HOW SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENHANCE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Abstract

There is a lot of attention in Saudi Arabia on the subject of entrepreneurship itself and on all the sub-topics that come from it, such as social entrepreneurship. The reason is because what vision 2030 wants to achieve in order to have a more vibrant and sustainable environment. On the other hand, emphasis is also placed on corporate social responsibility (CSR) around the world. Thus, this work has investigated on how social entrepreneurship enhances corporate social responsibility in Saudi Arabia. This study was done based on qualitative approach and thematic analysis. A semi-structure questionnaire was selected as a method of data collection.  This study was carried out to explore what is CSR and what is the term Social enterprise, and then to identify how does this two terms relates to each other. The key findings have shown that most enterprise support initiatives related to education and social issues in society. Social entrepreneurs also support the same categorization as CSR in Saudi Arabia.