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Rozważania o pojęciu odpowiedzialności
Reflections about the notion of responsibility

Author(s): Anna Krzysztofek
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: responsibility; ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility

Summary/Abstract: In the era of globalization, there are more and more questions about the responsibility of business people, and the scope of reflection includes legal, financial, ethical and social responsibility. The concept of responsibility is ambiguous. It concerns a lot of aspects and its meaning has changed and gained new meanings over the centuries, until modern times. Considering the issues of collective responsibility, an individual seeks the answers to the questions: Who is responsible/ what/from whom? The article explores the structure of responsibility and its borders. It also presents the category of responsibility in the light of the representatives of different sciences and discusses the origin, definition and types of the concept of responsibility.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 401
  • Page Range: 220-232
  • Page Count: 13