Designing the social Responsibility Evaluation model of the agricultural Bank regarding sustainable entrepreneurship development in the rural areas of South Khorasan

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research

reza aminisharakht ¹ , Kurosh Roosta ² , aligholi heidary ³ , Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini ⁴

1 - agriculture bank
2 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bitjand, Iran
3 - Advisor to the deputy minister cooperatives
4 - Department of AgriculturalExtension and Education, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran

Received: 2023-11-04 Accepted : 2024-10-01 Published : 2024-09-21

Keywords: &quot, social Responsibility&quot, , &quot, agriculture&quot, , &quot, Bank, agriculture&quot, , &quot, Grounded theory&quot, ,

Abstract :

Abstract • The South Khorasan, because of its environmental condition and manpower has special shortcomings and challenges in the agriculture sector the acquaintance of which can be decisive in alleviative poverty, increasing job opportunities; and most of all management of natural resources. In accord with the above, agricultural Bank – as the only specialized bank – provides the major share of the financial sources for the agriculture sector. The bank has a direct effect on the livelihood of rural people. Thus, the present Research has developed a model for assessing the social responsibility of the agricultural Bank regarding the development of sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship in the rural areas of South Khorasan using fundamental theory. The necessary data of the study was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 30 socially responsible scholars; using objective sampling applying snowball technique. Using the common information procedure obtained from Grounded theory through interviews, According to the coded items the concepts referring to agriculture Bank revealed five principal domains covering causative conditions including supporting, the onset of new technology, emergence of electronic banking, and having an effective role. The back ground conditions include the foundational and structuring codes for organizational social responsibility. The modifying conditions include the codes of laws, regulations and governing mechanisms and strategies, including the codes of policy making and drafting of business strategies. The total codes of sustainable development and environmental protection, gaining competitive advantage, economic development, organizational productivity and establishment of social justice from the consequences of the desired model