The Exploration of factors related to social responsibility in the risk society

Along with the growth of technology, and the increase of natural hazards in the contemporary world, human life is faced with many challenges, deal with social responsibility has major importance to prevent hazards and reducing their unfortunate consequences for humans which leads to a healthy relationship between people and the environment. To explain the factors affecting social responsibility, the current research examines the existing theories and analyzes previous research findings. The research method of this study is the documentary which explores studies related to the subject that was published from 2011 to 2022. The cited sources were obtained by searching the keywords: social responsibility, social indifference, social commitment, risk of Covid-19, and risky society. The data has been analyzed by attributive and holistic coding and factors related to social responsibility in a risky society, and have been categorized using the obtained results. Findings show that crises and risks can change people's actions and social responsibility is an important factor that affected the actions and relations between actors in crisis conditions. The final results based on holistic coding have extracts, 7 main categories, and 18 sub-categories. The important factors affecting social responsibility are social capital, moral and normative values, and inequality in various dimensions such as power, health, identity, awareness, and indifference, which have the greatest impact in a risky society. These factors through the concepts such as insecurity, citizenship, and altruism affect social responsibility.