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- Title
THE PROMOTION OF CSR IN SMEs BY SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS. A CASE STUDY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.
- Authors
Mària, Josep F.; Murillo, David
- Abstract
The CSR of SMEs in developing countries is difficult to promote mainly for two reasons: the characteristics of SMEs in these areas, and the special context (deficits in infrastructures and a weak State) where such SMEs operate. One solution to address these problems is the creation or enforcement of SME networks, where trust and relational contracts replace impersonal market exchanges and legal contracts. The paper investigates the role of support organizations in the promotion of SME networks and of their socially responsible behaviours. It presents the case of CADICEC, a support organization for SMEs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. CADICEC develops its mission based on transparency and the enforcement of public institutions, in a business and political context invaded by secret chapels that promote under the table particular and ethnic interests. The inspiration of CADICEC's behaviour lies in a pre colonial African institution: the Palaver Tree. Conclusions highlight the importance of cultural changes for the survival and responsibility of individual SMEs, and the critical role of an open debate in the promotion of appropriate institutional contexts for such firms.
- Subjects
CONGO (Democratic Republic); SOCIAL responsibility of business; BUSINESS enterprises; TWENTY-first century; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics, 2013, Issue 4, p143
- ISSN
2013-8393
- Publication type
Article