Socialinės atsakomybės vertinimas viešajame sektoriuje

LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjama socialinės atsakomybės vertinimo problema viešajame sektoriuje. Šiuo metu taikomi įmonių socialinės atsakomybės vertinimo būdai yra gana riboti – jie apima tik tam tikrą įmonių socialinės atsakomybės sritį (pvz., aplinkosauginę) arba pavienius kriterijus. Todėl svarbu nustatyti viešojo sektoriaus įmonių socialinės atsakomybės vertinimo pagrindą sudarančius kriterijus, kurie būtų aktualūs būtent klientams. Todėl formuluojama mokslinė problema – kaip reikėtų vertinti viešojo sektoriaus įmonių socialinę atsakomybę. Reikšminiai žodžiai: socialinė atsakomybė, viešasis sektorius, vertinimas. [Iš leidinio]

ENRelevance of the topic. The concept of social responsibility has become one of the most widely discussed in the last few decades in the context of the development of business, science and society. Although not new, it is being updated today. Understanding the importance and need for social responsibility, companies integrate its aspects into their daily activities, but problems arise when it comes to assessing corporate social responsibility in practice, i. y. from the user's point of view. The current methods of assessing corporate social responsibility (SR) are rather limited, covering only a certain area of corporate social responsibility (e. g. environmental) or individual criteria. Furthermore, the assessment of SR itself is not consistent and systematic. Businesses, especially international ones, often claim to be socially responsible, but the public sector still lags far behind in this area (Gruževskis, Vasiljevienė, Moskvina, Kleinaitė, 2006). The fact that there is no suitable tool for assessing corporate social responsibility (Šimanskienė, Kutkaitis, 2009; Marčinskas, Seiliūtė, 2008) can lead to two interrelated reasons. First, the assessment of SR from a consumer perspective is still a new and limited area of research. Secondly, in order to systematically assess corporate social responsibility, it is first necessary to define what it covers. It is important to identify the criteria that underpin the assessment of SR in the public sector, which would be relevant to consumers, and to find the most appropriate way to assess those criteria. Therefore, a scientific problem is formulated - how the social responsibility of public sector companies should be assessed. In principle, the idea of social responsibility must be seen not only as a moral imperative, but as an instrument of concrete action used to solve problems.Social responsibility inspires the expression of sustainability in concrete actions. It is often difficult to make a clear distinction between social responsibility and sustainability, as social responsibility can be seen as a concept that seeks to combine economic, social and sustainability goals holistically. The object of the research is the assessment of social responsibility in the public sector. The aim of the study is to assess the aspects of social responsibility in the public sector. Research objectives: 1. To analyze the concept of social responsibility from the theoretical point of view. 2. To define criteria for assessing social responsibility in the public sector. 3. To review aspects of social responsibility in the public sector. Research methods: analysis of scientific literature, analysis of documents. Synthesis and generalization methods are used to summarize the collected scientific literature and to form the basis for the evaluation of the process. The obtained data are systematized and summarized. Generalization: an overview of SR in the public sector suggests that the implementation of SR in public sector organizations requires, in particular, an appropriate legal framework that compels both managers and their employees, as well as stakeholders, to adhere to the principles of social responsibility. In this way, the principles of corporate social responsibility would gain stability and provide guidance, regardless of changes in policy or political actors, as valid criteria for evaluating the performance of public sector organizations. Keywords: social responsibility, public sector, evaluation. [From the publication]