Corporate Social Responsibility (hereafter CSR) has appeared as an emerging area of increased interest in the corporate world. CSR focuses on the long-term sustainability of business and the society. It penetrates to the core of how businesses operate and the way in which key stakeholders and society affect this operation. It can be applicable to businesses of all sizes. However, despite the construct‟s importance, relatively little is known about CSR among small and medium sized enterprises, and in particular about employees‟ perception with regard to the issue.
This study concentrates on employees‟ understanding of CSR policies and provides information with regard to emerging trends of CSR from the employees‟ point of view and the extent to which Greek companies implement CSR activities. For the purpose of the current research, 70 employees from various Greek SMEs were surveyed in order to find out whether employees are aware of the CSR concept, how they perceive it, which areas of CSR they consider most important, what obstacles effect the effective implementation of such activities among Greek SMEs and whether firms have a separate budget or an individual who is in charge of CSR programs in Greek SMEs. Interesting results regarding employees‟ perceptions of CSR in Greek SMEs provide us with useful insight in order to indicate a safer and more successful path for the application of the CSR in practice.
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