Viviers, SuzetteVenter, Danie JL2019-09-252019-09-252008-11-2720071817-7417http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/168965The purpose of this study was to ascertain South African Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise (SMME) owners’/managers’ perceptions regarding the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in this sector of the economy. Their views were gauged by means of a questionnaire based on Carroll’s (1979, 1991) CSR hierarchy. Descriptive and inferential statistics, based on 262 questionnaires, show that SMME owners/managers viewed CSR as a very important business practice in South Africa. Given the critical role that SMMEs can play in addressing South Africa’s socio-economic needs, it is recommended that more SMME owners/managers be educated as to what CSR entails and how it can be implemented.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderbusiness ethicseconomic justicePolitical ethicsEconomic ethicsGovernance and ethicsDevelopment ethicsBusiness ethicsArticle