Social Responsibility as the Scope of Practice of Sociology
Keywords:
social responsibility, sociology, applied sociology, social consulting, sociologist function in the organizationAbstract
There is an urgent problem of knowledge and skills in the practice of sociologists of social life and production. One of the areas of use of sociology is social responsibility. Task Goal of the article is to discuss problems of social responsibility in the context of practical sociology. Corporate Social Responsibility is an important focus of the business today. In this connection there is a need for social consultancy, providing services which can be used by sociologists of knowledge and skills. Knowledge of social scientists should be actively involved in social planning, social security and the performance of research, organizational and advisory function of applied sociology in industry.
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