SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE LIGHT OF “KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE” CONCEPT

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the article is to reveal the vision of the role of the mechanism of social responsibility in achieving the goals of innovation development; identify the elements of social responsibility, intellectual, organizational resources that should be involved in the formation and functioning of a multi-level, open system of coordinated relationships between actors in relation to the implementation of mutual requirements in the “knowledge triangle”. Methodology of research. The following methods are used to obtain the results of the study: comparative – to determine the new format of social responsibility in conditions of innovative development; systemic – to substantiate the integration processes in the “knowledge triangle” system in the light of the new values of the knowledge society and the key principles of the activities of the universities; axiological – to determine the system of values of subjects of the “triangle of knowledge”; indicator method – to determine the level of socially responsible activity of Ukrainian universities on the basis of their annual consolidated rating and the index of global competitiveness. Findings. The importance of social responsibility in the coordinated functioning of three priority activities: science, education and science-intensive production as the main spheres of the innovative model of economic development are revealed. The necessity of in-depth study of the phenomenon of social responsibility, clarification of the features, priority of the value systems of its subjects, new mechanisms of use in the new economy is substantiated. The conclusion is made on the necessity of a theoretical and methodological outline of a new format of social responsibility, the parameters of which determine the value orientations of innovation development and which are inseparable from the production, distribution and use of knowledge and innovations. It describes the changes that can ensure the involvement of the mechanism of social responsibility in the implementation of the main components of the “knowledge triangle”. In order to illustrate social responsibility in the “knowledge triangle” in LHE, the Ukraine's position in the world according to the global competitiveness index is analyzed, which testifies to the low demand for scientific developments and innovations in the national economy due to the lack of cooperation between universities and industry in research and development. To activate the permanent mechanism of socially responsible interactions in the “knowledge triangle” on the part of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine it is necessary: to develop the Strategy of Ukraine's Innovation Development, to reform the legislation on state support for innovation, to create a Road Map of Ukraine's integration into the European Research Area, to reform economic relations in the higher education system education, to introduce the basic financing of scientific activity of universities on the basis of their state certification, etc. Originality. The scheme that is described the integration processes in the “knowledge triangle” system in the light of the new values of the knowledge society and the key principles of the universities' activity have been developed. It is proposed as an indicator of the level of socially responsible activity of Ukrainian universities, taking into account the new values, to consider their position in the annual consolidated rating of Ukrainian LHE. Practical value. The results of the research can be used in the formation of the environment of innovative thinking in Ukrainian universities, the development of their innovative strategies, in the development of strategies for innovation development of regions of Ukraine.