Social Responsibility Of Enterprises Research Articles

Research and Analysis of Charitable Donations and Financial Performance of Private Listed Companies

Charitable donation is an important dimension of corporate social responsibility. Private enterprises are becoming more and more aware of social responsibility in the course of practical development, and more and more enterprises are investing in the main force of domestic large-scale charitable donations. Will charitable donations improve the financial performance of private enterprises and will financial performance in turn affect the charitable donations of private enterprises? Scholars at home and abroad have not reached a unified conclusion on the discussion of the causal relationship between the two. With the optimization of the industrial structure and the continuous rise of the tertiary industry economy, private enterprises have gradually become an irreplaceable role in my country's economic development. Therefore, research on the relationship between charitable giving and financial performance is necessary. Select privately-owned listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges from 2011 to 2017 as the research object, use Guotai’an CSMAR private enterprise social responsibility database; Hexun Finance, CSR-CHINA and other websites download private enterprise CSR development reports; Sina Finance, Dongfang Finance, Phoenix Caijing, Sohu Finance and other websites obtained charitable donation data that were not released through official channels, and obtained charitable donation data from 315 listed companies from 2011 to 2017. Using the combination of normative research and empirical research, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis to analyze the above problems, the main conclusions are as follows: charitable donations and financial performance are mutually causal. This relationship helps researchers understand and explain the charitable donation behavior of private enterprises.

A Study of Data-Driven Enterprise Human Resource Management Model

With the deepening of diversified and professional business philosophy in large enterprises, enterprises play more and more abundant social functions in society. Sense of mission and honor play an important role in the healthy development of enterprises. With the in-depth integration of enterprise management and computer technology, some human resource management problems related to corporate social responsibility often appear in this process. From the traditional human resource management paradigm to people-oriented social responsibility human resource management, “strengthening effectiveness” has become the main research direction of enterprise management in the electronic age. On this basis, through the discrete modeling method of a large amount of data, this paper creatively puts forward the coupling correlation between corporate social responsibility and enterprise human resource management based on grey correlation algorithm. Compared with the management mode based on trapezoidal data analysis and cluster center adopted in the current mainstream enterprise human resource management research, the innovation of this algorithm is to analyze the dynamic data of corporate social responsibility and enterprise human resources and establish a coupling model related to corporate social responsibility. It can not only realize the dynamic tracking of human resource data, but also make full use of the relevant characteristic information of the coupling relationship between enterprise human resource management and corporate social responsibility. According to the dynamic big data such as employee welfare, employee compensation, employee training, employee overtime, and timeliness of transaction processing, this paper analyzes the social problems such as corporate social responsibility evaluation index, employee turnover rate, and enterprise income, so as to provide theoretical support for enterprise business strategy.

Research on the Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and R&D Investment and Enterprise Financial Performance

Chinese listed enterprises from 2015-2019 were selected as samples to study the relationship between enterprise social responsibility, RD external social responsibility and RD overall, social responsibility performance and R&D investment enhance the positive effect of long-term financial performance. These research conclusions help us to understand the importance of corporate social responsibility and R&D investment to the sustainable development of the enterprise, and have certain enlightenment significance to improve the awareness of innovation and the fulfillment of social responsibility.

An analysis of the comprehensive efficiency and its determinants of China's National Champions: Competition Neutrality vs. Ownership Neutrality

The existing literature lack of a comprehensive framework for measuring and comparing the efficiency of different types of enterprises. Distinguished from the traditional efficiency, this paper constructs the comprehensive efficiency from a multi-output productivity model including net profit and external enterprise social responsibility based on the Data Envelopment Analysis. This research measures the comprehensive efficiency of sample enterprises from 2003 to 2016. With regress method and robust test, the results show that the comprehensive efficiency of central SOEs is higher than its traditional efficiency and enterprise ownership has a significant and differentiated effect on the two different efficiency performance. In terms of industry heterogeneity, central SOEs in resource-intensive and labor-intensive industries have higher comprehensive efficiency.

Interpreting enterprise social responsibility in transitional China

Interpreting enterprise social responsibility in transitional China

Benefits of market information and professional advice in a vertical agricultural supply chain: the role of government provision

We study a vertical agricultural supply chain with a farmer cooperative who decides his agricultural product selling price and a social enterprise who makes her order quantity decision and resells products to the end market. The effect of market information and agricultural advice provided by the government on the system's outcomes is investigated. A two-stage game model is proposed to characterise this vertical relationship. The equilibrium decisions of the two players under different government supporting cases are derived. We contrast the system outcomes under different cases and conduct comparative analysis. It is found that (1) the farmer cooperative's profit increases if the government provides market information to him and the social enterprise at the same time; (2) the agricultural advice provided by the government can increase the benefits to each participant in the supply chain; (3) to maximise the total supply chain profit as well as its sustainability, the government may choose to provide market information to the social enterprise only; (4) when the wholesale price is intervened by the government or exogenously provided, the social enterprise's social responsibility concern can increase both the farmer cooperative's profit and the social enterprise's social payoff.

