Contributions to Social Responsibility

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Claudia Eugenia Toca Torres

Abstract

The author asserts that both corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability in its social dimension were nourished by the concepts of Bauman, of which collateral damage, responsibility, social equality, and solidarity are pointed out. For Bauman to reject awards and recognitions for having supposedly made a contribution to society is also considered a responsible act, especially when not enough merits were actually made to obtain those honors; this is regarded as a moral act. Likewise, many companies have presented “worthy and decent jobs” as social responsibility actions. However, from Bauman's perspective fair treatment, decent distribution of benefits and equity are components of social equality. Resentment prevailed amongst the Colombian media, instead of doing pedagogy on the Peace Agreement, as was its social responsibility. Bauman's reading of this fact would be no other than to continue to see ex-combatants as an enemy group, which of course is contrary to social equality.

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Toca Torres, C. E. (2017). Contributions to Social Responsibility. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Políticas Y Sociales, 62(230). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0185-1918(17)30033-8
Author Biography

Claudia Eugenia Toca Torres, Investigadora independiente. Correo electrónico: <cleutoto@gmail.com>

Claudia Eugenia Toca Torres tiene doctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (Administración Pública), maestría en Administración (Organizaciones) y especialidad en Administración (Mercadotecnia) por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Sus líneas de estudio son: desarrollo sostenible, tercer sector, empresa y sociedad, arreglos empresariales y responsabilidad social. Entre sus publicaciones recientes destacan: (con Jesús Carrillo) “Ecological analysis of a tourism business network” (Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios, 2015); “Inteligencia colectiva: enfoque para el análisis de redes” (Estudios Gerenciales, 2014); (con Jesús Carrillo) “Donating and volunteering as social capital in Bogota” (Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2013).

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