University Social Responsibility Research Articles

Measuring Territorial Social Responsibility and Sustainability Using the EFQM Excellence Model

Sustainability and social responsibility are goals that are currently aimed for by companies, entities and institutions as well as national and international agendas. In a globalized and highly connected world, the achievement of both goals must be pursued. This means more than mere compliance with agendas approved by national and international agencies; it means that all of these entities, each in their own field and area of responsibility, become co-responsible for their own social, environmental and economic situation. Because of this co-responsibility, their decisions and activities must contribute to the deployment of a jointly responsible and sustainable model of innovation, development and social transformation. In this context, this article aims to propose a model based on the principles of total quality management that will make it possible to explore the degree of territorial social responsibility and sustainability linked to the companies and institutions of a territory. The validity of this model is based on the application of the model of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and its applicability to all types of organizations. The empirical validation was carried out in the specific region of Girona (Spain) with the participation of the University Social Responsibility (USR) Chair of the University of Girona (UdG).

Extensão universitária no enfrentamento da COVID-19: a Universidade e o (re)configurar de projetos e ações

Introdução: a extensão universitária funciona com a comunicação de conhecimento. Nessa esfera está a questão de como aprender, empreender e conectar o conhecimento produzido diante das novas ou tradicionais interações que unem o ensino, as tecnologias da informação e a pesquisa universitária. Problema de pesquisa: quais são as ações extensionistas que a pandemia provoca na Universidade? Objetivo de pesquisa: identificar e analisar ações e projetos de enfrentamento à pandemia, exercendo atividade extensionista ao desenvolvimento da Responsabilidade Social Universitária, em uma universidade pública do estado do Espírito Santo. Método: este estudo, cujo acervo bibliográfico documental desempenha autoridade necessária para a exposição do trabalho, tem cunho exploratório, descritivo, de corte transversal e se apoia em uma abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa. A extensão da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo apresenta análise de conteúdo que situa as ações e os serviços direcionados à sociedade – essa categorização atua para delinear ações e projetos que têm como eixo central o Sars-Cov-2. Resultados: evidencia a estruturação de programas e projetos de extensão com a finalidade de preparar o agir social. Conclusão: sugere o avanço da temática de enfrentamento ao surto da doença, causada pelo novo coronavírus, aproximando o desenvolvimento da responsabilidade social universitária de ações possíveis e viáveis à área da ciência da informação.

Responsabilidad social universitaria en tiempos de pandemia: mirada desde la función docente (Universidad de Antofagasta – Chile)

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la responsabilidad social universitaria en tiempos de pandemia, mirada desde la función docente en la promoción del autocuidado de los estudiantes. Para ello se utilizó un enfoque cuantitativo y diseño no experimental transeccional-descriptivo. Los participantes fueron 85 docentes de la carrera de pedagogía en educación básica de la Universidad de Antofagasta. Se aplicó muestreo probabilístico intencional y se utilizó cuestionario con escalamiento tipo Likert. Los resultados demostraron que los docentes manejan la responsabilidad social universitaria en tiempos de pandemia, sin embargo, necesitan fortalecer la promoción del autocuidado en los estudiantes y el manejo del conocimiento sobre pandemia con herramientas poderosas de cuidado, protección y resguardo para la vida. Los hallazgos encontrados permitieron concluir que los docentes deben promover estrategias de promoción del autocuidado, tales como el uso de podcast, vodcast, videos y cápsulas educativas que acceden a la comprensión de la pandemia COVID-19.

University Social Responsibility Initiatives: An Empirical Study of Private and State Universities of Rajasthan

Social responsibility is a leading term in today's world, whether it is related to profit-making corporations or non-profit organizations. Many corporations do social responsibility in terms of corporate social responsibility, but it is in terms of university social responsibility if we talk about universities. Universities have taken up different types of social responsibility initiatives in both developing and developed countries. Through social responsibility initiatives, there is a need to understand private and state universities' involvement in society and the environment. By imparting knowledge and empowering students, universities serve the Society; this study would observe other universities' social responsibility initiatives towards their Society and Environment. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of social responsibility initiatives taken up by private and state universities of Rajasthan towards Society and environment. This paper is using survey research method based on simple random sampling and studying twenty private and state universities of Rajasthan by focusing two main dimensions service to Society and service to environment. The findings of this research show that Private and State Universities are doing more social responsibility initiatives towards Society rather than environment and based on hypothesis testing, it is concluded that there is no statistically significant difference between social responsibility initiatives taken up by private and state universities of Rajasthan while on the basis of the correlation and regression results, there is a significant impact of social responsibility initiatives taken up by private and state universities of Rajasthan towards society and environment. Social Responsibility Initiatives in state universities have a more positive attitude towards Society.

