Building the relationships with suppliers in social economy and nongovernmental organisations Cover Image

Budowanie relacji z dostawcami w organizacjach trzeciego sektora
Building the relationships with suppliers in social economy and nongovernmental organisations

Author(s): Agata Rudnicka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: social responsibility of organisation; third sector; NGOs; suppliers; purchasing process

Summary/Abstract: The essence of collaboration is to establish long-term and mutually beneficial relationship. Forming relationships with various groups of stakeholder is one of the elements of the concept of social responsibility. The concept od social responsibility has gained importance outside the business sector in recent years. Social economy and NGO sector, as well as organizations representing other sectors, making decisions face situations that can be analyzed from the perspective of social responsibility. This is very importat because of the assumption that social econnomy and NGO sector which carry out the social mission do this in a responsible way. The aim of conducted pilot studies, in the form of interviews, is to examine the extent to which non-governmental organizations take into account the social and environmental criteria in their purchasing decisions. The article outlines the main conclusions and directions for further improvements in this area.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 378
  • Page Range: 332-339
  • Page Count: 8