Abstract

Purpose: The view on CSR concept is constantly broadening and still the new perspective is needed. New challenges are imposed by social, environmental and economic changes. A stakeholder approach defining organizations’ responsibility is no more valid. There is a need to redefine CSR concept and its role in sustainable development. Higher education and its role in shaping future attitudes towards corporate social responsibility and sustainable development emerge here. A short Literature overview of development and changes of CSR concept involving higher education institutions’ attitude is presented as well as the results of exploratory analysis based on the research done among students of engineering studies. The aim of this study was determination of the level of awareness and understanding on the subject of CSR of Polish students of technical university. The role of technical university in Poland in shaping future CSR attitudes in the opinion of present students was also determined. The main trends in students’ attitude towards the CSR issues were identified. The expected future trends of development and CSR implementation were indicated. Methodology: The paper is based on survey among 214 students of first and second degree of both full-time and part-time studies of the Faculty of Management and Economics of Gdansk University of Technology, Poland in the period of March – June 2018. A verified in the preliminary examination questionnaire consisting of eighteen questions was addressed the subject of study. It involved nine questions regarding students awareness and the way they perceive the concept of CSR at their university and nine questions about future meaning and importance of CSR in the opinion of students. Most of the questions were closed and two of them were multiple-choice questions. In all questions regarding the opinion of the respondents on the given topic the five-point Likert scale was used.

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