commonalities were noted in some forms, underlying motivations, and realised benefits of SR behaviour; unique to the RSB SR experience were the personal costs associated with operating in a highly community-engaged manner. Findings contributed to extending CSR and SBSR scholarly literature, and a novel framework that accounts for the RSB SR experience was proposed. Further, policy recommendations to support rural social and economic development policy, and practical considerations for RSB owners in their business and SR practice are provided.
Récupéré en direct depuis OpenAlex et désinversé. Les résumés ne sont pas conservés dans cette base de données : les index inversés représentent 8,6 Go des 9,3 Go de texte de la base, et le serveur dispose de 13 Go libres.
Comment cette classification a été obtenuedéplier
Prédiction distillée sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.
Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,002 | 0,002 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,002 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,001 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.
Le détail, modèle par modèle et score par score, se trouve en fin de page sous « Comment cette classification a été obtenue ».