SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION UNDER CONDITIONS OF STRUCTURAL AND INNOVATIVE CHANGE

Valentyna Yatsenko

doi:10.30857/2415-3206.2021.1.3

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Problems of social responsibility of higher education institution gain particular relevance not only due to changes in the content and conditions of its functioning, but also due to the transformation of many fundamental tenets of higher education institutions' activities. The close relationship between the concepts of "corporate social responsibility" and "educational organisation" manifests itself as the responsibility of the state for the state of the educational system in the country and the responsibility of the educational organisation for the quality of education to its stakeholders.METHODS. The study was based on the principles of corporate social responsibility, sustainability theory and stakeholder theory.FINDINGS. We propose an innovation ecosystem model for higher education institutions, which represents a new organisational integrity and modern way of producing innovation, implemented within a dynamic and adaptive mechanism that creates, consumes and transforms knowledge into innovative products, using a common innovation infrastructure and common rules among system participants, oriented towards their mutual benefit.CONCLUSION. The identified close relationship between the concepts of ecosystem, innovation ecosystem and business ecosystem made it possible to propose a model of innovative educational ecosystem of higher education institution as a complex self-organizing, self-regulating and self-developing system. The provisions on the need to integrate the principles of corporate social responsibility and the principles of innovative ecosystem functioning implemented in higher education institutions have been substantiated.

Highlights

Problems of social responsibility of higher education institution become especially relevant due to changes in the content and conditions of its functioning, and due to transformation of many fundamental postulates of higher education institution (HEI) activity
The study was based on principles of innovative ecosystem the principles of corporate social functioning implemented in higher responsibility, sustainability theory and education institutions have been stakeholder theory
We propose an innovation KEYWORDS: corporate social ecosystem model for higher education responsibility; higher education institutions, which represents a new organisation; ecosystem; business organisational integrity and modern way ecosystem; university innovation of producing innovation, implemented ecosystem

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Introduction

Problems of social responsibility of higher education institution become especially relevant due to changes in the content and conditions of its functioning, and due to transformation of many fundamental postulates of higher education institution (HEI) activity. The HEI is responsible to the state for the results of its activities as a social institution serving as an instrument of inheritance of culture, aggregate social experience, their transmission from one generation to another and fulfilling the social order of society, its various social groups (including students themselves, their parents, employers) to implement an effective system of continuing professional education (Grishnova et al, 2014) They are based on the methodological principles of higher education (Grischenko et al, 2015), on the key principle of recognising further vocational education as a catalyst for renewal processes, on the methodology and tools of anticipatory education (Osaulenko et al, 2018). Unlike legal responsibility, implies a certain level of voluntary response of an organization to real social problems It is about rethinking the role of higher education institution in the development of socio-economic space (Shevchenko, 2016). The provisions on organisation for the quality of education the need to integrate the principles of to its stakeholders.

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