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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM PROJECT MANAGER POINT OF VIEW
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The paper gives the overview on the research of project managers in the spectre of the project management standards in the small, medium and big enterprises in the Slovak Republic. Authors of the paper state the importance of the Corporate Social Responsibility from project manager?s point of view in the researched companies as a part of building environmental and social responsibility. Study included in the paper consists of quantitative and qualitative research of 272 selected small, medium and big enterprises in the Slovak Republic, focused on questionnaire survey. Data retrieved from the survey have been processed by advanced statistical methods. To verify the responses of respondents to individual questions, the chi-squared test was used. Critical analysis is being used to identify specific factors of application the CSR concept in the companies from project manager?s point of view. The paper brings empirical evidences how project managers in the selected locally based companies have been applying the ecological aspects into the concept of their own project management. 52% of the surveyed companies deal with their project management projects with an average value of more than EUR 20,000. The project managers of the companies surveyed stated that, from the perspective of monitoring environmental issues as part of CSR, up to 72% of their companies almost or always focus on the occurrence of these environmental problems in the region, and only 53% of enterprises perceive this need from a social perspective. This paper includes list of recommendations for local companies based on best practices abroad, with aim to increase the knowledge and involvement of ecological problems into the projects of the companies to increase the effect of the CSR.
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