Abstract

BARRERA LIEVANO, Jhony Alexander. COMMUNITY ACTION BOARDS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES - ARTICULATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES. Tend. [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.1, pp.53-76. ISSN 0124-8693.  https://doi.org/10.22267/rtend.192001.107.

The results of an investigation carried out in a capital city of Latin America that had as main axis the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and its development articulated through Community Action Boards (CABs) are presented. By 2018, similar studies are not identified. To address this issue, it was proposed to develop methodology research qualitative, of exploratory type. A survey was applied to 59 dignitaries of the community action boards, elected for the period 2016-2020, which resulted in identifying a percentage lower than 20% of the CABs participants in the study that develop CSR activities sponsored by SMEs. It was identified that 70% of these organizations consider themselves to be strategic entities for the channeling of resources of SMEs for the development of CSR activities. It is determined that there are barriers to be overcome by CABs, mainly related to knowledge and communication. Finally, it is proposed as future research to inquire about the development or not of CSR activities by the SMEs where the study was developed, and their knowledge about the scope of the CABs.

JEL:M14, R1, R23, A13, E24

Keywords : community action; enterprises; exploration; resources; social responsibility.

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