CIVIC PARTICIPATION OF SMEs IN COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENT LAWs CASE STUDY SAMUT SAKHON PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the current civic participation of citizens in Samut Sakhon Province; to study the nature of environment law compliance of SMEs in Samut Sakhon Province; to study the relationship between civic participation and compliance with environment law of SMEs in Samut Sakhon Province and to explore the civic participation model in compliance with environment law in accordance with the context of Samut Sakhon Province. The mixed method research was used. The quantitative research was used for collecting data from questionnaires 400 SMEs and people in Samut Sakhon Province and qualitative research methods by interviewing government experts, academics, entrepreneurs and group discussion of SMEs. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, Factor Analysis and Correlative Analysis. Major research findings were at present, civic participation in Samut Sakhon is moderate due to rapid industrial expansion. And most of population work in the industrial rarely have the opportunity to participate in public activity. And The compliance with environment laws of SMEs in Samut Sakhon has been found to have pollution caused mainly by violation of environment laws. Because law enforcement is ineffective and limitation of SMEs to comply with envrionment law. The civic participation has high correlation with environment laws compliance of SMEs. And the particiation process and civic network influences with environment law complaince of SMEs. The civic engagement influences to civic behavior but it has no direct influence on the environment law compliance of SMEs