Responsabilidade social das empresas . O caso português

Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.A exclusão social é hoje considerada como uma das principais ameaças e desafios que se colocam ao mundo, para a qual a resposta sublinha a necessidade da aplicação prática e conjunta de um sentido de coesão social, de justiça e de responsabilidade. Os princípios para uma estratégia global contra a exclusão social apontam o papel das empresas como sendo extremamente importante, nomeadamente, ao nível da sua responsabilidade social, bem como ao nível da mobilização dos restantes intervenientes na esfera económica, social e política. Assim, a presente dissertação tem por objectivo determinar o papel da responsabilidade social das empresas e das Instituições criadas para a sua multiplicação, no actual contexto de profundas transformações económicas, políticas, sociais, demográficas e organizacionais. Embora estas transformações ocorram à escala mundial e envolvam diversos actores, a presente investigação focaliza-se, em termos geográficos, na esfera europeia, centrando-se ao longo do trabalho, e mediante a realização de um estudo de caso, na realidade empresarial de diversas instituições portuguesas. Palavras-chave: Responsabilidade Social; Exclusão Social; Coesão Social; Empresas; Redes; Parcerias. Abstract Today social exclusion is regarded as one of the main threats and challenges to be put to the world, whose response stresses the necessity of a whole practical application of a meaning for social cohesion, justice and responsability. The principies for global strategy against social exclusion stand out the role of entreprises as one of the major relevance, namely where social responsibility are concerned, as well as the mobilization of the remaining intervenients within the economic, social and politicai scope. Thus, the aim of the present thesis would be to determine the role of corporate social responsibility and of institutions created for its multiplication, within the present context of profound economic, politicai, social, demographic and organisational changes. Althoug these changes may occur worldwide and involve different entities, the present research is based, in geographical terms, on the european levei, focussing throughout the essay, and with the help of a study case, in corporate's reality of different portuguese institutions.Today social exclusion is regarded as one of the main threats and challenges to be put to the world, whose response stresses the necessity of a whole practical application of a meaning for social cohesion, justice and responsability. The principies for global strategy against social exclusion stand out the role of entreprises as one of the major relevance, namely where social responsibility are concerned, as well as the mobilization of the remaining intervenients within the economic, social and politicai scope. Thus, the aim of the present thesis would be to determine the role of corporate social responsibility and of institutions created for its multiplication, within the present context of profound economic, politicai, social, demographic and organisational changes. Althoug these changes may occur worldwide and involve different entities, the present research is based, in geographical terms, on the european levei, focussing throughout the essay, and with the help of a study case, in corporate's reality of different portuguese institutions.N/