423 Journal of Forest Science, 65, 2019 (11): 423–427 Review https://doi.org/10.17221/79/2019-JFS Corporate social responsibility in forestry I H 1 *, C M 2 , B G 3 1 Department of Forest Economy and Management, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia 2 Department of Forest Economy and Management, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia 3 Department of Forest Economy and Management, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia *Corresponding author: hajduchova@is.tuzvo.sk Citation: Hajdúchová I., Mikler CH., Giertliová B. (2019): Corporate social responsibility in forestry. Journal of Forest Science, 65: 423–427. Abstract: In Slovakia the topic of socially responsible business has been little reviewed and described, both theo- retically and practically. Te article highlights the diferences in the defnition and characteristics of Corporate social responsibility (CSR) as published by several domestic and foreign authors. Not less signifcant is the added value of a practical design of the CSR implementation model for forest management, as well as its measurement, evaluation and reporting tools. Keywords: corporate social responsibility; sustainable growth; continuous growth indicators Supported by the Scientifc Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia, KEGA no. 013TU Z-4/2018 Innovative Methods in Teaching Financial Management; APVV no. 18-0520 Innovative methods for analyzing the performance of wood and forestry complex using the principles of green growth. Even though we daily encounter the unethical and irresponsible behaviour of entrepreneurs through the media, the topic of corporate social responsi- bility in Slovakia has been scarcely investigated and described, both theoretically and practically. In the area of legislation, corporate social responsibility is regulated by the Commercial Code (513/1991). It contains legal regulations applying in particular to: business and related institutes, entrepreneurs, companies and procedures for their establishment, business relations and conditions of their establish- ment, existence, change, extinction, liability for violations. Te Commercial Code defnes entre- preneurship as a continuous, ongoing and proft- making activity. However, many companies are al- ready aware that maximizing profts is not the only way for successful business activities. For some companies, it is even an undesirable or literally im- possible path. For example, if agricultural and food companies increased their profts enormously, the food quality could fall sharply, or food for low in- come groups would become inaccessible. Similarly, the same applies to education, science, research, healthcare and forestry. If we do not want the lit- eracy to fall down in order to build a modern, ad- vanced and healthy society, we cannot judge busi- ness activities in the above-mentioned areas only by the amount of proft. In forestry, it would lead to increased timber production or increased tim- ber prices. Te former would be liquidating for the landscape, the latter for the wood industry. Both routes are therefore unacceptable. Solutions need to be found that are acceptable both for the com- pany (corporate sector) and for the society. Partial