CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. CASE OF POLISH CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS

Agata Jurkowska-Gomulka (), Kamilla Kurczewska () and Yuriy Bilan ()
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Agata Jurkowska-Gomulka: University of Information Technology and Management, Chair of Political and Administrative Science, Rzeszow, Poland
Kamilla Kurczewska: University of Information Technology and Management, Chair of Political and Administrative Science, Rzeszow, Poland
Yuriy Bilan: University of Social Sciences, Lodz, Poland

REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC, 2021, vol. 2021, issue 36, 116-133

Abstract: The article aims to show that, currently, the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) shall not be associated solely with business, but has been successfully absorbed in public administration. Theoreticians' views as to the possibility (or even necessity) of applying the concept of social responsibility in public administration are confirmed by the activities of public administration institutions at the central level in Poland. The subjects of the study were manifestations of the implementation of the CSR concept on two levels: 1) policy planning (based on the example of selected key strategic documents in the field of development policy from the last decade) and 2) operational activities of public administration. The article analyses the database on Good CSR Practices of Public Administration, gathered at the forum of the Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility of Public Administration, operating at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy since 2018. The article also presents pioneering CSR reports published by three central public administrative institutions, whose representatives participated in the work of the group. The results of the analysis of the database and reports lead to the conclusion that, in Poland, the concept of CSR at the central administration level is implemented by institutions, although only occasionally reported. CSR should be considered an inherent part of modern public governance models constituting the paradigm of public administration activity.

Keywords: central administration; corporate social responsibility; governmental administration; non-financial reporting; public administration. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H83 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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