Responsabilidade social: um estudo de caso na Sociedade Vicente Pallotti

Abstract

The Social Responsibility has been amply discussed in the academic and business environment in the last times, and it can be defined as all and any action accomplished by the organizations that contributes to the improvement of the life quality of the society. It is a commitment of the organizations to the society, and it is expressed through attitudes that affect the community positively, contributing to its welfare and to the improvement of the life quality, as for the preservation of the environment. The present research aims to evidence the importance of the social responsibility in the current context, as well as verifying the actions developed by the Vicente Pallotti Society, in order to deepen the understanding on the exercise of the social responsibility adopted by this company and finally suggested actions of improvement. The method adopted is the study of cases, collects of data accomplished through direct observations and qualitative analysis of the available documents, which characterizes the present research as an exploratory research. For a better lay people understanding, the following study is divided in ten main items: introduction, containing the proposed theme, the definition of the problem and the objectives of the study; the bibliographical study about social responsibility, third section and philanthropy; the methods and procedures used to develop this study; the results of the work containing the accomplished actions for the Vicente Pallotti Society; and the final considerations. Through the accomplished study it was verified that the social responsibility is present in the company through several social, cultural and educational projects, consolidate through the commitment with the collaborators and the respect to the environment.