Abstract:
The study investigated the social responsibility of universities and its role in achieving sustainable development in Saudi Arabia. The problem of the study was represented in that the challenges all organizations face, or those that they select to deal with including opportunities and threats, strength and weakness, represent one of the features distinguishing the continuity of these organizations. Institutions have to respond to the same changes that affect economic institutions in other countries. The importance of the study rises from the importance of applying the social responsibility of Saudi universities, as one of the pillars of Saudi universities, and its role in achieving sustainable development. This study scientifically contributes to bridging the shortcomings in some aspects and therefore enhances the role of social responsibility of Saudi universities. The study mainly aims to highlight the social responsibility of Saudi universities and its role in achieving sustainable development in Saudi Arabia. The study hypotheses were: There is a statistically significant impact of the environmental efforts of social responsibility on the environmental dimensions of sustainable development. There is a statistically significant impact of ethical work practices of social responsibility on the educational dimensions of sustainable development. The researchers adopted the descriptive analytical and general quantitative approach, based on the reality of information, international publications and reports, research, studies, academic periodicals and available electronic information sources.
The study concluded the following findings:
There is a statistically significant effect at the significance level of 0.05 for the environmental efforts of social responsibility on the environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
