TY - JOUR TI - Responsible Management in the Framework of Market Economy AU - Andrea, Benedek AU - Takács-György, Katalin TI - Responsible Management in the Framework of Market Economy AB - Background. It is more and more evident that long-term sustainable management cannot be carried out based only on financial data. Corporations operating in a market economy environment do not only aim at profit maximization as they have already realized that their performance depends on the sustainability of the environment and society. Financial motivations are the engine of corporate management, however, corporations can still serve common wealth. Capitalism offers ever so many possibilities, opportunities for corporations to be socially responsible. Research aim. This study was carried out to examine the CSR attitudes and commitments of the management of a corporation operating in the capitalist environment as well as to study their exact CSR practices. Method. The research is based on the questionnaire carried out among domestically and internationally owned SMEs in Hungary. The so-called snowball sample method was used. Key findings. The study attempts to find and reveal the reasons for the gap between the manager attitude and CSR practice based on the VoC. VL - 2014 IS - Issue 13(3) PY - 2014 SN - 2449-8920 C1 - 2449-8939 SP - 8 EP - 13 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/international-journal-of-contemporary-management/article/responsible-management-in-the-framework-of-market-economy KW - Varieties of capitalism KW - Corporate social responsibility