CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A TOPIC OF ECONOMIC POLICY

The major source of economic policies is the state, which in order to meet its goals governs the various aspects of society. One of these aspects is corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility can be identified in corporate activities aimed at caring for employees, environmental protection, ethical management, etc. Corporate social responsibility is one of the fundamental targets of the Europe 2020 strategy, and it contributes to meeting the objectives of the Treaty on the European Union concerning sustainable development. When a company takes on social responsibility, they are taking on an obligation to conduct themselves in such a manner so as to contribute to the sustainable development of the enterprise as well as of the state and society as a whole. Enterprises normally include information concerning sustainable development and corporate responsibility in their annual reports. Through economic policy instruments, the state regulates the legislative environment for businesses in terms of financial reporting, ecology and employment - the key elements of social responsibility. The objective of this paper is a quantitative analysis of the information reported in the 2015 annual reports of the largest enterprises in the Slovak Republic in terms of facts concerning social responsibility.