scholarly journals The Corporate Social Responsibility of Family Businesses: An International Approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gérard Hirigoyen ◽  
Thierry Poulain-Rehm
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a Hospitality Family Business

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7091
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Fonseca ◽  
Sandro Carnicelli
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Corporate Social

The triple bottom line of sustainability has been the foundation to assess the overall performance of organizations in the hospitality sector. Family businesses are operating in a very competitive environment, and their practices are heavily scrutinised by stakeholders. This paper considers the value of action research in the field of family businesses in the hospitality sector through the prism of organizational learning. The focus of the research is to understand how a Scottish family business learns and implements corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices and how they embed the practices in their activities in a bed and breakfast. The family business used in this research is based in Paisley, Scotland. The use of action research enabled this research to follow a recurring spiral learning process of diagnosing, planning, acting, and evaluating to achieve organizational learning. The action learning contributed to re-thinking the communication between actors involved in the Scottish hospitality sector and family businesses to open a dialogue and produce norms and to contribute to knowledge about a new small-business social responsibility orbital framework.

Family businesses, corporate social responsibility, and websites

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (7) ◽  
pp. 1442-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lea Iaia ◽  
Demetris Vrontis ◽  
Amedeo Maizza ◽  
Monica Fait ◽  
Paola Scorrano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Italian Wine ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the distinctive elements of CSR communications that characterize the communications models of family businesses in the Italian wine industry, and to compare them with nonfamily businesses. Design/methodology/approach Using a case study approach, a sample of large and medium companies practicing corporate social responsibility was identified. The content of their websites was examined using content analysis and text mining (correspondence analysis techniques and word association analysis using the T-Lab software). Findings The analysis indicates that the ownership structure nature makes a difference in the online CSR communications process. The cultural identity in both family and nonfamily businesses is founded on intangible factors such as tradition; however, being a family business is a fundamental driver in the online CSR communications process, no longer forming a bond among players in the wine industry, but rather linking with other wine family businesses. Research limitations/implications One limitation of this work is the small size of the investigated sample. An added value it contributes is its focus on the Italian wine industry. The paper provides the essential elements that family and nonfamily wine businesses should consider in customizing their CSR communications with the brand’s specific details. Originality/value The authors highlighted the similarities and differences of family and nonfamily wine businesses in terms of their online CSR communications. The authors also observed how the family wine business identity, in its multidimensional construct, has common factors with what we call “familiness.” This research could establish a starting point for further work within this important sector.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility in Family and Non-Family SMEs in Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzman ◽  
Sandra Yesenia Pinzón-Castro ◽  
Araceli Alvarado-Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been practically oriented towards large companies, and few studies have analyzed this construct in a context of family businesses, but there are few studies that relate CSR in small and medium-sized enterprises Family businesses (SMEs) and non-family businesses. Therefore, this empirical study has the essential objective of analyzing CSR in a context of family and non-family SMEs in Mexico. The results show that CSR is exactly the same in both family SMEs and non-family SMEs in Mexico.

scholarly journals CSR COMPARISON BETWEEN FAMILY BUSINESSES AND NON-FAMILY BUSINESS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ömer YAZICI ◽  
Douglas MCWILLIAMS ◽  
Seydahmet ERCAN
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Top Management ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Us ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Conclusion Section

This paper is designed to explore whether family businesses outperform nonfamily businesses regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance. Upon comparing the CSR performances of 64 top family businesses in the US with CSR performances of the top nonfamily businesses in the US; the results have showed that nonfamily businesses outperform family businesses on CSR. Analysis of four out of five categories of CSR performance resulted in favor of nonfamily businesses and no statistical difference was found in one category. Hence, results show that family businesses are reluctant to corporate social responsibility concern. The result of this study may suggest that family businesses are self-interested; however, some research literature may advise otherwise.  Strong agency problems and having family influence in the top management team composition may be shown as the main reason behind this phenomenon. Also results show that among the family businesses, increased family member presence in the top management has a positive effect on CSR performance. For further analysis and future studies, recommendations are made in the conclusion section.

scholarly journals The Effect of Religiosity, Spirituality and Family Power Influence on Family Business Sustainable Values

2019 ◽  
pp. 172-211
Author(s):  
Zazli Lily Wisker ◽  
Vikinta Rosinaite ◽  
Balakrishnan Muniapan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Corporate Social

Family businesses are distinct from non-family businesses due to the families’ involvement in managing and influencing the business. The influence can take several forms. This study examines if religiosity, spirituality and power influence of the owning family business affect the family businesses’ corporate social responsibility towards their customers, employees, shareholders and societies. The study hypothesises positive effects of religious belief, religious practice, spirituality and power influences on family business corporate social responsibility. Data was collected among 251 family members from 84 small to medium-sized family businesses in the North Island of New Zealand. The relationships were significant for spirituality and religious practice (negative effect). Ultimately, discussion and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Ethics and Social Responsibility in Family Firms. Research Domain and Future Research Trends from a Bibliometric Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 14009
Author(s):  
Encarnación Ramos-Hidalgo ◽  
Manuel Orta-Pérez ◽  
Maria A. Agustí
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Research Domain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics have been studied in a wide variety of business contexts, but the field of family business has mainly devoted attention to Corporate Social Responsibility, with less attention paid to the field of ethics. Being two closely related fields, they should be analyzed jointly in order to study the evolution of the field. To achieve this objective, we use two different bibliometric techniques, a co-word and a document coupling, as they are complementary and allow us to identify research topics and, therefore, to establish future research lines. Results show that the differences that exist between CSR in family businesses and CSR in non-family businesses continue to be a central focus, and that ethics should be found in the roots of that question. However, the underpinning factors and the linkage of the different CSR policies and ethical values to performance still require more attention. To be more precise, topics such as socio-emotional wealth, financial performance, ethics, firm, and management remain at the core of the field.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Family Business in the Time of COVID-19: Changing Strategy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2041
Author(s):  
Elena Rivo-López ◽  
Mónica Villanueva-Villar ◽  
Miguel Michinel-Álvarez ◽  
Francisco Reyes-Santías
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Socioemotional Wealth ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Community Improvement ◽  
Corporate Social

Companies in general and family businesses in particular engage in local collaborations in rather diverse areas through their corporate social responsibility activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has made these contributions to community improvement more apparent, suggesting a paradigm shift. This conceptual paper proposes a reflection about the evolution of the corporate social responsibility activities linked to family businesses in emergencies and from the socioemotional wealth perspective. The contribution of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it provides an in-depth reflection on the evolution of philanthropy, posing the following questions: are we witnessing a reinvention of corporate social responsibility within the framework of family businesses because of the global pandemic; does this new trend deserve support, given the fundamental role that family businesses have played in this situation; and if so, what should such support consist of, and what is the optimal channel for articulating it? Secondly, the paper proposes a theoretical framework from the socioemotional wealth perspective to advance research about corporate social responsibility carried out by family businesses. Business families are more likely to implement strategies that promote ethical behavior and CSR activities in their companies. The pandemic situation has created new possibilities for developing CSR.

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