Methodical dilemmas in research on small enterprise social irresponsibility

The issue of social irresponsibility, especially of a small enterprise, is a category that has been still insufficiently identified both in its theory and in management practice. The aim of this epistemological article is to identify methodical dilemmas in research on social irresponsibility of a small enterprise. The article presents: a proposal of the notion definition, assumptions for the concept of the social irresponsibility of a small enterprise and selected methodical dilemmas related to the research issue and basic research assumptions, the research object, research methodology, the course of the research process and concluding. The key conclusion resulting from the considerations discussed in the article is a postulate on a need to include the analysis of socially irresponsible activities of a small enterprise to the assessment of its social responsibility state in order to objectify its measurement and description.