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First of all we should define 'Romanian companies'.
In last years' results, out of 100 exporting companies, only 3 had Romanian capital
So the concept of 'Romanian companies' has lost its classic understanding
Social responsibility has an advantage here
It's the fact that most multinationals have brought a great deal of experience for this purpose
This is what made it easy for CSR implementation strategies
From this point of view, I believe a greater degree of openness exists. CSR is usually perceived as an activity that entails serious spending on behalf of all organizations
From this perspective, within a narrow approach, one might be reluctant, correlated, of course, with all financial difficulties companies have been going through in the last two years
The close perspectives do not necessarily present a great deal of opportunities
Surely, on short and medium terms, Romanian companies will have to adapt to a European and global CSR tendency
Given the fact that I am a faculty member, I believe that all activities need to have a certain degree of qualification
There is no domain that can sustain activities without proper competency and knowledge. Here, especially, I cannot believe that this is unidirectional, that you only need specialists in a single domain
I think we also need development and communication competencies, people who understand psychology or sociology
I believe this needs to be a pluri- or multidisciplinary approach. It's also interesting because mixt teams always generate a great variety of ideas, out of which one can select the best ideas
Yes, it could happen. Actually, we had a request from student organizations around the university for an entrepreneurial development course
Now, if we are discussing this particular idea, of students interested in economic sectors of study, such openness is beneficial to students from all faculties
I don't believe this is unidirectional and, again, I don't think it's a good thing. Generally, diversity gives birth to greater opportunities and knowledge
No, from my knowledge there are no such courses right now. There is interest. One of our colleagues at the Management department presented her PhD, and the paper was centered on social responsibility
Other PhD students also have similar preoccupations, but none of them include a course for all students
The university as a concept suggests openness. It creates the idea of collaborating with any and all potential partners, from economics or other sectors and it's also a challenge for every member of our staff
Essentially, we are open to all types of collaboration. Even more, along with standard procedures, we seek to diversify our educational capabilities and be prepared to face the challenge of CSR.
One way of action is answering particular demands from our beneficiaries, regardless of their nature (NGO's, companies)
This option is realistic. We also have a running institute called Virgil Madgearu which, among other area of interests, has the means to solve our beneficiaries' requests regarding courses outside the curriculum
These courses are conditioned on a plan of action, a well-defined curriculum, a certain number of classes
Implicitly, all of these are followed by the issuing of a certificate which attests to the training and also a specific number of credits
reflected in direct meetings and collateral participation. As a result, such a course can easily be included in our faculty's study offer
Of course. I'm thinking about the PhD student I mentioned earlier. Her coordinating professor was also a colleague and faculty member, so we have professors who have such interests
without them teaching a CSR course at the moment. They know, are concerned and have been documenting on both practical and theoretical aspects of this specific domain.
No. There are no courses or other types of privately financed programs. We did have such courses because we had particular requests.
The request can be filed by an employer, so he finances the course. Other courses can come as a response to needs emerging on the labor market, and in that case students were constrained to fund their own studies
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