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This study seeks to identify the most important impediments to the report on the social responsibility of business organizations in Saudi Arabia. To achieve this purpose, the researcher conducted a field study on a sample of auditors and some officials of social responsibility in the private sector and test a number of hypotheses using a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). A total of (210) questionnaires were distributed, from which (100) were collected and usable representing a response rate of (48%). The results showed the presence of a number of regulatory and legislative constraints, scientific and professional, cultural and social, as well as financial and administrative. In light of these results the study presented a number of recommendations, including building a regulatory framework for the exercise of social responsibility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Стаття присвячена проблемам соціальної відповідальності бізнесу в сучасних умовах господарювання економічних суб'єктів. Розглянуто питання соціального захисту, проаналізовано роль держави у правовому регулюванні суспільного життя та обґрунтовано відповідальність бізнесу у соціалізації економіки. Подано пропозиції щодо умов формування системи соціальної відповідальності бізнесу в Україні. ; The article is devoted to social responsibility problems in the modern business environment of economic actors. The question of social security has been considered; the state role in the social life legal regulation has been analyzed and the business responsibility in the economy socialization has been proved. Suggestions for the social responsibility formation conditions in Ukraine have been given.

Corporate social responsibility in Georgia is a very disputable phenomenon, mostly because of the tribal character of the region's politi-cal transformation. Business elites do not cooperate with society, but place themselves above it. Exception from this general rule may be made of situations when they strive for political legitimacy (B. Iwaniszwili). Nowadays business in Georgia is not interested in developing corporate social responsibility. Georgian businessman perceive it more as a significant expense than an investment. Public authorities are deprived of sufficient control over private business sector to force the implementa-tion of riles of corporate responsibility. Georgia is devoid of an essential fundament for corporate respon-sibility – civil society. Economy is treated there as a system of inexhaust-ible resources [4: 343], which may be endlessly exploited, while giving at the same time nothing in return. The treatment of society and democracy by business elites is highly instrumental [8: 160]. Thus "the interests of the ruling elites constitute a point of reference to the already realized or still wanted paradigms of modernization, and not the other way" [8: 192]. Business elites and society function in the environment impressionable by tribalism and clan politics, which influences the effects of transformation processes, inter alia: non-market distribution of assets, quasi-militarization of economic relations and tendency to sustain monopolies at any cost [32: 4]. Business in Georgia is taking advantage of the regression caused by the economic transformation. It builds its own position against a background of such transformation. Thus the reduction of unemploy-ment, preventing further collapse of the agricultural sector and providing political stability are simply unprofitable. Such phenomenon as corrup-tion, clan structure or nepotism dominate corporate social responsibility in Georgia. Georgia faces strong tendencies to appropriation of power and putting group interests before the public good. In ...

One need only look at the news to be bombarded with examples of corporate malfeasance and the impact such behavior has on a company's public image, customers, employees, and bottom line. And while these stories grab the headlines, some companies are adopting practices that display awareness of their impact on the globe, whether that be to the environment, its employees and suppliers, or communities in which they do business. What factors are leading to these decisions? What are the benefits and costs of making ethical business decisions and acting in a socially responsible way, however one defines it? Issues in business ethics and corporate social responsibility explores these foundational themes across a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, workplace surveillance, supply chain management, big data, the finance industry, and many more. Coupled with a broad introduction by Dr. David Weitzner, a professor of management at York University, this book provides students with the essential information they need to assess business practices through the lens of ethical decision-making and corporate social responsibility.

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