Corporate social responsibility in the context of demographic crisis. Chosen results of the empirical study on the SME’s
[ 1 ] Instytut Logistyki, Wydział Inżynierii Zarządzania, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee
2023
scientific article
english
- age
- demographic crisis
- age management
- social corporate responsibility
EN The main aim is to present the results of research taken in small and medium-sized enterprises from Poznań poviat in the area of social responsibility. The study was conducted by using both CATI and PAPI methods. The research sample consisted of fifty SMEs from the Poznań poviat. The respondents were asked to answer 24 questions. In the analyzed companies one can notice very small manager’s engagement in the sphere of older workers and very low care about the future of companies in the context of demographic crisis. Respondents suggested lack of respect of their value system and that the value conflict is the second biggest barrier in the cooperation of young and old generation in companies. What is more, one can observe the existence of age discrimination. Only four entities implemented so far the corporate social responsibility system. There is a need to conduct study on bigger research sample and extended it by younger respondents. Due to that a comparison between two generations will be possible to make.Companies should focus on the values professed by all workers and try to create the strategy of existence based on common accepted values by both – young and old generation. Social implications: All mentioned in the article recommendations may positively affect the labor market and lead to higher welfare of seniors. The originality of the paper is the attempt to examine whether SMEs consider needs of older employees, especially in the social-psychologic sphere. Nowadays due to negative trends on the labor market managers should focus their attention on the system of values, creation the written books of values, implement the management strategy based on common values. Also there is a need to educate all the workers how to combine economic decisions with ethics.
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