Social responsibility approach among universities’ community

PurposeThis study aims to explore the extent to which universities in developing countries have adopted social responsibility (SR) and track its implementation.Design/methodology/approachThrough content analysis, the study examined the SR activities in 14 universities in Albania and North Macedonia. A framework for assessing SR in universities was developed based on the ISO 26000/2010 standard and the main SR domains relevant to the university context were identified and analysed. A comparison between public and private universities was made and best practices were highlighted.FindingsThe results showed that the highest scoring domain is organisational governance, while the environment domain scored lowest. No significant differences between public and private universities were identified in the disclosure of the university social responsibility (USR) domains.Research limitations/implicationsDomains were assessed based on the online content the universities disclosed and did not consider any unpublished content.Social implicationsThe best SR practices are promoted to increase other universities’ level of engagement with the USR approach.Originality/valueThe study adds to the contributions in the USR literature by providing a better understanding of the application of USR in developing countries. The developed framework may be used to assess USR engagement in a practical way.

University Social Responsibility and The Control Mechanisms of The Ministry of Education from A Systemic View

This article aims to analyze whether University Social Responsibilities - USR is regulated in the control mechanisms that inspect and allow the opening and continuity of a Higher Education Institution, making an analysis as to whether the MEC assessment instruments are efficient in the implementation of a socially responsible organizational culture, having as a reference the systemic view, which allows a macro analysis from the legal side. It is a qualitative research, where the documentation of the Higher Education legislation was analyzed, using techniques to understand the object of study in its entirety, but whose raw material is the legislation that deals with the evaluation systems and the Instruments for Assessment of Accreditation of an HEI and course. The importance of this research is due to the fact that it performs an analysis to find out how USR is inserted in the legislation, and that the absence of a clear and objective legislation, make the HEIs comply only with what is required by law, that is, the minimum , and in accordance with legislation.

Responsabilidade social universitária sob a ótica da autoavaliação de um instituto federal de educação

Neste texto se analisa a responsabilidade social numa unidade da rede federal de educação profissional, científica e tecnológica, no período de 2009 a 2017, a partir dos relatórios emitidos pela comissão própria de avaliação. A abordagem metodológica é qualitativa descritiva, do tipo estudo de caso, cuja categoria teórica é a responsabilidade social universitária. Para tanto, realizou-se análise documental da unidade retratada em uma amostra composta por oito peças selecionadas por meio da aplicação dos critérios de autenticidade, credibilidade, representatividade e significação. O estudo evidencia, dentre outros, que, embora tenham sido identificados vínculos imediatos entre a responsabilidade social universitária, o Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior - Sinaes - e a missão da instituição, ao passo que os relatórios de autoavaliação mapeados apontam fragilidades em temas como inclusão social, política para o meio ambiente e preservação do patrimônio histórico e cultural, há necessidade de avaliar os projetos de extensão realizados no período de 2013 a 2017, tendo em vista que as ações extensionistas são vetores para a responsabilidade social universitária.Palavras-chave: responsabilidade social universitária; Sinaes; autoavaliação.

Acciones de Responsabilidad Social Universitaria en la oferta educativa del Área Económico-Administrativa de la Universidad Veracruzana

La presente investigación destaca el tema de Responsabilidad Social Universitaria, como un elemento para desarrollar, establecer e implementar estructuras de gestión socialmente responsable. Es una investigación con alcance descriptivo basado en evidencia y en la experiencia, recopilando información de autores reconocidos del tema, destacándose a François Vallaeys. De igual modo, en función al compromiso social, se mencionan algunas de las múltiples acciones realizadas por la Universidad Veracruzana, en el cual, promueve la implementación de buenas prácticas dentro de una gestión responsable con calidad, contribuyendo así al desarrollo institucional de educación superior; posteriormente se describen elementos relacionados con el proceso de obtención al logro de distintivos de responsabilidad social universitaria, otorgados por la Asociación Nacional de Facultades y Escuelas de Contaduría y Administración, donde se destaca la participación de las facultades de negocios, adscritas a la dirección general del área académica económico administrativa de la Universidad Veracruzana, favoreciendo al fortalecimiento de la responsabilidad social, en el que a partir de este referente, se perciben indicadores de evaluación, crecimiento y gestión de buenas prácticas en las entidades académicas para la toma de decisiones, y con ello propiciar, promover y coordinar un plan de mejora a partir del autoconocimiento para un impacto social.

