Introduction of Personal Social Responsibility
The notion of personal social responsibility has been widely discussed and has not provided the simple answer. In order to understand personal social responsibility, individuals try to understand what it is to be human beings and how individuals to behave as good members of society (Gray et al. 2014). There is the subtle and implicit relationship between morality and responsibility. Individuals are responsible for their moral actions, while individuals articulate their responsibilities for themselves.
In particular, morality tends to seek right and wrong solutions in the society and individuals will often rely on two main ethical positions: (1) ethical absolutism that is universally applicable moral principles and (2) ethical...
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Leung, T.C.H. (2019). Personal Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_272
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