RETRACTED: Research on the impact of social responsibility of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises on financial performance

For the study of corporate social responsibility, the most fundamental problem is the relationship between Social Responsibility and Financial Performance on enterprises, which is related to whether the enterprise should bear social responsibility directly. For a long time, state-owned enterprises of China as the backbone of social responsibility, to shoulder a large number of policy burden. When corporates’ social responsibility rises to the height of the national strategic development level and becomes the focus of government attention, what is the impact of state-owned enterprise social responsibility on financial performance? Will the impact of social responsibility on financial performance in our country be different between private enterprises and state-owned enterprises? This article attempts to study these issues. The study shows that the social responsibility of Chinese enterprises has reduced its financial performance significantly. The more concerned on different aspects of social responsibility, the lower the financial performance. Secondly, compared with the private enterprises, the social responsibility of the state-owned enterprises will reduce its Financial performance, and especially in the areas where government intervention more.

Smog, media attention, and corporate social responsibility-empirical evidence from Chinese polluting listed companies.

In recent years, the frequent occurrence of smog in Chinese cities has prompted great changes in the policy environment faced by enterprises. In this study, we address the question whether the decision-making behavior of enterprises will be affected by smog. This paper studied the 2010-2018 data of 218 listed Chinese polluting companies to investigate the impact of smog on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The subjects of this study were all listed on China's A-share market on either the Shenzhen or Shanghai Stock Exchange. The empirical results indicate the following: (1) the more serious the smog, the more likely enterprises are to perform CSR; (2) smog exerts a higher impact on the social responsibility of enterprises that receive more media attention. Further research determined that media attention, whether positive, negative, or neutral, plays the same role in moderating the relationship between smog and CSR; and (3) compared to private enterprises, the function of smog in promoting the CSR fulfillment of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is more obvious. Based on the reality of Chinese polluting industries, this research combined smog and media attention in the exploration of CSR, which not only enriches CSR research but also provides positive guidance for the sustainable development of polluting enterprises.

Exploring the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Sales Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises: A Combined Case Study in the Light of a Literature Review

Exploring the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Sales Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises: A Combined Case Study in the Light of a Literature Review

Comparative characteristics of analysis methods of the corporate social responsibility management

The purpose of the article is to form the theoretical foundations of the state (level) analysis of social responsibility for the enterprise management needs. The study used identification, systematization and analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of existing methods, which made it possible to identify methodological recommendations for improving of social responsibility process. It was characterized the state of assessing the social responsibility of national enterprises at the level of Ukrainian rating agencies over the past five years. Leading enterprises in the field of corporate social responsibility have been identified based on the results of national ratings. The existing methods of corporate social responsibility management analysis were analyzed. Their content and methods used in them are identified. The main factors for evaluation are summarized. The expediency of assessing the effectiveness of management by external and internal vectors of social responsibility is noted. The activities aimed at introducing an effective social responsibility management system are presented. For practical usage we have proposed the list of measures that will contribute to the implementation of an effective management system of social responsibility, increase its level and develop this process. As a result of the ratings analysis at the country level, the trends of changes occurring both in the social responsibility management system and in terms of covering information on its implementation are generalized. The conducted studies allow us to conclude that today there is no universal methodology for assessing the level of social responsibility. In this regard, the management of social responsibility of the enterprise was offered to use the advantages of various methods to form its own comprehensive methodology, taking into account management needs and target audience. Therefore, the social responsibility management of the enterprise was offered to use advantages of various methods to form its own comprehensive methodology, taking into account management needs and target audience.

The impact of environmental PR on product consumption

The article argues that modern media and public relations play a significant role in addressing environmental issues. It is shown that in order to create favorable conditions for the implementation of ecological PR, it is necessary to take into account the relations not only between the enterprises and their target audiences but also between the subjects of environmental PR. It is proved that carrying out environmental PR is possible with the use of РR-tools, which can be various, depending on measures, such as publications in mass media; events for journalists; environmental measures; social-environmental advertising. Based on generalized literature sources, it has been proved that modern market relations for the support of socially responsible businesses require the use of such aspects of motivation during environmental PR that shape the consumer with a caring attitude to the environment and their health. It is proved that along with the production of environmentally friendly products, the opposite phenomenon is observed – greenwashing. Therefore, examples of social responsibility of enterprises that carry out environmental PR and are responsible for ecological problems form social responsibility for environmental protection for all market participants.

