La formación en responsabilidad social y su impacto en diversas carreras universitarias

Abstract

Since 1993, the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) has developed the first educational project in Europe which integrates an obligatory subject across all university courses: the social responsibility. The aim of this course is to heighten the university student's awareness of social commitment and responsibility so that each individual gains an understanding of the ideas presented to him and subsequently take these values on board, making them his own and applying them to his future profession. Our aim is to evaluate the impact that this education has on our students. To do this, we have used a valid and reliable tool which, by means of a personal questionnaire, (sample size: 757 students), has allowed collect the information at two different points in time (pre-test and post-test). The results show that the Social Responsibility course has a significant impact on our students, and the effect varying depending on the degree being studied.