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social responsibility

Subject Category: B Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Definition: The ethical principle guiding decision-making by an individual or group toward actions which beneficially impact society.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137824.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137824
Broader Term: sociology
Narrower Term: corporate social responsibility
Related Term: social environment; social impact; society
Spanish: responsabilidad social
Term Number: 137824

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