LABOR INCLUSION AS SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY: A STUDY IN SMES OF THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN THE CITY OF LOS MOCHIS, SINALOA, MEXICO

• Main Authors: Virginia López-Nevárez, Zayda Carolina García-Ruelas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2019-06-01
• Series: Ra Ximhai
• Subjects: ethics; vulnerable groups; service companies Inclusion; vulnerability; SMEs; tertiary sector
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19yrb3AtDB0rx1mmjSJzYsueZnAkYS1xi/view

The inclusion of vulnerable people in the labor force is essential to improve their living conditions and make them participate in society, thereby promoting social cohesion and stability, as well as integrating the exercise of ethics in the operation of organizations; Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), because of their economic and social importance, represent a platform of opportunity for the realization of inclusive practices, as well as the tertiary sector, when it is constituted as the main national economic area. In order to identify the vulnerable groups that are mainly hired by SMEs in the tertiary sector of the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, how they perform labor inclusion, its possible advantages and risks. A qualitative study was carried out on 11 SMEs in the tertiary sector of the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. We found that the most hired groups are: housewives, elderly people, people of limited resources and marginalized communities. The labor is performed through various actions including: promotions and raises based solely on performance; application of the same salary in the same position: Regardless of sex. As well as commission policies and bonds of general application; equal treatment; contracts based on job profile, regardless of sex, among others. Likewise, we observed the advantages of hiring people in situations of vulnerability: their commitment, responsibility, gratitude, loyalty, which give added value to their work, as a result of their vulnerable status. We identified as risks: permits, damages to physical integrity, illnesses, vices, among others. We concluded that in the SMEs of the tertiary sector of the city of Los Mochis, there is a point of support for the exercise of labor inclusion.