Inconvenient truth: do UK owner-managers value social and environmental goals?

Jonathan Levie; Mark Hart

Inconvenient truth: do UK owner-managers value social and environmental goals?

Jonathan Levie, Mark Hart

Hunter Centre For Entrepreneurship

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Abstract

The European Commission, UK government and UK devolved administrations such as the Scottish Government are increasingly interested in the potential contribution of corporate responsibility (CR) and mission-led business (MLB). But what importance do UK owner-managers place on social and environmental goals relative to economic goals for their business, and has this changed over time? This paper addresses this topic by comparing the results of two equivalent large scale and representative surveys of UK owner-managers in 2009 and again in 2015.

Original language	English
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2016
Event	39th Annual Conference of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship - Novotel Tour Eiffel, Paris, France Duration: 26 Oct 2016 → 28 Oct 2016 http://isbe.org.uk/conference-2016/

Conference

Conference	39th Annual Conference of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Abbreviated title	ISBE Conference 2016
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	26/10/16 → 28/10/16
Internet address	http://isbe.org.uk/conference-2016/

Keywords

owner-managers
social goals
environmental goals
entrepreneurship

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Inconvenient truth: do UK owner-managers value social and environmental goals?

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