University Social Responsibility and Community Relations

Developing a Model for University-Community Engagement based on Social Responsibility Approach in Agricultural Higher Education

The purpose of this research was to develop a model for university–community engagement based on social responsibility approach in agricultural higher education. Causal layered analysis was used to draw different layers of university–community engagement model. A qualitative phenomenological method was used to extract indicators for each layer.  The Nvivo10 QSR software was used for data analys...

University Knowledge Transfer Offices and Social Responsibility

Numerous studies and reviews about University Knowledge Transfer Offices (UKTO) have been written, but there are few that focus on Social Responsibility (SR). We present a systematic review of the research on both fields. We consider not only logics from agency theory and resource-based view, but also the dynamic approach from institutional theory, as they aim to generate sustainable economic a...

Construction and validation of criteria for university social responsibility assessment

The purpose of the current research was to construct and validate an instrument for evaluating social responsibility in Razi University. For this purpose, the sequential exploratory mixed research method was used, and in the qualitative part, the focus group discussion method (n = 27) was utilized. The statistical population in the quantitative section were doctoral students, faculty members an...

Social and Ethical Responsibility against Social Determinism

Background: Because of the highlighted role of ethical responsibility in social and individual life, it is looked as an important issue in ethics area. Social responsibility that is defined as a sub-factor of ethical responsibility will have such an important place. What is discussed in responsibility discussions commonly is the “human will”. Responsibility is more based on the free will. In th...

Community service, educational performance and social responsibility in Northwest China