A influência da responsabilidade social corporativa no comportamento do estudante de ciências contábeis

Abstract

There has been intense debate within the academic community about social responsibility, and organizational ethics. Likewise, the business community has increasingly been inquiring about “if ” and “how” social responsibility (SR) practices affect the performance of companies. This article analyzes Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through the perspective of Accountancy students. This study has a quantitative nature which attempts to measure the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to undergraduate Accountancy students in the town of Uberlândia due to the emergence of a new profile of the accounting professional. The research was conducted through a survey method in order to identify how students understand SR, and how it influences their behavior. Conclusions show that there are contradictions as well as ambiguities related to how Accountancy students understand CSR, and how it influences their behavior. They also show the need to insert the topic in academic curricula.