The role of business social responsibility in the sustainable development of the region

Abstract

The article examines the necessity of real standards evaluation achieved in developed countries, for quantitative and qualitative assessment of the population of quality life and search for new mechanisms of social security and social protection in the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The article considers the basic criteria in the quality of life of the population in the dynamics for 2012-2016 in the Republic of Kazakhstan: housing, income, work, education and health, ecology. Each indicator is presented in accordance with the data of the statistics Agency of Kazakhstan and compared with the indicators of OECD countries. The main directions of the social responsibility in business were singled out separately in the framework of sustainable Аймақтың тұрақты дамуын қамтамасыз етуде бизнестің… Серия «Экономика». № 2(90)/2018 27 development according to the economics, ecological, social components. Public associations of employers represented by the Republican Association of workers are marked. In the article the importance of social partnership in the constitutional state was emphasized. It was noted that social partnership in Kazakhstan needs integrity, systematic, long-term and multi-level nature. It is concluded that any business should promote to the improvement of the material and spiritual potential of society, create a favorable environment for the practical realization of the abilities and talents of each individual and be based on socially responsible principles of business to society.