Abstract
In the last decades corporate social responsibility (CSR) has forcefully and irreversibly become a part of the corporate actions of a growing number of companies and continues to provoke the interest of governments, international institutions, scientists and researchers. The new imperatives on CSR have increased the requirements of companies towards the education and preparation of experts with the requisite skills and competences. The objective of the paper is to discuss how business universities meet the demand for new business models and management skills in order to help companies in Bulgaria to develop socially responsible practices.The study is based on a web-content analysis of the curricula and study programs of all Bulgarian universities training business and management students in Bachelor and Master programs. The obtained results regarding the current status of CSR education are interpreted in the context of CSR in businesses in Bulgaria. To this end, results were used from a large-scale study by the authors on the status and trends of development of CSR in Bulgaria, thus uncovering the needs of companies operating on the Bulgarian market in terms of employees with CSR skills and competences, and showing the gap between the demand and supply of CSR education for business and management graduates in Bulgarian universities (Bachelor and Master programs). The conclusions delineate the directions in which teaching CSR-related issues should develop in higher education institutions in Bulgaria.
Highlights
Global problems related to climate change and increasing poverty have significantly changed the role of business in society
This paper aims to answer the need for an in-depth analysis and description of the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) education is present in Bulgarian universities, as well as uncover the challenges faced by higher education institutions in Bulgaria in the future
The present paper reviews issues related to the extent and way higher education institutions in Bulgaria include the broad CSR topic in business and management education
Summary
Global problems related to climate change and increasing poverty have significantly changed the role of business in society. How business schools/universities meet the demand for new business models and management skills in order to help companies achieve their economic, social and environmental goals (the triple bottom line of business) and to what extent are these concepts addressed in their curriculum are questions widely debated in research literature and the subject of research in different countries To present day, this field has not been investigated in Bulgaria and the research question “What is the status of CSR education in Bulgarian universities and to what extent it is in accordance with the socially responsible business practices in Bulgaria?” needs to be addressed. The paper is structured as follows: first, there is a brief literature review which aims to present the various aspects of CSR education researched in academic literature, as well as to outline the problems to be solved by business schools in the future This is of critical importance for higher education institutions in Bulgaria, which are facing the major challenges of adapting to the European Higher Education Area. The main conclusions are presented and the aspects of future research of the authors in the area of CSR education in Bulgaria are outlined
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