Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
A Global Commentary
Editors: Spence, Laura, Painter, Mollie (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides regional overviews of ethics in SMEs for Europe, Africa, Latin America, India, China and North America
- Offers a unique illumination of ethics and CSR in small firms, contrasting significantly to the dominant large firm perspective
- Features research-based chapters on specific regions and industrial contexts
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- About this book
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This book is the first of its kind – a global overview of extant research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises. While vast amounts of corporate money, government policy and media time are directed at the social and ethical activities of large corporations, small businesses don’t generally attract the spotlight. This is wildly inappropriate, however, since upward of 90% of private businesses are small or medium sized. This book goes some way to helping us understand the social and ethical contribution of this majority organizational form. The first section of the book is a global round-up of research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises from major regions of the world. In the second section smaller scale research projects from a variety of countries present both empirical and theoretical advances in the area. Anyone with an interest in ethics and small and medium sized enterprises should find this an inspiring book which paves the way for future research.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction: Global Perspectives on Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Pages 1-9
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Africa: Ethics and Sustainability Within SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Enabling, Constraining and Contaminating Relationships
Pages 13-34
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Europe: Practice and Politics: Ethics and Social Responsibility in SMEs in the European Union
Pages 35-54
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India: CSR and Ethics in MSMEs in India
Pages 55-63
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Latin America: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin American Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Challenging Development
Pages 65-83
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
- Book Subtitle
- A Global Commentary
- Editors
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- Laura Spence
- Mollie Painter
- Series Title
- The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics Book Series
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-481-9331-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-9331-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-9330-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-3377-0
- Series ISSN
- 1877-3176
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 350
- Topics
