Social policy and its importance for sustainable development of the society

In this article the social policy, directed to reaching of social protection and worthy life of citizens, is investigated. Because of the same purpose of a sustainable development, it defines great value of social policy for the society. The author pays the attention to the problems of principal aspects of the sustainable development concept, essence and the characteristic features of modern social policy, peculiarities of the state, municipal and corporate social policy under influence of priorities of sustainable development of a society