University social responsibility: A review of conceptual evolution and its thematic analysis

University Social Responsibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Universities’ Case in the BRICS Countries

“…Social responsibility in government organizations and in universities in particular has rarely been an object of scientific research in recent years. It has been studied only regarding the functional purpose of various public organizations and their social mission [25][26][27]. In the most general sense, the scientific literature represents the USR as a voluntary contribution to social, economic, and environmental development through which material, intellectual, managerial, and other resources are most effectively directed to the implementation of social programs and activities developed according to the trends of modern social needs and public interests [5,25,28].…”

“…It is universities that conduct research and make inventions that become the most important resource for high-tech production in this situation. Then, over the course of technology transfer, the university cooperates with business, and the result is brought to the market jointly by the government and business [26,45]. This gives reason for the following research hypotheses: Hypothesis 5 (H5).…”

University Social Responsibility: The Case of Italy

“…According to Ali et al (2020), "Universities across the globe need to undertake social responsibility as an integral process of the organization and mold their activities of teaching education and training accordingly"; in this sense, their research indicates the practical approaches that can be undertaken by universities to legitimize their social responsibility initiatives, also shedding light on the fact that the social responsibility of universities differs "in nature from corporate social responsibility since the nature of institutional operations and objectives are inherently different from business organizations". Rababah et al (2021) showed that "University management creativity, effective communication with the public and stakeholders, the quality of the educational process and the development of scientific activities stimulate USR development", with special regard to the BRICS countries and, as such, these should be used as the basis for the strategic planning of activities in the context of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Responsabilidad social: voluntariado universitario y comportamiento virtuoso. El caso de una ciudad de Perú

“…Dicho involucramiento coadyuva a la sensibilización de los futuros profesionales en correspondencia a los problemas presentes en la sociedad (Kee et al, 2018). En este contexto, según Vallaeys y Álvarez-Rodríguez (2019) la responsabilidad social universitaria incentiva el reconocimiento de las corresponsabilidades de todos los actores que integran una comunidad universitaria, estimulando a la disposición de soportes para la promoción de estrategias pedagógicas; encontrando ejemplos prácticos para su implementación (Ali et al, 2021). Entre dichas estrategias, se encuentran los procesos reflexivos, los que permiten formar un comportamiento socialmente responsable, cuyas manifestaciones buscan la erradicación de la corrupción (Burean, 2019) y la propuesta de reformas profundas basadas en la equidad y transparencia; las que pueden ser emancipadoras de precariedades sociales.…”