La discusión sobre el rol de la universidad

¿Por qué es importante pensar el rol de la universidad? ¿Dónde se encuentra la discusión acerca del rol social en la actualidad en América Latina? El presente artículo busca contextualizar esta discusión para después introducir el concepto de “responsabilidad social universitaria” (RSU), desarrollado por el filósofo francés François Vallaeys. Finalmente, propone una nueva, pero tal vez más adecuada definición de lo que entendemos como “actividad universitaria” y presenta el concepto de “dinamización de la misión universitaria”, con un abordaje desde la complejidad de la misión de la universidad. De esta manera, el artículo busca orientar sobre cómo pensar una universidad socialmente responsable que desarrolle una mejor actividad universitaria y cumplir con su misión.

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF UNIVERSITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The development of human civilization convincingly proves to us that a person, being born in a certain historical epoch in a certain country, prepares not for life in general, but for life in specific social and cultural conditions. Analysis of the available philosophical, pedagogical, sociological literature and areas of scientific and educational research indicates that researchers focus their attention on the problem of social responsibility of modern Universities. In particular, interest in this issue has grown significantly in recent years. The activities of Universities are never limited to the training of future specialists. Universities perform the social function of reproduction and development of society and its systems through the processes of translation of cultural norms in changing historical circumstances, each time on the basis of new social relations. Although among researchers there is no consensus on the definition of social responsibility of the University and the areas of its implementation, there is a general understanding of this phenomenon as a certain obligation of a higher education institution to society. That is why it is important to realize that the social responsibility of Universities should be considered in the context of the general social and cultural dynamics of a particular society. And if there were times when the social responsibility of the University could be represented by the concept of «literacy», then modern world makes completely different demands on education in general and on understanding of the University social responsibility in particular. The social responsibility of the University to society as a social institution, its individual groups and strata, is its commitment to contribute to the solution of important social problems.

Proposal for environmental guidelines about a religious foundation university since the global compact principles

The University whose foundational principles are based on religiosity contemplates the preservation of the environment from its theoretical principles, in this sense it was pertinent to evaluate the Institutional principles postulated in relation to the contemporary trends established by means of the encyclical “Laudato si”. Similarly, this article focused on analyzing how these converge with University Social Responsibility. As a result of the above, the preservation and care of the environment was found as a point of agreement, understanding this as the reflection of the manifestation of God. On the other hand, an environmental pre-diagnosis of the University was carried out, evaluating the consumption from three edges, energy consumption, water consumption and the generation of waste according to the main interest groups, finding seasonality with respect to the increase in use of them, that is, consumption is concentrated in the case of water in the intermediate months, while light consumption increases at the end of the academic semesters. Finally, through the environmental matrix of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the environmental aspects of the university were analyzed and measurement indicators were proposed in order to guide the University to the principles proposed by the Global Compact, aiming at reducing environmental impacts, generating awareness towards the preservation of the environment and the implementation of new technologies to reduce environmental impact.

Responsabilidad social y cohesión social mediante la articulación Universidad, Empresa y Estado

According to the ISO 26000 Standard, "Guidance on Social Responsibility", business management must harmonize the activity of producing, marketing or selling, under the approach of economic, financial and social profitability, together with human rights and labor rights, social welfare and environmental protection. Jointly with society and the State, the Company in general assumes a fundamental role in the process towards the respect of labor rights, human rights, justice, and gender equity to achieve a more just, balanced and sustainable society. Now then, University Social Responsibility derives from the institutional commitment with individual work and social conscience, that is to say, sustainable and harmonious human development; social application of knowledge; environmental organization; concrete actions of social responsibility in investigation, teaching and extension; responsible management of the educational impact towards real actions that permeate in students, under the principles of: ethical commitment, transparency and accountability, human rights, respect for the norm, citizen participation and sustainability. In addition, social cohesion-State refers to the effectiveness of the mechanisms instituted for social inclusion as well as to the behaviors and values of the subjects that are part of society, considering employment, educational systems, rights and policies to promote equity, welfare and social protection; in addition to behaviors and values of the subjects such as trust in: institutions, social capital, sense of belonging and solidarity, acceptance of coexistence rules and disposition to participate in collective projects. The theoretical-qualitative methodology used in this research seeks to align the interaction of these three forces, with a holistic and interdependent approach, to face the challenge of Social Responsibility in the context of University, Business and State in Mexico, considering Higher Education Institutions (HEI) as detonators of change.

