Freedom of business, cooperative identity and social responsibility of cooperativism: the redemption of socialis et adminicula hominum
Abstract
According to the Brazilian Constitution, the economic order advocates freedom of enterprise, provided that it is exercised in compliance with the principles that enhance the condition of man and the quality of the environment. In this sense, social responsibility determines that all business strategies are thought and developed, optimizing the involvement of organizations with issues that prove to be priority to the realization of people, directly or indirectly integrated into the business, and to the improvement of the surrounding conditions. Within this perspective, the cooperative identity promulgated by the International Cooperative Alliance emphasizes the integration of the concept of cooperative with the values and principles that establish that man is the beginning and the end of Cooperativism. Acting in line with the social good, and the good of the individual, since the vertex representing social responsibility is, in essence, the cause and effect of Cooperativism itself. This purpose was confirmed possible outside the Cooperatives environment, through the development of a practical experiment, conducted by a Research Group located at the UNICNEC University Center, in the city of Osório, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
Received: 02 February 2021
Accepted: 18 March 2021
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