VALUES-BASED ORIENTATIONS AS A FORMATION FACTOR OF THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY

The article presents the results of a study of the value orientations of specialists with higher education working in the region and representing such professional communities as IT specialists, mechanical engineers, food technologists, veterinarians and financial economists. The analysis of the influence of value orientations on attitudes to corporate social responsibility and within the boundaries of the professional community has been carried out.Corporate social responsibility is considered as an indicator of the overall image of the organization and an integral part of the corporate culture, which cannot be fully realized in practice, if not shared by members of workers, production teams, formal and, as a rule, informal leaders of which are specialists with higher education. At the level of statistical observations the professional community's understanding of the importance of professional social responsibility with localization within specific enterprises and a high status value is “own safety and the safety of others” and “well-being of loved ones” in the system of value orientations of professional communities of the region was obtained. The professional community of specialists describes at the level of competencies the high significance of various types of social and professional responsibility; accordingly, they are determined by their own professional activity and responsibility.