Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of a Moral Economy: Dilemma for Developing Countries (Case of Georgia)

Ia  Natsvlishvili

Ia Natsvlishvili

Ključne besede: podjetništvo, socialno podjetništvo, družbena odgovornost podjetij, postsovjetska Gruzija, države v razvoju

Povzetek

V raziskavi, o kateri poročamo, razpravljamo o vlogi socialnega podjetništva kot pomembni značilnosti moralne ekonomije, kot družbenoodgovorni poslovni praksi. Države v razvoju, kot je postsovjetska Gruzija, se v tem razlikujejo od zahodnih držav. Namen prispevka je opredeliti posebnosti socialnega podjetništva in družbene odgovornosti podjetij v gruzijskih podjetjih. Teoretična raziskava vključuje konceptualno analizo obstoječih kvantitativnih in kvalitativnih študij, ki temeljijo na delih uglednih znanstvenikov na področju ekonomije in podjetništva. Moralna ekonomija obravnava poslovne dejavnosti kot družbene storitve. Družbena odgovornost je v podjetjih moralni okvir, ki kaže na obveznost podjetja, da ustvari družbeno korist. Socialno podjetništvo združuje dobre prakse neprofitnih in profitnih dejavnosti za spopadanje z družbenimi potrebami, ki jih vlade in podjetja slabo zadovoljujejo. Socialno podjetništvo je relativno nov fenomen v postsovjetskih državah, kjer nevladne organizacije pomagajo pri reševanju mnogih socialnih problemov, vendar njihova prizadevanja ne zadostujejo. Podjetja morajo najti ravnotežje med prioritetami, ki tvorijo temelje družbene odgovornosti podjetij: poslovnim uspehom, potrebami zaposlenih in okoljsko ter socialno stabilnostjo. V zgodovini ekonomske misli najdemo številne primere, da moralni standardi pospešujejo doseganje stabilnosti družbenoekonomskega sistema na eni, kot tudi dobičkonosnosti podjetij na drugi strani, z makroekonomskimi in mikroekonomskimi pozitivnimi vplivi. Podjetja, ki delujejo v Gruziji, namenjajo sredstva za socialne projekte in dobrodelnost, vendar so tovrstne dejavnosti kaotične. Družbenoodgovorne projekte je treba vključiti v poslovne načrte podjetij. Krepitev družbene odgovornosti podjetij lahko pripomore k razvoju socialnega podjetništva.

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Biografija avtorja

Ia Natsvlishvili

Tbilisi State University named after Ivane Javakhishvili, Department of Microeconomics, Georgia, Združene države Amerike
E-pošta: ia.natsvlishvili@tsu.ge

Ia Natsvlishvili is associate professor at Tbilisi State University, author of over 40 scientific works, and co-author of several textbooks and readers. She has a candidate of economic sciences (equivalent of Ph.D.) degree from the Tbilisi State University. During the spring semesters of 2010–2012, Natsvlishvili was a visiting research scholar at George Washington University, affiliated with the School of Business, Washington DC, USA. In 2004–2005, as a research scholar, she spent one academic year at College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA. She has participated in several international research and educational programs. Research scholarships were funded by the USA Department of State, Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), Erasmus + Exchange Program by EU. Her interests include managerial economics, social policy, quality assurance, business management, educational administration, and strategic decision-making. She is the coauthor of a report on national standards of business education within the context of the Bologna process. Her research papers have been presented at several international conferences and published in the USA, Italy, Belgium, Ukraine, etc. Her scientific publications appear in high-impact factor journals and are indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics, and Thomson databases. She participates in several research projects and is a member of scientific council of international academic association Business System Laboratory (Italy). She serves as editorial board member and reviewer of several international research journals.

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