1 THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY IN ROMANIAN ORGANISATIONS Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea, Carmen Radu, Costel Ionascu, Marian Siminica, Liviu Craciun, Marius Mitrache University of Craiova, Romania Abstract The focus of this article is the evaluation of the knowledge and the degree of implementation of the corporate social responsibility in Romanian organisations. The main point of our research was to evaluate the current status of the corporate social responsibility in Romania and to elaborate a series of recommendations which should promote both the social responsibility at a national level according to the strategic objective state in 2002 in Lisbon - this objective stated the fact that the European economy – and also the Romanian economy as a EU Member State – should become a competitive and dynamic economy, characterized by economic, sustainable development and a qualitative and quantitative improvement of the working conditions and by a real social cohesion. Key words: Corporate Social Responsibility, Labour Code, University of Craiova, Romania. Introduction As a member of the European Union, Romania has to contribute to realising the strategic objective established in Lisbon in 2000 - that is to change the economy of the European Union into a competitive and dynamic knowledge economy, capable of a long lasting economic growth accompanied by social cohesion 1 . In order to manage efficiently the three-dimensional relationship economy- environment-social, in the last decades of the XX century it was developed the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR. In March 2000, the European Council has decide don Lisbon that the CSR should be included among the top economic and political priorities, so that the heads of states and governments help the companies to promote the values related to the social responsibility, the ultimate goals being that the UE should become the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. The Lisbon Summit was also the starting point for the current EU debate, which has included the initial Green Paper on CSR, and the subsequent Commission Communication on CSR, and the setting up of the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility. At the Gothenburg, in 2001, it was decided that the EU sustainable development strategy should complete and build on the Lisbon commitment by including an environmental dimension. This recognises that in the long-run, economic growth, social cohesion and environmental protection must go hand in hand. 1 European Commission, (2001) - Green Paper Promoting a European framework for Corporate Social Responsibility, printed on White Chlorine, Belgium, p. 6.