Responsabilidad social empresarial, aplicación y cumplimiento en Colombia

Abstract

Corporate Social responsibility, presents a contextualization since its beginning and its impact on the global development of economic activities. This has been a trend that many countries either developed or developing include in their activities as a way of contributing to the environment and surrounding communities where those economical activities are carried out. It is found the importance of corporate social responsibility for every country that belongs to the organization specified by the United Nations, as well as the creation of mechanisms, either legal or of implementation trying to make corporate social responsibility to be applied even to those non-binding activities. it is also highlighted the way corporate social responsibility is done in Colombia through companies and it is possible to demonstrate that some good projects of social responsibility are being done within a national and regional level. It is also shown that social responsibility related activities are being developed by companies from Departamento del Meta where it is also proved that those activities are not enough thanks to the social inequality and lack of professional education for those who are less favored in the region.

Key Words: Principle of equality, responsibility, participation, achieving, development, inclusion.