Interdisciplinary approach in researching social and legal business responsibility: methodological problems

Abstract

The article discusses topical problems of the methodology of interdisciplinarity in the study of issues of social and legal responsibility of business. Interdisciplinarity as a special form of organization and construction of scientific knowledge must meet certain criteria (the specificity of the object-subject sphere being studied, the professionalism and competence of the researcher, a set of tools that ensure the scientific work of institutions, bodies coordinating activities outside of a specific scientific discipline, etc.).The concept of “social and legal responsibility” should be studied and structured with the help and assistance of philosophy, sociology, history, political science and other disciplines of the socio-humanitarian cycle with the addition of knowledge about it obtained with the assistance of natural and technical sciences applied in jurisprudence. The latter becomes appropriate in the context of understanding the psychological characteristics of business entities, as well as the specifics of using information technology in innovative activities