Model of Structural and Prospective Analysis of University Social Responsibility

Humanity has mobilized to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); within this framework, both business and government organizations play a dominant role in achieving these goals; universities, as a part of this structure, cannot remain distant from this process, particularly as they are centers for the development of science and technology; in performing substantive functions, the academy generates impacts and responsibilities, especially concerning their interest groups and the environment. In other words, it assumes social responsibility with their environment and with their interest groups; therefore, it is necessary to study and investigate the dimensions generated by this responsibility. This study prospectively analyzed the different dimensions involved in the core functions of academia. It is a qualitative, descriptive, and non-relational study, in which it presented a model of university social responsibility (USR) composed of 5 dimensions and 46 variables, and, through the methodology of scenarios -structural analysis, using the MicMac software, it was determined the dimensions that affect USR in the short, medium and long term. In the short term, within the variables that have high incidence and high dependence, the key variables represent 60% in the training dimension, 67% in management, research, 75%, and 25% in linkage; in environmental management, there are no key variables.