It presented an approach to volunteering through communiqués and statements collected by several institutional agents. By ethics, commitment and social responsibility as argument axis. To contextualize and conceptualize after volunteering, approaches, approximations etc, and its adoption in the information units. The methology was an extensive literature review in databases (LISA). A browsing of institutional sources and content analysis. Volunteering is an opportunity, but presents threats, perversions and contradictions.Se presenta una aproximación al voluntariado a través de los comunicados y declaraciones recogidos por diversos agentes institucionales y a través de la ética, el compromiso y la responsabilidad social. Para después contex...