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Der Autor betrachtet 'African business' innerhalb eines theoretischen Rahmens sozialer Verantwortung. Er skizziert verschiedene Bedrohungen von Gesellschaft und Umwelt und zeigt, daß vor allem Klein- und Mittelbetriebe die größte Bedrohung darstellen. Er fordert eine Sonderkommission der OAU, die nicht nur Empfehlungen an die afrikanischen Regierungen erarbeiten, sondern auch mit den multilateralen Entwicklungsagenturen neue Umweltstandards aushandeln soll. (DÜI-Sth)

In the recent period the problems of social responsibility of business and its role in socioeconomic development of the countries are widely discussed all over the world. Currently international conferences, forums and numerous other public events dealing with the issues of social responsibility of businesses are arranged in all parts of the world. Goal of this research is assessment, how far this trend is reflected in business practices of Georgian companies. Currently, in Georgia, all efforts are oriented towards creation of civilized business and favorable business environment. In this situation, it is decisive that the necessary element of these efforts was adoption of ethical principles and social responsibility into the practice of business relations. Article provides discussion of wide circle of issues related to participation of businesses in the programs of corporative social responsibility, trends of development of partnerships between business sector, state and NGOs. In Georgia, many companies are engaged in charity activities; they participate in sponsoring of socially significant projects, they publish social reports. In December 2006, in Georgia, UN Global Compact was launched and with its support the network of socially oriented Georgian companies was created. In many companies the codes of conduct and ethics are adopted. They describe ethical principles and norms providing basis for the activities of all employees of the company – from the specialists to top managers. In result of researches we have identified three key factors limiting SRB development in Georgia: high taxes, absence of benefits and availability of soft loans for the socially responsible organizations; lack of understanding of significance of socially responsible behavior. In Georgia, there is no legislative framework for charity activities. Government's policies with respect of charity remain unclear. In realization of their charity work, the companies still frequently face significant bureaucratic obstacles. In the end of the ...

Social responsibility of a modern type of entrepreneur should become not just a legislatively normative phenomenon, but a deeply personal philosophical basis of economic, industrial, commercial and socio-cultural activity. Social activity, formation and development of human capital are key characteristics of the type of thinking and action of a modern entrepreneur

This Article Considers The Social Responsibility Of Business, why it exists, why governments might be interested in it, and its place in new governance. The discussion is primarily conceptual, informed and stimulated by empirical findings from Australia and the UK, countries which have been associated neither with the extent of business social responsibility long-witnessed in the USA nor with the extent of neo-corporatism characteristic of parts of northern Europe and Scandinavia.

"The concept of CSR is a relatively recent addition to the agenda in Germany, although the country has a long history of practicing corporate social responsibility. The expectations of society had remained stable for many years, encapsulated in laws, societal norms, and industrial relations agreements. But over the past decade, German companies, often triggered by their multinational activities, have had to engage with diverse stakeholders to redefine the nature of their social responsibilities. This contribution reviews and illustrates the development of corporate social responsibility in Germany and analyses how the actors in business and society can build on traditional strengths to find new institutional arrangements for sharing tasks and responsibilities in the interests of achieving a better balance between societal, economic, and environmental needs." (author's abstract)

The paper has proved that socially responsible activities of enterprises in the current conditions are considered as an example of solidarity of business and the society in terms of contributing on improving the living standards of the population, in particular, to ensure decent conditions and remuneration, enhancing health care, reducing negative impacts on the environment. The article analyses the fact that due to the spread of COVID-19, businesses around the world are counting losses, and governments are developing anti-crisis measures for national economies. However, in a country with small open economies, a new significant expansion of the set of measures to the existing list can lead to the loss of millions of jobs and significant losses of budgets at various levels. It has been proven that entrepreneurs are responsible for the well-being of millions of employees and are also looking for possible ways to prevent the shutdown of enterprises, to avoid more complex consequences in order not to leave a significant part of the population without the means of subsistence. Therefore, for small open economies in a system of such methods, it is important to focus on the synergetic effect of the implementation of the socially responsible relationship of business, government, and individuals in the period of introduction of quarantine measures and dissemination practices for the implementation of socially responsible activities on macro and micro level which will get a positive result and minimize job loss of millions of people.

Today social responsibility of business is recognized the major making long-term strategy of a sustainable development of the country. In this regard the considerable attention is paid to advance of ideas of corporate social responsibility, creating favorable conditions for socially responsible behavior of the enterprises. In 2008 at the first Forum on social responsibility of business, the head of state Nursultan Nazarbayev set qualitatively new level of inclusion of business in the solution of major problems of development of society and in this regard charged to continue work on formation of the favorable environment stimulating increase by subjects of business of corporate social responsibility. Signing in 2008 of the Agreement between the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the population of RK and the large companies on advance of the principles of the Global contract of the UN in the sphere of the social and labor relations became the important instrument of development of social responsibility of business. For the first time business structures assumed obligations for observance of requirements of national laws, the principles of 12 ratified Conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO) which are directed on freedom of association and recognition of the right for the conclusion of collective agreements, elimination of all forms of forced labor, including, child labor, elimination of discrimination in the sphere of work and employment. Today in Kazakhstan many elements of world practice of maintaining corporate social responsibility are used.