- Title
- An exploration of corporate social responsibility in SME liquor retail outlets in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Mupazi, Rutendo Getrude
- Subject
- Small business -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Retail trade -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Liquor industry -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Social responsibility of business -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Liquor laws -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Com (Business Management)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/799
- Identifier
- vital:26498
- Identifier
- Small business -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Retail trade -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Liquor industry -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Social responsibility of business -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Liquor laws -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- In the contemporary business environment, a plethora of retail literature exists which examine the influence of CSR on the business. However, literature that explores Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the liquor retail sector has been relatively sparse. This study explored CSR in Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) liquor retail outlets in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The objectives of the study were to investigate the engagement of SME liquor retailers in CSR practices, to ascertain whether a relationship exists between providing employee training on responsible retailing of alcohol and CSR practices by SME liquor retailers, to investigate whether employee involvement in decision making influences CSR practices by SME liquor retailers, to ascertain whether a relationship exists between the practical actions to reduce alcohol-related harm and CSR practices by SME liquor retailers, to investigate whether SME liquor retailers do social good as an expression of CSR as well as to determine whether SME liquor retailers are influenced by stakeholders to engage in CSR initiatives. Both primary and secondary data sources were used in this study. A quantitative research design was used in conducting this research. Convenience sampling, a non-probability sampling technique, was used to select a sample of 94 from the sample frame of 123 SME liquor retailers. The survey method, by way of a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect primary data. The statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) as statistical software was used to analyse data. The Chi-square test, Pearson correlation, and descriptive statistics were used to analyse data. The findings of this research revealed that Stakeholder influence, employee involvement in decision making and employee training in responsible retailing of alcohol have an influence on the CSR practices of SME liquor retailers. The study also identified the safety and practical measures that SME liquor retailers are practicing as a way of reducing alcohol related-harm. A recommendation to stakeholders, such as suppliers and government to find more strategies of influencing SME liquor retailers to practice CSR, was made. Lastly, recommendations were made to SME liquor owners and managers on how to improve their CSR practices.
- Format
- 209 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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