The Perspectives of Health Regulatory Office and Hospital Leaders on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Practices of All Private Hospitals in Addis Ababa
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2018-03
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In the forward-thinking business environment, it is generally acknowledged that corporations are
players that must adopt societal concerns and demonstrate responsibility while conducting their
business ventures. This principle has been there for years. Nevertheless, it is recently that it has
been started to be given the appropriate recognition by firms themselves and individuals in
Ethiopia.The study aimed at studying the perspectives of hospitals and regulatory office leaders
towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of private hospitals in Addis Ababa.To
investigate and identify the issues, a descriptive type of research was applied with a survey
design. The study has been conducted on the basis of the quantitative research approach to
assess the perspectivesof hospitals and regulatory authority office leaders about the practices of
CSR in the selected 37 private hospitals. Primary data werecollectedthrough close ended
questionnaire from 81 hospital managers and 36 respective regulatory office leaders using
purposive sampling method, leaderswith two years and above service are included in the
sample.The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 20 Software.Generally, the major
findingsof the study showed that regulatory office leaders’ perceptions toward CSR activities of
private hospitals were significantly different from those of hospital leaders. Hospital leaders’
perceptions were more positive to their CSR activities than those of regulatory office leaders.
However, both groups proved that environmental CSR practices of private hospitals were the
least addressed. Consequently, the study recommends considering the growing importance of
social responsibility in Ethiopia, private hospitals need to pay more attention to their
environmental practicesin particular and their corporate social activities in general.
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Corporate social responsibility, Private hospital leaders’ perspectives, Regulatory office leaders’ perspectives