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Abstract:
Social responsibility continues to be a topic that has become more and more current in recent years, and has been gaining more impact on companies than on citizens, since they have to demonstrate to society that they have a social and environmental conscience. This article aims to describe, at the level of the slate companies to work in Portugal in the county of Valongo (Porto), the social responsibility practices undertaken. The aim is to determine if these companies fully assume their stimulating role in economic, technological and human development when they incorporate in their activity investment in personal valuation, protection of the environment, compliance with social norms and respect for ethical values and principles of the society in which they belong. To do this, a questionnaire was sent to the two slate companies working in Valongo to determine the extent of their socially responsible actions. It was possible to perceive from the data received that the respondents do not seem to show interest in belonging to a network that encourages the adoption of social responsibility practices. However, it was positive to see some efforts of these companies on the human element in compliance with legal norms, in support of health, safety and social solidarity to workers. From the environmental point of view, they appear to be working on waste recycling and producing information on environmental impacts. Within the community of the respondents, they promote acquisitions in the domestic and regional markets, taking into account local development. In short, despite the lack of interest in belonging to a network of social responsibility these companies exercise some socially responsible practices although they should be improved.
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