Social responsibility of politicians in the economic sphere: ukrainian context - Статья

The role of politicians in the economic development of Ukraine The orientation towards European integration, which is actively supported by a large part of Ukrainian society in recent years in Ukraine - the results of recent research by Democratic Initiatives Center show that more than half of Ukrainians (51%) would like to integrate into the European Union compared with 17% of respondents who prefer Customs Union [1] - can be transformed into specific processes not only when the corruption will be totally eradicated in all spheres of life, but also when a high level of social responsibility of political elite and society will be achieved. It seems that the fight against corruption in the country is already beginning to take a more or less visible shape thanks to the creation of special state structures - the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the new police and revitalization of the General Prosecutors Office. But the problem how to form social responsibility of the political establishment of the country remains out of the purview of modern reformers because neither new nor reformatted old state structure is able to solve it formally, at least in the near future. It is not about any specific changes or new forms of legislation and legal initiatives, but about the value-normative bases of activity of political actors and government officials, and social organizations and movements as well. As far as level of social prosperity is still determined by macroeconomic indicators - the amount of gross domestic product, per capita national income, the level of employment, so far its a very important task to create a high level of social responsibility of politicians for the state and development of the economic sphere. Thus, the problematic situation in the outlined field is that the measures against corruption, the development of strategic and tactical state programs of socio-economic development of the country arent carried out effectively and fast enough. This means that the level of social responsibility of modern Ukrainian politicians and social structures is not sufficiently formed and doesnt meet European standards. Therefore, the aim of this work is to understand what the level of social responsibility in the economic sphere the Ukrainian political establishment has. To do this, we try to find answers to the following questions: What meaning do sociologists put into the term social responsibility and what criteria is it determined? What is the structure and indicators of the social responsibility? What is the level of social responsibility of Ukrainian politicians in the economic sphere? Why isn’t the social responsibility of modern Ukrainian politics a matter of public discussion and assessment? How to create a necessary and sufficient level of social responsibility in Ukrainian politics and society for the normal and dynamic development of the country? To find answers to these questions you must first find out what responsibility is and what meaning it has? Philosophers interpret responsibility as a philosophical and sociological concept, which describes the extent in which the individual, group, community, state behavior corresponds to the current requirements, current social norms, rules of social life, legal laws, i.e., as the ratio of duties and extents of their implementation by the subject (person, group, class) [4, c.