CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION CASE STUDY: ROMANIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

This paper aims to analyze the educational offer of the Romanian universities, concerning the specialists' training in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It starts from the premise that Corporate Social Responsibility is an indispensable factor of sustainable development in a society with global economy. In order to reach the set objective, the research team used document analysis (curricula, syllabus etc.) to identify the educational offer of the Romanian universities and conducted a survey in order to emphasize the way the expertise is obtained by those who work in the field of CSR. This research was developed by a heterogeneous team (sociologists, an ethicist and a philosopher) of specialists from three major universities of Timisoara, Romania. In the final part, some conclusions and final remarks are inserted. Through its results, the study propose a turn in the educational policies of the Romanian universities in order to improve the training of the future professionals in CSR, the build-up and development of the expertise in this field.