The cluster as a socially responsible entity

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is gaining more and more importance. It involves activities that is associated with the organization’s ethical behavior towards society, in particular its recipients, employees, other stakeholders as well as its impact on the environment. Universities deserve special attention in the field of CSR activities which play a huge role in shaping society, its development and are source of information for it. The aim of the paper is to analyze the three examples of polish clusters in the social responsibility context. In the paper the authors also described short history of clusters, their main ideas and the conception of CSR in the theoretical aspect.