Abstract
When the university initiates its activities as an academic and civic
institution, it will have other upshots for the society, in addition to the goals
set by policymakers. In a general view, social responsibility means the
university's commitment to its existential philosophy and accountability for
all its consequences. Therefore, the present study aimed to "Identify the
social responsibilities of the university and the organizational factors of their
realization". The perception and life experience of the specialists in the field
of higher education were analyzed using a descriptive phenomenological
method. Participants were Higher education experts and were selected
purposefully. Using inferential content analysis, the themes and categories
expressing social responsibilities as well as the organizational factors needed
for their realization were extracted. The results show that the university's
social responsibilities are a range of local and international expectations,
most notably the development of a national culture of respect and
commitment to the environment, the propagation of national and
international peace culture, a commitment to poverty alleviation and Striving
for social and economic justice. Also, the results of the study illustrate that
organizational requirements for responding to university social responsibility,
include: Reviewing the organizational structure of curriculum development,
reforming the core missions of the university, recreation of the
organizational culture of the university proportional to its social
responsibilities.
