CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INTERCULTURAL PEDAGOGY
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INTERCULTURAL PEDAGOGY

Summary/Abstract: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a widespread practice in the last several decades. CSR includes at present a very diverse range of practices from initiatives of local companies to multiannual programs of cross-border corporations. Recognizing the importance of this practice, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published guidelines on social responsibility of corporations in its standard ISO 26000 on Social Responsibility. The description of this standard was made after a decade of consultations, and the standard can be adopted voluntarily by any organization. Unlike many ISO standards, there is no formal certification process. The paper presents the main features of ISO 26000 as well as how CSR is embedded in the culture of organizations in Romania and Slovenia with reference to synthetic research in the field. Emphasis is placed on how CSR can be used as a means of intercultural education, especially for employees of organizations who come from a different cultural background than the one they profess.This is especially important with the turn of unstable situations around the globe.

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