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Corporate Social Responsibility of Romanian SMEs Versus Polish SMEs

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Essential Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility

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The paper presents the corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the European Union, with a focus on the CSR initiatives of Romanian and Polish small and medium enterprises. The research objectives are: to establish the tendencies of CSR initiatives in SMEs in the member states of the EU; to highlight the CSR reporting of these entities and put forward a few recommendations to increase the level of CSR in Romanian and Polish SMEs. The results can contribute to offering a better picture on CSR and its implementation in these enterprises as well as developing their activities in countries with a communist history and sill with a transition economy.

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Silvia Puiu

  2. Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland

    Adam Krystian Wiśniewski

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  1. Guildhall School of Business & Law, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

    Samuel O. Idowu

  2. Department of Economics & Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Cătălina Sitnikov

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Puiu, S., Wiśniewski, A.K. (2020). Corporate Social Responsibility of Romanian SMEs Versus Polish SMEs. In: Idowu, S., Sitnikov, C. (eds) Essential Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39229-1_3

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