Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland
The article reviews the core conceptual aspects of the corporate social responsibility as a principle of business viability, and then focuses on the relevant practices adopted by major international retail chains operating on the Polish market. The empirical background consists of fact-based accoun...
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| author | Grażyna ŚMIGIELSKA |
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| description | The article reviews the core conceptual aspects of the corporate social responsibility as a principle of business viability, and then focuses on the relevant practices adopted by major international retail chains operating on the Polish market. The empirical background consists of fact-based accounts, drawn from either corporate websites or retail companies' reports, with a view to generating a kaleidoscopic "rich picture" of current practices. The main conclusions include: the sharp increase in public's and authorities' sensitivity towards social responsibility in business, the switch from external pressure to self-commitment of retail companies in pursuing relevant actions, and the concern towards fitting measures taken in this respect into corporate strategies, also adapting them to peculiarities of Polish market. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4530462a871547c49dd2100748be49ec2025-08-20T02:19:18ZengEditura ASERevista de Management Comparat International1582-34582601-09682013-03-01141127137Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland Grażyna ŚMIGIELSKA0Cracow University of Economics, Poland The article reviews the core conceptual aspects of the corporate social responsibility as a principle of business viability, and then focuses on the relevant practices adopted by major international retail chains operating on the Polish market. The empirical background consists of fact-based accounts, drawn from either corporate websites or retail companies' reports, with a view to generating a kaleidoscopic "rich picture" of current practices. The main conclusions include: the sharp increase in public's and authorities' sensitivity towards social responsibility in business, the switch from external pressure to self-commitment of retail companies in pursuing relevant actions, and the concern towards fitting measures taken in this respect into corporate strategies, also adapting them to peculiarities of Polish market. https://www.rmci.ase.ro/no14vol1/11.pdfcorporate social responsibilityretail tradeinternational retail chainspracticespoland |
| spellingShingle | Grażyna ŚMIGIELSKA Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland Revista de Management Comparat International corporate social responsibility retail trade international retail chains practices poland |
| title | Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland |
| title_full | Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland |
| title_fullStr | Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland |
| title_short | Corporate Social Responsibility of European Retail Chains in Poland |
| title_sort | corporate social responsibility of european retail chains in poland |
| topic | corporate social responsibility retail trade international retail chains practices poland |
| url | https://www.rmci.ase.ro/no14vol1/11.pdf |
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