The subject of social responsibilities has recently received the attention of researchers due to its importance; there exists a growing interest in studying the links between CSR and Customers.
The purpose this study is to investigate the impact of
social responsibility dimensions of ALBARAKA BANK on customer’s brand image and customer’s loyalty based on its social responsibility activities, and to identify the concept of social responsibility and its dimensions.
A research framework was developed and data was collected through electronic survey questionnaires from customers of ALBARAKA BANK branches in Syria. In order to obtain the results of the study, the researcher analyzed the 88 questionnaires that were retrieved and then used a number of statistical methods using SPSS program.
The study found that there is an impact of the dimensions of social responsibility (cultural, educational and environmental) on both brand image and customer loyalty. Through these results, the researcher presented a set of recommendations aimed at increasing the bank's activity in terms of social responsibility.
The study aims to estimate the requirements of risk management procedures effectiveness in Syrian banking sector, and exams the existence of these requirements by detecting six factors as the requirements of risk management effectiveness according to
the literature. The study used the survey method, the data was collected using a questionnaire developed according to literature review. Fifty questionnaires were send to the employees who work in risk management department in Syrian banks, but only thirty three were received back as an acceptable responses. The data was analyzed using SPSS. This paper showed that the requirements of risk management procedures effectiveness are available in some factors (support from top management, Communication, Information technology ) in banks, and they are not available in others factors( Culture, Organization structure, Training).
