A view of the university social responsibility through a research in conjunction with the community action councils

Abstract

This article aims to show evidence about Antonio Jose Camacho University Institution’s social responsibility within the framework of the project “Strengthening of the Community Mutual Banking”. This research study has a mixed approach, it is a Participatory Action type research with a descriptive style, combining techniques like: semi structured interviews, focus groups, social cartography and surveys. The main result is the creation of community management tools that show the social commitment of the institution with society. As a conclusion, it is not possible to develop investigative processes to include university social responsibility without a true academic commitment from the university and its organizational structure. On the other hand, the community management must be a concerted  cooperative process between the academy and the community  action councils to apply constant processes based on social reality and research work.