Research on the Factors of Developing Green Hotels in Resort Hotels

Taiwan's green mark system has been implemented since 1993. As the “green purchase” clauses are regulated in the government procurement law, Taiwan sets a world precedent and becomes the first state to legislate to promote “green procurement”. The issue arises that leisure hotels face sustainable operation and green energy protection within the climate of reduced customer sources and fierce competition. The paper hence explores three aspects of “purchase, operation and marketing” to evaluate the weight of willingness and decide the priority in association with application of AHP and 12 experts. With the analysis of the AHP, senior executives in the industry expressed there is difficulty in promoting "production history" and "supply chain management". Though recently there have been many food safety incidents in Taiwan, enterprises are pursuing profits instead of emphasizing enterprise social responsibility. In this regard, this study is concerned with how companies pay attention to public issues in business decision-making and contribute to social responsibility despite of reasonable profit-making. This study thus ranks selected indicators and proposes conclusion and suggestion to provide evaluations to the potential green hotel owners.

Research on the Impact of Returnee Executives' Strategic CSR Orientation on Corporate Value

An increasing number of studies have focused on the impact of the increase in the proportion of overseas returnees in enterprise management. How do executives with an overseas background affect corporate value? Based on Upper Echelons Theory, this paper studies the influence of overseas returnees on enterprise value from the perspective of strategic corporate social responsibility. Based on the sample composed of companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange, the research shows that executives from overseas through strengthening strategic corporate social responsibility, make the enterprise social responsibility incorporated into the development of business strategy, finally promoting the ascension of the enterprise value. Namely, the strategic corporate social responsibility orientation plays an intermediary role between executives from overseas and enterprise value. This study further correlates the characteristics of overseas returnees with the strategic decisions of enterprises, deepens the understanding of the realization mechanism of overseas executives' promotion of corporate value, enriches the research results of factors influencing corporate social responsibility, to improve the active construction of local enterprises' social responsibility by changing the structure of the executive.

A qualitative study of Argentine small and medium enterprises: Factors driving social responsibility

AbstractSmall and medium‐sized enterprise (SMEs) social responsibility has recently begun to gain greater importance in Argentina due to a variety of contextual factors. The main area of inquiry investigated in this study was the motivation for adopting social responsibility initiatives at Argentine SMEs. Exploratory, qualitative methods were employed to evaluate social responsibility initiatives at six firms across several industries. Semistructured interviews served as the primary source of data. Data were analyzed and interpreted using open coding to develop categories and themes. Results indicate that the chief motivation for SMEs to engage in social responsibility rests primarily in the values of company owners or managers. Additional external factors such as labor demands and the economy also influence a firm's choice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. The findings also provide the broader business community with several lessons that could be applied to enhance CSR efforts. Similar to prior research, it was found that both internal and external factors influence the adoption of CSR by SMEs, demonstrating strong support for the roles of an owner's values and the community as key drivers.

Strategies for socially responsible recruitment at Ukrainian enterprises under European integration

The current situation at Ukrainian enterprises is characterized by fail to meet the requirements of socially responsible nature, which is one of the economic crisis factors (lack of trust between employer and employees, transparency in conducting business processes and low level of responsibility resulted in economic disequilibrium). Therefore, a company must apply the social responsibility principles in strategic planning. The success of any enterprise depends largely on the quality and quantity of human resources. A significant competitive advantage that the company has over its competitors is the quality of talented and qualified professionals, which the company was able to attract to work. In order for recruitment to be more effective, it is necessary to apply methods of evaluating candidates that will allow to give a comprehensive conclusion about the quality and compliance with the requirements for an employee in a particular position. The issue of hiring highly qualified personnel is more relevant than ever before in Ukraine, especially in the conditions of developing social responsibility of business. The article deals with the social responsibility of enterprises, the features of socially responsible hiring of personnel and the expediency of its practical use. The main elements of socially responsible recruitment of personnel are analyzed, social responsibility directions are developed in personnel management, and elements for developing the strategy for socially responsible hiring are proposed.

Formation and disclosure of information on social responsibility of agribusiness enterprises

The purpose of the article is to substantiate theoretical provisions and develop practical recommendations for the formation and disclosure of information on social responsibility of enterprises in the agrarian sphere of economy. The research objectives are as follows: to study and specify the economic essence of the notion of “corporate social responsibility”, to substantiate theoretical foundations and propose new methodological approaches of corporate social responsibility assessment and the formation of social reporting. The essence and content of corporate social responsibility, principles of formation and structure of the social report are studied with the help of such general scientific methods as systematic approach, comparison, economic-statistical method and data systematization and generalization method. The paper presents the main sections subject to including in the social report and suggests forms of social reporting, which include key performance indicators which help to assess the socio-economic performance of organizations in the agrarian sector of economy.

