Vittenberg Ye. Ya.From the history of the formation of the social responsibility of owners in Russia

Abstract

In the article  the problems of the genesis of the social responsibility of Russian owners are investigatedand  from the onset of trade and handicraft  (latest industrialists and bankersin)  up to the October Revolution. As historical sources testify, it was manifested in the honest payment of taxes, in the honest relations with the buyers and the partners, in the output of qualitative product by craftsmen, in the charity. Special attention is paid to the beneficial effect of church on the critical behavior of business. At the same time in the article are analyzed historic evidence of the socially irresponsible behavior of owners. The author considers his joint responsibility together with the tsarism for October revolution the apotheosis of the irresponsibility of business.