Il paper intende indagare sull’adozione del Bilancio Sociale nelle Università pubbliche italiane, con l’obiettivo, in particolare, di ricostruirne lo stato dell’arte e di riflettere sul possibile ruolo di tale documento nel superamento della crisi di legittimazione che sta caratterizzando il sistema universitario italiano. Per raggiungere tale obiettivo l’articolo analizza 30 Bilanci Sociali realizzati da 15 Atenei pubblici negli ultimi anni. I risultati emersi evidenziano che le indubbie potenzialità del Bilancio Sociale non sono pienamente sfruttate dalle Università italiane soprattutto in termini di apertura verso il complesso dei propri stakeholder.
This paper aims to investigate the adoption of Social Report by Italian public Universities. Specifically, the aim is to provide the state of the art and explore the potential role of Social Report in supporting public Universities to overcome the gap of legitimacy they are currently facing in Italy. To address these issues, we rely on the analysis of 30 Social Reports drawn up by 15 Italian Universities in the last years. Evidence shows that Italian Universities do not fully exploit the potentialities of Social Report to communicate with their stakeholders.
This paper aims to investigate the adoption of Social Report by Italian public Universities. Specifically, the aim is to provide the state of the art and explore the potential role of Social Report in supporting public Universities to overcome the gap of legitimacy they are currently facing in Italy. To address these issues, we rely on the analysis of 30 Social Reports drawn up by 15 Italian Universities in the last years. Evidence shows that Italian Universities do not fully exploit the potentialities of Social Report to communicate with their stakeholders.
