Bridging the Gap: An Exploratory Study of Corporate Social Responsibility among SMEs in Singapore

Lee, Mui Hean; Mak, Angela Ka Ying; Pang, Augustine

doi:10.1080/1062726x.2012.689898

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“…Moreover, the mean scores of the SDI emphasises various levels of disclosure across the countries with Thailand having the highest score (0.554), followed by Indonesia Singapore, as the only developed country in the group, was expected to have the highest disclosure level, however, is only ranked fourth. This shortcoming in the country's SD might be the result of its socioeconomic development, which reduces the motivations and necessities for firms to contribute towards societal and environmental development (Lee, Mak, & Pang, 2012). With stringent regulations and compliance requirements on diverse social and environmental issues, Singapore has made corporate sustainability a compliance matter of high corporate importance (Tan, 2013).…”

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Does context matter for sustainability disclosure? Institutional factors in Southeast Asia

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Beddewela

2020

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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Corporate sustainability is a dynamic, socially constructed concept. Relatedly, to understand the variations in the disclosure of corporate sustainability activities across countries, we need to inherently explore their underlying sociopolitical contexts. At present our understanding in this regard, is deficient. We respond to this extant research gap by adopting a multi‐country approach to investigate the relationship between countries' institutional environments and firms' sustainability disclosure (SD) practices, across six countries in the Southeast Asian region. Our findings reflect a common focus of Southeast Asian firms on community and human resources (HRs) related disclosures. Nevertheless, nuanced differences in their overall SD levels confirm the influence of differing legal, normative, and sociocultural systems in engendering greater disclosure and transparency at a national level. By quantifying the institutional environment and identifying external influencing factors, our study provides a useful framework grounded in neo‐institutional theory to widen the existing understanding of how institutional pressures can be measured and compared across different contexts.

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Does context matter for sustainability disclosure? Institutional factors in Southeast Asia

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2020

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“…However, CSR programs should not only serve the organization for image/reputation management purposes, but also benefit their publics and the society at large by supporting different social causes such as human rights, education, gender, anti-discrimination, children, environment, health, quality products/services, etc. (Lee, Mak, & Pang, 2012). In their study, David et al described discretionary CSR practices as: "contributes resources to the arts and cultural programs in the community"; "contributes resources to raise social awareness of issues such as hunger and domestic violence"; "supports children and family issues, such as adoption and foster care"; and "supports public health programs" (David et al, 2005, p. 303).…”

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The online presence of Turkish banks: Communicating the softer side of corporate identity

Özdora-Akşak

Atakan-Duman

2015

Public Relations Review

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a b s t r a c tThis study tries to understand the process of organizational identity construction and the role of public relations in assisting this process. This study focuses on Turkey's banking sector to understand how organizational identities are constructed and supported by corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in addition to how they are communicated to stakeholders. The corporate websites and social media accounts (Facebook and Twitter) of the eight largest banks in Turkey are examined through thematic content analysis to understand their identity construction processes and how much they benefit from CSR activities in this process. Institutional theory is utilized in this study to get a deeper understanding of the role of CSR in organizational identity construction. The results reveal that online presence of banks in Turkey tends to emphasize the softer, especially socially responsible side of their organizational identities.

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“…Un cierto compromiso de las PYMES con la RSE es el resultado de la presión del mercado o de las partes interesadas (SEIDEL et al, 2008;GALLARDO-VÁZQUEZ et al, 2013). Otro motivo es la creencia de que si las empresas adoptan prácticas de RSE, obtendrán beneficios inmediatos o a largo plazo de sostenibilidad y rentabilidad para sus empresas (CARROLL y SHABANA, 2010), tales como mejores relaciones con las partes interesadas internas y externas, motivación del personal y lealtad del cliente (LEE et al, 2012;JENKINS, 2006), ventaja competitiva a través de la diferenciación, posibilidades de innovación (PORTER y KRAMER, 2006;TANTALO et al, 2012), y ganar capital social mediante el apoyo a la comunidad local (RUSSO y PERRINI, 2010). Las PYMES pueden reducir residuos y ahorrar costes y conseguir una mejor reputación como empresa responsable (KECHICHE y SOPARNOT, 2012).…”

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“…Cuando se aplica a la RSE, la evidencia empírica indica que algunas PYMES diseñan y administran sus prácticas de RSC en torno a sus diferentes grupos de interesados, tales como programas relacionados con empleados y clientes (JENKINS, 2006;LEE et al, 2012).…”

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Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) y su comunicación en las PYME

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Beltran-Bueno²

2017

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Através da análise e síntese da recente literatura sobre RSC (responsabilidade social corporativa) e RSE (responsabilidade social empresarial), principalmente em PMEs, pretendese realizar uma taxonomia das diferentes formas de assumir a RSC e as características, motores e limitações das mesmas, para que sirva como um instrumento para as instituições na elaboração de estratégias de divulgação e manutenção da RSE.

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Bridging the Gap: An Exploratory Study of Corporate Social Responsibility among SMEs in Singapore

Cited by 35 publications

References 56 publications

Does context matter for sustainability disclosure? Institutional factors in Southeast Asia

Does context matter for sustainability disclosure? Institutional factors in Southeast Asia

The online presence of Turkish banks: Communicating the softer side of corporate identity

Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) y su comunicación en las PYME

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