Syrota V. Corporate Social Responsibility in Economic Security Systems of Enterprises

The thesis contains theoretical positions and methodological approaches to the use of instruments of corporate social responsibility in the system of eco-nomic security within enterprises. There were grounded scientific, practical tools and methodological approaches of corporate social responsibility in the system of economic security to provide the expected level of economic security through the harmonization of interests of internal and external environments, the strengthening of the economic potential and market position of an enter-prise. The work suggests an approach to interpretation of the substance and cate-gorical connection concepts of "economic security", "system of economic secu-rity" and "corporate social responsibility." During the research, it was found that in order to provide the expected level of economic security for a given enterprise, the system of economic security includes subjects, objects, func-tions, techniques, and tools of corporate social responsibility. The researcher proposed theoretical and methodological approaches to the structuring of the key components of corporate social responsibility (economic, social and envi-ronmental) for the purposes of economic security and identified their individ-ual impacts on the functioning of the system of economic security of enter-prise. Suggestions in the thesis include the measurement classifications of the corporate social responsibility characteristics aimed to increase the level of economic security. Additionally, for each studied enterprise a program of corporate social responsibility activities taking into consideration the level of economic security was offered, including several tools such as: transparent financial reporting and openness, participation in charitable projects and pa-tronage, energy, responsibility to employees, partners, and customers. Further discussed were improved methods of identification and prevention of threats to economic security of enterprises and protections against them, which involves calculation of the integral index, and its levels with the subsequent comparison with the threshold values of economic security. The work advises appropriate action for the formation and use of instru-ments of corporate social responsibility to provide the expected level economic security to firms. The model for managing provisional economic security of an enterprise by using practical tools of corporate social responsibility the result of which is directed to harmonize the interests of the subjects of system of its economic security is prescribed. This should be based on automation of infor-mation flow on the implementation of CSR instruments in the system and or-ganizational interaction between structural subdivisions of the organization to ensure its appropriate level of economic security is developed.