Proyectos socioacadémicos: la práctica de la responsabilidad social en el ISECENSA

Abstract

The focus of this study is the practice of social responsibility in an Institution of Higher Education - the ISECENSA, located in Campos dos Goytacazes / RJ. We understand that the University’s Social Responsibility means the ability of disseminate and implement a set of principles and values, through four key processes: management, teaching, research and extension, committing by the social point of view, with the university community and the country itself. This qualitative research - the study of the- interprets the projects carried out in the Social Responsibility ISECENSA. It’s used as a sample, five social and academic projects developed between 2006 – 2008. It can be concluded that the removal of the first sector (government agencies) regarding social responsibility contributes to the advancement of the actions of the third sector and social responsibility practices become a constant in the institutions.