Management Skills and Corporate Social Responsibility in Socially Responsible SMEs of Sonora: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach

Being a socially responsible company must be taken as a prevailing necessity for companies that want to be more competitive in an increasingly demanding society. Managers need to develop a wealth of management skills that ensure success in implementing social responsibility actions as a corporate st...

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Published inThe journal of applied business and economics Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 79 - 90
Main Authors Ibarra-Morales, Luis Enrique, Paredes-Zempual, Daniel, Casas-Medina, Emma Vanessa, Carrillo-Cisneros, Esthela, Hurtado-Bringas, Beatriz Alejandra, Olivas-Valdez, Erika
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thunder Bay North American Business Press 17.07.2019
Subjects
Communication
Competition
Emerging markets
Managerial skills
Managers
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Social responsibility
Society
Success
Teamwork
Mexico
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Summary:Being a socially responsible company must be taken as a prevailing necessity for companies that want to be more competitive in an increasingly demanding society. Managers need to develop a wealth of management skills that ensure success in implementing social responsibility actions as a corporate strategy, transforming their actions into practices that raise a sense of responsibility among its employees. So that they strive to enrich communities where they operate, to improve living and working conditions for the generations to come, and to adopt a sustainable business vision. In Mexico, achieving a socially responsible company seal has become an almost impossible undertaking, as there are currently 1,007 socially responsible companies from 5,113,397 existing companies, representing a fledgling 0.019% nationally.
ISSN:1499-691X
1499-691X
DOI:10.33423/jabe.v21i3.2082