摘要：In the current economic context marked b y the globalization phenomenon is more widely shared the opinio n that CSR should become an integral part of economic concepts used b y the b usiness environment in order to ensure a balance between economic growth reserves of natural resources and social progress. Small and medium enterprises should systematically pursue the achievement of economic, social and environmental objectives derived from them, namely: ensuring long-term economic performance, stakeholder needs and expectations. Achieving these objectives would have as result the creation of added value for each of the stakeholders: customers, shareholders, company, partners, staff, and society as a whole. From this perspective, international standards organization provide guidance to achieve sustainable performance through an approach based on quality management. A sustainable performance is obtained by the company's capability of realizing and maintaining long -term goals. A company's sustainable performance is obtained through the capability of fulfill needs and expectations from its clients and stakeholders, o n long term and in a balanced manner. Sustainable success can be obtained through an efficient and organized management, by raising awareness on the organization environment, learning and proper application of improvements, innovations, or both of them. The purpose of this study was to analyze the concerns of social responsibility in organizations according to their maturity degree. In order to reach the aim, it was conducted a questionnaire-based study applied to 94 auto motive suppliers based in Romania, between 2010 and 2011. All the automotive suppliers interviewed are active members of the Romanian Car Manufacturers Association (ACAROM). The companies were assessed by the project team through electronic means. The research revealed that social responsibility is not a criterion in selecting suppliers of automotive industry
关键词：Corporate social responsibility; sustainable performance; SME; organizational maturity level; KPIs