Intergenerational service-learning, Sustainability and University social responsibility

This paper presents a study of university social responsibility (USR), carried out through an innovative educational action. The students of the studied classrooms in the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) collaborated with a social entity Emmaus Social Foundation dedicated to environmental sustainability, social justice and the social and solidarity economy to provide community services through a service-learning methodology. Using a mixed method approach, we combined the practical experience of the social entity with an active student-centred teaching methodology in order to foster the acquisition of general and specific competencies related to sustainability and social justice. The aim was to create learning connections between members of the university community and links with the environmental and social reality of the Basque Country. This pilot study was carried out in the first term of the 2018–2019 academic year. This work allowed (a) critical knowledge to be generated by incorporating and hybridising discussion elements of social justice, such as sustainability; (b) intergenerational participation processes to be generated between elders, university students and social organisations in order to acquire general and specific learning competencies and (c) social and environmental needs to be addressed through community services.
 
 Keywords: Higher education, intergenerational learning, service-learning, teaching innovation, university social responsibility.

Społeczna odpowiedzialność uczelni na przykładzie Politechniki Wrocławskiej

The research problem described in the title of the article can be formulated as a question: by what means is the idea of the University’s social responsibility implemented at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology in its operation? We are talking here about the idea of sensu largo, because universities’ social responsibility requires an even more complete theoretical conceptualization. This idea refers to the theoretically recognized, complex, constantly changing, and multi-directional and network cooperation between the University and the heterogeneous environment. The conclusions of this submission may be a stimulus for further research on the developing concept of university social responsibility. The first part of the article is based on the analysis of the literature of the subject, while the second part examines documents.

Influencia supranacional de la UNESCO en la educación superior Latinoamericana

Latin American higher education in recent decades has experienced the main world trends, relative to the massification of student access, insufficient state funding, increase of private institutions in the tertiary education system, as well as a regional debate on its consideration as a good public guaranteed by the State, increasing the relevance of the university mission in solving global needs. Through the comparative method developed through a documentary analysis, the influence in Latin America of the Supranational Policy on social responsibility of UNESCO higher education institutions is analyzed. The results show this influence in the Region, through the Declarations of the UNESCO World Conferences on Higher Education, materialized in the actions developed by the International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), such as the holding of the Regional Conferences on Higher Education or the creation of the Regional Observatory of Social Responsibility for Latin America and the Caribbean (ORSALC). In addition, there is an academic debate between the concept of university social responsibility, established in the Region since the beginning of the new Millennium, related to managing the impacts of university work on its stakeholders, evolving towards the recognition of higher education as a good public and a human right as an expression of a territorial social responsibility, effectively contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It is concluded that the analyzed Supranational Policy must consolidate its influence in the Region in the long term, by implementing some actions key strategies, such as strengthening the Latin American Higher Education Area or research on the contributions that Latin American universities must make to effectively guarantee higher education as a common good in the Region.

Aprendizaje-servicio en tiempos de pandemia: campaña contra el dengue a través de Juegotecas Virtuales destinadas a niñas y niños en aislamiento

espanolLa actual situacion a raiz de la pandemia del COVID-19 implico adecuaciones y modificaciones en las practicas que afectan a la ensenanza. Esta experiencia se desarrollo en momentos de aislamiento social preventivo y obligatorio en Argentina durante el periodo marzo-julio del 2020. El objetivo de esta fue potenciar en los estudiantes -dentro del marco de un proyecto de extension universitario interdisciplinario, donde se aplica el aprendizaje-servicio- competencias genericas de responsabilidad social, motivacion, creatividad, trabajo en equipo y la aplicacion de teoria y practica, llevado a la modalidad del espacio virtual. Asimismo, se considero fomentar en ellos la responsabilidad social en las buenas practicas de prevencion del COVID-19 y de dengue. Se trabajo utilizando los siguientes lemas: Quedate en casa; Cuidate; y Sin mosquito no hay Dengue. Para evaluar la experiencia se utilizaron diferentes instrumentos cualitativos y en todos los casos revelaron que se cumplieron los objetivos propuestos, destacandose una alta satisfaccion por participar en la experiencia virtual tanto de los voluntarios, como los ninos y sus familias. EnglishThe current social and health situation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic necessarily entails adjustments and changes in educational practices. The experience this paper relates took place at a time of preventive and compulsory social isolation in Argentina between March and July 2020. The experience was developed within the framework of a university interdisciplinary outreach project, based on service-learning, and it aimed at developing students’ generic competences, such as social responsibility, motivation, creativity, teamwork and the application of theory and practice, all within a virtual space as a consequence of the current context caused by the pandemic. The experience also aimed to foster students’ social responsibility with good practices for the prevention of COVID-19 and dengue fever. To evaluate the experience, different qualitative instruments were used, and, in all cases, they revealed that the proposed objectives were met, highlighting a high level of satisfaction with the virtual experience, not only among the student volunteers, but also among the children and their families. Virtual platforms enabled us to recreate face-to-face work without losing the university social responsibility, and they also helped to promote responsibility from childhood, motivating everyone to face the needs imposed by the current reality as a team.

