文化视角下中美两国大学社会责任的比较

A Comparative Study of the Social Responsibility of Chinese and American Universities from the Perspective of Culture

文化是大学承担社会责任不可忽视的因素和动力。大学社会责任的确立与履行,不应疏远文化,反而更应该融入其中。从文化视角来理解中美两国大学在履行社会责任时的差异,并从社会文化、组织文化两个层面和多种维度对中美两国大学的社会责任进行比较研究,可以得出一些有价值的结论。这将有助于我国大学在未来承担社会责任的过程中,重视"文化的力量",当这种促进大学社会责任的新文化能够真正贯穿于大学的政策、制度、理念乃至组织上下的时候,大学的社会责任才会实现。

Culture is an important factor and force which drives universities to undertake their social responsi- bility. Universities＇ social responsibility should be identified and performed by integrating culture into the process instead of excluding it as an external element. An understanding of the differences between Chinese and American universities in performing their social responsibility and a multi-level and multi-dimensional comparison of their social responsibility from the perspective-of culture may offer some valuable conclusions which can help draw the attention of Chinese universities to ＂the cultural power＂ while they assume their so- cial responsibility in the future. Only when this facilitative new culture is introduced into the policy, the sys- tem, the idea and the organization of universities, can they really perform their social responsibility.