Phenomenological vision of social responsibility from the perspective of the managers of venezuelan private universities

Abstract

Universities play a significant role in social responsibility as agents of generation and dissemination of knowledge to fulfill the social function in their environment, for beneficial social retribution with a holistic vision articulated to sustainable social development projects. From there, this research arises, which aimed to glimpse from a phenomenological vision, social responsibility, under the perspective of the university managers of Venezuelan private institutions with the intention of unveiling the meanings attributable by their versioners based on the praxis applied in management. It assumes an interpretative paradigm, a qualitative approach, addressed by the phenomenological method, with key actors governing three (3) private university scenarios. To collect the information, a structured interview script was applied and the analysis was developed under a process of triangulation from which the significant findings emerged, which I understood from my position the conception of Venezuelan private universities in their social approach have typified within their management philosophy a vision with substantive elements, in which social responsibility converges with the frame of reference of the identification in scale of values that characterize it as a driving agent of social change. Likewise, I interpreted university social responsibility under the humanistic conception centered on its principles commitment, ethics, solidarity, and the common good as the processes that identify the basic functions of the university, therefore, I visualize it as a strategic tool in the fulfillment of the social vision to train integral and socially committed professionals. In a reflexive way, I intuit that universities within the framework of SR deserve to strengthen the relationship between society and main actors, through training with social programs and projects in permanent consonance with the university.