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Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

A Global Commentary

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Editors:
  1. Laura Spence

    1. University of London, School of Management, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom

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  2. Mollie Painter-Morland

    1. Dept. Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, USA

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  • Provides regional overviews of Ethics in SMEs for Europe, Africa, Latin America, India, China and North America
  • A unique illumination of ethics and CSR in small firms, contrasting significantly to the dominant large firm perspective
  • Research-based chapters on specific regions and industrial contexts

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Global overviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Introduction: Global Perspectives on Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

      • Laura J. Spence, Mollie Painter-Morland
      Pages 1-9

    3. Africa: Ethics and Sustainability Within SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Enabling, Constraining and Contaminating Relationships

      • Mollie Painter-Morland, Kris Dobie
      Pages 13-34

    4. Europe: Practice and Politics: Ethics and Social Responsibility in SMEs in the European Union

      • Laura J. Spence, Francesco Perrini
      Pages 35-54

    5. India: CSR and Ethics in MSMEs in India

      • Vasanthi Srinivasan
      Pages 55-63

    6. Latin America: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin American Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Challenging Development

      • Maria Cecilia Coutinho de Arruda
      Pages 65-83

    7. New Zealand & Australia: A New Zealand and Australian Overview of Ethics and Sustainability in SMEs

      • Eva Collins, Carolyn Dickie, Paull Weber
      Pages 85-97

    8. USA: An Overview of Empirical Research on Ethics in Entrepreneurial Firms Within the United States

      • Melissa S. Baucus, Philip L. Cochran
      Pages 99-119

  3. Individual research : THEORY DEVELOPMENT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Entrepreneurial Social Responsibility: Scoping the Territory

      • Richard K. Blundel, Laura J. Spence, Stefania Zerbinati
      Pages 123-145

    3. A Comprehensive Model for SMEs: Measuring the Dynamic Interplay of Morality, Environment and Management Systems – Towards Continuous Improvement

      • Jörg Bürgi
      Pages 147-171

    4. CSR and SMEs in Portugal: The Strategy of Obligation

      • Maria João Santos
      Pages 173-190

  5. Individual research: CASE EXAMPLES

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. Fostering Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Size Enterprises. Recent Experiences in The Netherlands

      • Henk van Luijk, Lobke Vlaming
      Pages 277-289
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of London, School of Management, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom

    Laura Spence

  • Dept. Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, USA

    Mollie Painter-Morland

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