Social Responsibility: Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19—Perception Scale of Students from Higher Education Institutions

Pedro Severino-González, Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez, Constanza Ortuya-Poblete, José Romero-Argueta, Efraín Tunjo-Buitrago, Felipe Arenas-Torres and Giusseppe Sarmiento-Peralta
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Pedro Severino-González: Department of Economics and Administration, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3460000, Chile
Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez: Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Extremadura, Av. de Elvas, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Constanza Ortuya-Poblete: Undergraduate Business Program, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3460000, Chile
José Romero-Argueta: Faculty of Sciences and Humanities, Universidad Gerardo Barrios, Usulutan 0614, El Salvador
Efraín Tunjo-Buitrago: Economics and Critical Thinking Research Group of the Economics, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Bogota 110111, Colombia
Felipe Arenas-Torres: Accountancy Research Center (ARC), Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
Giusseppe Sarmiento-Peralta: Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15001, Peru

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: Social movements and the consequences of the current health crisis resulting from COVID-19 have deepened social injustices and inequities, which can be addressed through the benchmarks set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research is related to the perspective of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as social transformation agents. The purpose of this research is to create a scale to measure students’ perception of the social responsibilities developed by HEIs from the SDGs’ perspective. A matrix solution was found after Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) composed of four dimensions. The constructs that form the four dimensions can be used to design strategies which contribute to the SDGs’ goals, for which it is necessary to have the opinions of the actors that are part of the educational community. Future research should consider carrying out comparative studies according to sociodemographic variables for a better understanding of the social phenomenon.

Keywords: social responsibility; higher education; university; sustainability; COVID-19; student (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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