Good practices of social responsibility for promoting sustainable development goals from the university: a case study

The transformative role of universities is key to their contribution to sustainable development and the fulfillment of the UN's 2030 Agenda. University Social Responsibility, as an ethical impact management policy, promotes the implementation of good practices that have a positive impact in the formative, cognitive, social, and organizational domains. These practices enable the observation and promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article aims to identify the social responsibility good practices that affect the SDGs in a public university in southern Sonora, Mexico. The method used was qualitative and deductive, following four steps: 1) defining good USR practices, 2) developing a catalog of good practices, 3) classifying the practice based on its impact, and 4) categorizing it according to the SDG it addresses. The main results show that a significant portion of these practices focus on SDGs related to people and are primarily directed at the university's internal stakeholders