Background: While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a field of study that has gained popularity in the last years, the approaches of small and medium enterprises’ (SME) contributions to social responsibility are under debate. Moreover, studies on Romanian CSR demonstrate the incremental development of such practices, while the social responsibility of Romanian small business is an understudied topic. In this paper we present data regarding the role of owner-managers in shaping the CSR actions of their SMEs in Romania, along with their opinions on what social responsibility is. Methods: We analyze two sources of data: quantitative research, based on 109 questionnaires collected from SMEs in the western part of Romania, and also a qualitative study, based on 17 interviews with owner-managers of small businesses. The quantitative data presents the reality of social responsibility actions and the relationship with manager’s attitudes, while the qualitative focuses on a better understanding of owner-managers opinions on social responsibility. Results: Our data confirms the high impact of owner-managers’ values and orientations in shaping the degree and forms of the CSR of their firms, and reveals definitions of CSR given by practitioners. Conclusions: Our data reveals that the way managers’ see the role of business in providing social welfare influences their decisions to participate in different types of CSR actions. Through interviews we show that managers, whether their firm has formal CSR actions or not, consider being fair and doing business at their best as part of CSR. Those that also displayed other forms of CSR are those who considered it their duty to give back to the community. The interest of stakeholders was displayed mostly by those who have incremental interest in CSR.
The online educational process has effects on all actors involved. The paper investigates the changes that emerged during COVID-19 pandemic in terms of teaching activities in the case of Social Work study program at the University of Oradea. We present students' opinion regarding the way courses, seminars and laboratories were conducted in general, educational materials used in class and, problems that occurred during online meetings. Another component of this study refers to the way the practical activities were carried out. The research results show that students have adapted to the online context and, to a larger extent, the teaching-learning activity could be carried out in order to achieve the educational objectives of Social Work study program.
Background: Findings indicate a direct relation between engagement in physical activities, dietary habits and a healthy lifestyle. An active life and a nutritional diet are associated with substantial health benefits. But people’s interest in health outcomes as well as their level of engagement in physical activities is influenced by a wide array of determinants, among which socio-cultural factors play an important role. Material and methods: Our paper investigates how much Romanian adults are engaged in exercising and aims to identify their health-related behaviors Data were collected by questionnaire from 400 subjects. Results: Research results indicate that not many Romanian adults are interested in their health. However, those who are preoccupied with this tend to adopt a healthy lifestyle by engaging themselves in various physical activities, feeling motivated about this and eating correctly, as well. Conclusions: The level of engagement in physical activity is individually determined by social covariates, such as education, income, occupational status or age.
This paper investigates the forms, areas and orientations of social responsibility (SR) within small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bihor County, Romania. Acknowledging the particularities of SMEs involvement in social and environmental actions, we investigate both the practices and orientations of these firms from our region in SR. Our study, based on the responses of 52 owner-managers of SMEs, reveals interest towards SR practices, yet a limited visibility of such actions. The orientations towards SR can be grouped, based on strategic orientation scale, on three distinct directions: one related to primary stakeholders (law included), one to sustainability issues and one regarding to society. The impact of these orientations on practices still need to be investigated on larger samples.
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