Author: Rita Z. Galliamova, Jr. lecturer of General & Economic History Dept.; Konstantin P. Stozhko, Dr. Sc. (History), Head of General & Economic History Dept.

Abstract: The article explores the issues of the formation of social responsibility of business entities in conditions of institutional transformations. The structure, nature and particularities of social responsibility in the context of the Russian social-philosophical tradition are revealed.

Key words: social responsibility; dignity; sacrifice; complementarity, transparency; the quality of being operational; goal-setting; psychologization.