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Do we really think small first? How to go further with CSR on micro enterprises

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  • Wolfgang Keck

    (keck kommuniziert! was etwas bewegt)

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There is a common opinion that micro enterprises, especially one-person enterprises, are simply too small to deal with CSR on a professional level. But do programs, initiatives and tools for mainstreaming CSR among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) meet the needs of micro enterprises at all? Do research and support programs take into consideration the organizational specifics on small SMEs and even one-person enterprises? Obviously there is a gap in the current discourse on CSR regarding micro enterprises. Certainly this article can’t fill this gap. But it should provide a broader picture on CSR in micro enterprises and deliver some ideas on what can be done in order to encourage micro enterprises for a more sustainable management, because the smallest enterprises are by far the largest group of businesses in the European Union.

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  • Wolfgang Keck, 2016. "Do we really think small first? How to go further with CSR on micro enterprises," Sustainability Nexus Forum, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 361-367, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sumafo:v:24:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s00550-016-0424-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s00550-016-0424-5
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    1. Anna-Mari Simunaniemi & Mira Valkjärvi & Riikka Franzén & Sari Liikala & Jaana Tähtinen & Kati Suomi & Jaana Jeminen, 2023. "Microentrepreneurs as Socially Responsible Leaders," South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, , vol. 12(1), pages 14-30, April.

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