Open AccessSocial responsibility in the university
Author(s) -
Raquel da Silva Pereira
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
revista ibero-americana de estratégia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2176-0756
DOI - 10.5585/ijsm.v2i1.33
Subject(s) - social responsibility , reflection (computer programming) , sociology , context (archaeology) , citizenship , public relations , professional responsibility , pedagogy , engineering ethics , political science , law , engineering , computer science , paleontology , politics , biology , programming language
We believe that universities have a social responsibility, mainly the private ones, considered as enterprises. Thus it is necessary to make a distinction between the social responsibility of the university and the social responsibility in the university, once it would hardly be effective to make this contribution without teaching such concepts to the students. This article intends to moot some questions concerning the social responsibility in the university and the social importance of the professional-citizenship formation, paralleling it with the reflection upon the future professionals, course managers and teachers concerning their inherent responsibilities, in a social context that hardly benefits this practice.