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Corporate social responsibility in Ecuador: Approach from the 2030 Agenda

Abstract:

The 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals, as well as corporate social responsibility, seek a paradigm shift that will lead to sustainable progress in the social, economic and environmental fields. This implies a commitment where actors such as the State, civil community, academia, public and private companies, play a fundamental role. The objective of this research is to describe corporate social responsibility in Ecuador from the 2030 Agenda. The article was developed from the qualitative paradigm using the documentary, theoretical and legal review. As a result, in Ecuador there is a heightened interest of companies towards the fulfillment of social responsibility, directing actions consistent with sustainable development and the declared development objectives worldwide. Despite this, greater socialization and empowerment of the regulations contemplated in the 2030 Agenda are required, to avoid the complete non-fulfillment of its objectives. It is concluded that corporate social responsibility in Ecuador responds to the Sustainable Development Goals and provides significant elements for the economic, political, social, environmental and ethical dimensions of companies, who must assume them as crosscutting axes of their management system; which will promote the development of the country.