Penerapan Tanggung Jawab Sosial Universitas Melalui Konsep Triple Bottom Line Untuk Mendukung Universitas Yang Berkelanjutan (Studi Pada Universitas Muhammadiyah Di Sidoarjo, Surabaya Dan Gresik)

The implementation of sustainable development is the responsibility of every level of society, one of which is the university as part of educational institutions in the community. In carrying out its business activities, the university is not only concerned with profit, but also concerned with environmental preservation and the surrounding community. So that sustainable development (sustainable development) can meet the essential needs of the present without having to sacrifice natural resources for future generations. This study aims to find out how the impact of the application of the University's Social Responsibility Implementation Through the Triple Bottom Line Concept to support Sustainable Universities and to find out how the Triple Bottom Line concept in the Universirt Social Responsibility to support sustainable development (Sustainable Development). This type of research is a qualitative approach. This study took place at the Muhammadiyah University of Sidoarjo, Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya and Muhammadiyah University Gresik. This research uses primary data and secondary data. Data analysis and interpretation is done by reducing data, presenting data, interpreting data and drawing conclusions. The results of this study are Muhammadiyah Universities in Sidoarjo, Surabaya and Gresik that have applied the triple bottom line concept in the implementation of university social responsibility (USR) activities in order to achieve sustainable development.

Comparative study on the application of green accounting based on university social responsibility at Universities in Pontianak

Purpose - The purpose of this research is to know the difference of university social responsibility on green accounting implementation at Tanjungpura University with other universities in Pontianak City. Green accounting is a style of accounting that describes efforts to incorporate environmental benefits and costs into making economic decisions or business financial results.Method - The objects of this research are audit committee, internal auditors, internal supervisory units and officers, lecturers, or staff at universities in Pontianak City who know about responsibility in managing the environment. This study uses accidental sampling in Tanjungpura University, Pontianak State Polytechnic, Muhammadiyah University of Pontianak, and Panca Bhakti University. The data analysis in this study was done by using Mann Whitney U-test. Result - The results of this study indicate that there are significant differences between the Tanjungpura University with other universities in Pontianak City on environmental involvement, environmental reporting, and environmental audit; while for environmental concern, there is no difference between the University Tanjungpura with other universities in the Pontianak City.Implication - Universities in Pontianak City are suggested to improve their performance related to the environment, especially in environmental involvement, environmental reporting, and environmental audit.Originality - This research is the first study that used four universities as the research objects.

University Social Responsibility and Educational Performance: Evidence from South Korea

University Social Responsibility and Educational Performance: Evidence from South Korea

Glocalization with paradigm shift from fordism to nichism and university social responsibility for sustainable agricultural development in globalizing economy

The major concern is to clarify how to cope with the globalizing economy for agriculture, which is strongly characterized by peculiarity as nature. The peculiarity is directly determined by natural and social environments and associated with differentiated development mechanisms of agriculture, which is almost dichotomized between land-productivity oriented and labor-productivity oriented development path. Peculiar agriculture has to face market competition with price in a globalizing economy and requires strong direct linkages with market to survive in the competition. This means the necessity to differentiate markets between Fordism type and Nichsm type of market: the former is a general quantity-oriented market achieving a larger scale of consumption with lower price: and the latter is differentiated quality-oriented market achieving stable scale of consumption with higher price. That market differentiation is directly related to the differentiation of agricultural development paths. Those differentiated producer-consumer linkages indicate comprehensive rural-urban linkages. This is a process of rebuilding the rural-urban relationship in society. In order to achieve the goal, it is heavily dependent on local universities. They have to commit their social responsibility to identify the nature of local agricultural development and the relationship between agricultural production and food markets. Without a direct commitment from universities, the local agriculture and rural community will have no possibility of sustainable development under the circumstances of globalizing economy. This is why the current society is identified as a knowledge-intensive society, and the university is expected as the quaternary industry.