CORPORATE SOCIAL PROJECTS IN BRAZIL: DIFFERENT LENSES FOR UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT MODELS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS / PROJETOS SOCIAIS DE EMPRESAS NO BRASIL: DIFERENTES LENTES PARA COMPREENDER OS MODELOS DE GESTÃO E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES

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2005

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Corporate social responsibility and business ethics issues have been gaining increasing visibility amongst the Brazilian entrepreneurial environment. In Brazil, the social investment dimension captures most of the flare in the enterprise agenda. However, the comprehensive view of social responsibility includes the relations between the organizations and different stakeholder groups. An investigation of different social project management models used by Brazilian companies was undertaken, aiming at evaluating the influence and the combined effects of diverse factors on the effectiveness and sustainability of the projects` results. A conceptual framework for corporate social project analysis was postulated for the Brazilian context, and then used as the basis for an evaluation of project management practices. The field research activities comprised application of a questionnaire, in depth interviews, document analysis, and case studies. The data were analyzed under different perspectives, so as to provide a multidimensional view of the studied phenomenon. The quantitative analysis of the questionnaire data was complemented by data provided by the interviews. Two case studies were developed, as a result of the combination of data provided by selected projects. The results indicate that interactions between the type of project, management model, and institutional configuration (enterprises or investing entities, operative institution, partner organizations, associations with the public sector and with other projects) influence projects` results and sustainability. The results also led to modifications of the conceptual framework originally proposed. The resulting framework has great potential to be used either guiding empirical research or as management tools for social projects. The detailed analysis of different dimensions and indicators enable an evaluation of the fitness of the adopted management model to project`s characteristics and its institutional configuration, as well as allowing a reflection about the inter-relations of several factors and their implications on the performance of the project.

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corporate social responsibility social corporate social investments responsabilidade social corporativa corporate social investments gestao de projetos sociais investimentos sociais de empresas

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