SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ENTERPRISES OF RESIDENTAL&COMMUNAL INDUSTRY: ASPECTS OF TARIFF POLICY

Abstract

Abstract. The article is devoted to the problem of formation of social responsibility of enterprises of residential&communal industry. On the basis of consideration of the essence of social responsibility of business, declared in international documents, it is proposed to consider the social responsibility of the residential&communal industry subject as voluntary responsibility for its activity before the stakeholders, aimed not only at achieving high financial results, but also at ensuring sustainable development of the region and solving social problems. The necessity and ways of development of social responsibility in the sphere of residential&communal industry at the level of relationships with consumers are substantiated. The role of tariff policy as a tool for ensuring socially responsible interaction among the consumer, the subject of residential&communal industry, local self-government and state is highlighted. Prospects for further research are related with solving urgent problems of activating social responsibility in the residential&communal industry in order to prevent social tension in society.