الحوكمة كآلية لتفعيل المسؤولية الإجتماعية للمؤسسات الصغيرة و المتوسطة و تحقيقها للتنمية المستدامة

Abstract

Small and medium-sized enterprises, as the other economic bodies, see a great deal of changes and developments which affected different fields of their own activities. Now, they are found involving in some issues that were in the near past out of their concerns and responsibilities. The most prominent of these issues, internationally or locally, is the so-called “sustainability” and the economic, social and environmental dimensions that it holds. Considering them a means of achieving sustainable development, small and medium-sized enterprises are committed to their role in this process by respecting their social responsibility towards both their internal and external environments. Due to the absence of social responsibility thinking, the government is not the only responsible for social development programs at the moment. As a result, it is mandatory to apply corporate governance which is, in turn, considered an expression that both complies with the meaning of social responsibility and ties it up closely. Key words: Small and medium-sized enterprises, governance, social responsibility, and sustainable development.