Knowledge and Attitude of Corporate Social Responsibility by Selected Small Businesses in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Olubayode Ayobami Ayodele, A. Adedapo, Margaret Olanireti Ayodele
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Corporate Social Responsibility over the years is keenly observed as germane to business long term survival. The impact of CSR reflect both in the business performance and societal impact. In Nigeria, it is observed that CSR is mostly practiced by large businesses when compared to small businesses. This study objectives includes accessing the knowledge of small businesses of CSR, know the attitude of small businesses towards CSR and contributing factors to the attitude of small businesses. The researchers used descriptive analysis methods to analyse responses from respondents. Result from the study revealed that majority of respondents were of the view that CSR was strictly for large firms, so small businesses has no business engaging in CSR activities. Most small business considered CSR as waste of scarce resources and irrelevant to business growth. The result also showed that lack of knowledge, less funds, lack of exposure towards CSR and government policy are responsible for poor attitude towards CSR activities. The study recommends that government, pressure groups and other stakeholders should regularly organise programmes through various channels on the need for small businesses to change their perception about CSR. Also association, and government agencies should sanitize small businesses on the importance of CSR to their business and society.
尼日利亚Ado-Ekiti地区中小企业社会责任知识与态度
多年来,人们敏锐地观察到,企业社会责任与企业的长期生存息息相关。企业社会责任的影响既体现在企业绩效上,也体现在社会影响上。在尼日利亚,可以观察到,与小企业相比,大型企业大多实施了企业社会责任。本研究的目标包括获取小企业的企业社会责任知识,了解小企业对企业社会责任的态度以及影响小企业态度的因素。研究人员使用描述性分析方法来分析受访者的回答。研究结果显示,大多数受访者认为企业社会责任严格限于大企业,因此小企业没有义务参与企业社会责任活动。大多数小企业认为企业社会责任是对稀缺资源的浪费,与企业发展无关。结果还表明,企业社会责任知识的缺乏、资金的缺乏、对企业社会责任的缺乏和政府政策的缺乏是企业社会责任态度不佳的原因。该研究建议,政府、压力团体和其他持份者应透过不同渠道,定期举办有关小型企业需要改变对企业社会责任认知的计划。此外,协会和政府机构应该让小企业认识到企业社会责任对企业和社会的重要性。
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