Integrated mechanism of intellectualization of managing the holistic development of enterprises: multi-agent technologies

The article determines that the open nature of the current information environment and the global market economy leads to the active development of scientific and technological progress and increased competition in the markets, which forces enterprises to seek new methods and means of organization and management that are aimed at better and more efficient satisfaction of consumers’ requirements. Deepening globalization processes puts forward new requirements for innovative managerial activities in conjunction with the corporate and social responsibility of enterprises, requires constant monitoring of information, managerial and technical innovations, their effective and systematic implementation, while maintaining cooperation, mutual respect for all participants in the process. It is substantiated that, at present, there is a complication of organizational systems for managing the activities of enterprises and the search for methods for their effective functioning, which requires the formation of an integrated mechanism that combines and integrates the process of intellectualization of the management of the holistic development of enterprises using multi-agent technologies. In this regard, new methods of agent interaction are proposed that allow you to dynamically create networks and reconfigure them to changes in the internal and external environment. An important feature of these methods is the ability to build network states of both temporary equilibrium, which reflects the balance of interests of all participants in the interaction, and the agreed review of previously made management decisions as orders are received (rejected) or resources appear (disappear) in the environment. The article determines that the results of the study indicate that the proposed approach opens up opportunities for building a wide class of qualitatively new systems with the ability to selforganize, versatility, manufacturability, efficiency, as well as apply an individual approach to each intellectual agent. These systems can be used both for solving various problems of enterprise management, and for designing complex technical objects, conducting research and training, implementing social programs and in many other areas that require a holistic approach, the collective interaction of specialists and the coordinated adoption of intelligent management decisions.

Społeczna odpowiedzialność przedsiębiorstw jako element budowy przewagi konkurencyjnej

Coraz ważniejszym elementem kreowania przez przedsiębiorstwa przewagi konkurencyjnej jest potencjał ludzki, jak również klimat organizacyjny uwzględniający nie tylko relacje zachodzące wewnątrz firmy, ale również te, które łączą ją z otoczeniem oparte na odpowiedzialności, rzetelności i uczciwości. Dzięki wdrożeniu pożądanych praktyk przedsiębiorstwa dążąc do wypracowania oczekiwanego poziomu zysku starają się osiągnąć go w taki sposób, aby nie tylko nie obarczać interesariuszy niewłaściwymi kosztami, ale wspierać zaspokojenie ich potrzeb i podnieść jakość ich życia. Dlatego celem artykułu jest weryfikacja hipotezy, zgodnie z którą wytyczne z zakresu społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu są ważnym elementem budowania przewagi konkurencyjnej. Artykuł został przygotowywany w konwencji hipotetyczno-dedukcyjnej z wykorzystaniem literatury krajowej, zagranicznej, jak również wyników badań wtórnych.

Improvement of the Concept of the Image of the Enterprise for the Account of Social-Ecological Public Effects

The concept of enterprise image and social responsibility has been studied. It has been proved that in the global civilized business environment, it is necessary to rely on moral and social aspects to achieve competitive advantages and consumer loyalty. It has been identified that the formation of a sustainable image of an enterprise is the readiness of the company to be responsible to society, namely, to care for the environment, the health of consumers, and for observing their consumer and civil rights. It has been found out that the creation of the company's image is also influenced by environmental responsibility of the enterprise. The experience in implementation of social and environmental responsibility at the enterprises of the European Union has been analyzed. The concept of the company's image is improved due to the scientific justification for the need to introduce social and environmental components as weighty factors affecting the corporate strategy. This will make it possible to increase the competitiveness and image of the enterprise, to form a high level of loyalty to the enterprise's products in a consumer’s mind.

Research on Local Government Governance and Enterprise Social Responsibility Behaviors under the Perspective of Cournot Duopoly Competition: Analyzing Taxi Companies and Online Car-Hailing Service Companies

Clarifying the rational choice strategy of local governments and enterprises is crucial for promoting control on the failure of taxis and online car-hailing service companies to fulfill their social responsibilities. The local government can reduce the negative externalities and irresponsibility of such companies by improving the regulatory system; thus, it is important to build a governance model that bridges tradition and modernity. This paper, on the basis of summarizing the achievements of the predecessors, builds a mixed dynamic game model among the local government, online car-hailing service companies, and taxi companies; analyzes the relationship between local government preference, execution, and governance of irresponsible enterprise behaviors; and analyzes the equilibrium solution between local government and duopoly enterprises behavior game deeply. The results show that the key to governance irresponsible companies is to make the punishment cost higher than the cost savings for irresponsible behaviors; no matter what the preference of the local government no-governance of online car-hailing service companies’ irresponsible behaviors may persist; and local government ambivalence when regulating irresponsible companies is derived from the complex relationship between social benefits and company interests. Finally, through the analysis of the equilibrium results for the above model, this paper provides suggestions on regulatory policies so as to provide theoretical support and a decision-making basis for establishing scientific, universal, and feasible governance policies and offering responsible methods of urban transportation.