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protection. At the opposite side, Germany and Great Britain disclose information on
the economic dimension of CSR (Great Britain supports the accessibility and
availability of healthcare services, irrespective of the ability to pay of the
beneficiaries, initiated a programme in order to involve the business environment in
fulfilling public health goals, while Germany recognizes the importance of medical
products and devices as economic goods).
In Romania, corporate social governance is not a major objective of the persons in
charge in the public sector. On this background, we consider that adopting a general
corporate social responsibility framework will respond socially, environmentally and
economically to the real needs of the community, will improve the performance of
public sector entities and will consolidate their orientation towards the public.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was supported by CNCSIS–UEFISCDI, project no.955/19.01.2009 PNII –
IDEI, code ID_1827/2008, Panopticon on the performance connotations in the public
sector entities in Romania – creation versus dissemination.
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