Konjukhov Y. Social Responsibility Enhancing by Agricultural Businesses for Improvement Their Competitiveness

The thesis is devoted to complex research of theoretical and practical problems activating social responsibility agricultural businesses to improve their competitiveness. We consider the theoretical and methodological foundations of the social responsibility of the business sector. In order to achieve work goals refined conceptual apparatus, namely, given the author's definition of the phenomenon of social responsibility agricultural business entities, as well as highlighted its functions. As a result of the author's analysis of the principles, tools and social responsibility of business objectives developed a mechanism activating of agricultural businesses social responsibility. It proved a high degree of dependence of the level of expenditures of the agricultural businesses in the social component of their financial stability and the pressure of civil society. Much attention in the thesis is devoted to the analysis of features of formation and use of social investments, their efficiency and profitability, the impact on improving the competitiveness of agricultural production entities. Spend an economic assessment of the potential increase of the competitiveness of agricultural businesses, which is based on social responsibility. Strategic perspectives and priorities of social responsibility of business in Ukraine are defined in accordance to international experience.