The contribution of CSR during the covid-19 period in Greece: A step forward

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Published: Jun 30, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.24971
Dimitrios Kritas
University of Crete & University of the Aegean
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8678-6996
Stylianos - Ioannis Tzagkarakis
University of Crete
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9393-8991
Zoi Atsipoulianaki
University of Crete
Symeon Sidiropoulos
University of Piraeus
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1548-2749
Abstract
The spread of the Covid-19 brought global institutions, societies, states and economies in a critical position as they encounter a new worldwide multilevel crisis. At the same time, states have had to handle this crisis acquiring an interventionist role, protecting the social and economic cohesion, providing better health care services for their citizens and investing in scientific research, as a means to restrict this new pandemic. In order to handle that situation and its consequences, the use of all the available resources became necessary as well as the improvement of the cooperation between the private and the public sector. In Greece private sector has shown an unprecedented willingness for Greece’s CSR tradition, to contribute government’s efforts.
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Author Biographies
Dimitrios Kritas, University of Crete & University of the Aegean

Dimitrios Kritas is PhD candidate, University of Crete. He is also Vice president of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists, Field Manager of the Public Policy and Administration Research Laboratory, Univeristy of Crete, Scientific Associate of the Laboratory of Health Economics and Management (LabHEM) of the University of Piraeus and Researcher of the Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET) of the University of Crete. 

Stylianos - Ioannis Tzagkarakis, University of Crete
Dr. Stylianos Ioannis Tzagkarakis is Teaching Fellow on Comparative Public Policy and Postdoctoral Researcher (with scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation-IKY) at the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete, Greece. He is Field Manager of the Centre for Human Rights (KEADIK) of the University of Crete, Deputy Director of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc) and Member of the Steering Committee of the ECPR Political Culture Research Network.
Zoi Atsipoulianaki, University of Crete
Zoi Atsipoulianaki is Political Scientist - Supervisor of Crete’s Delegation of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc).
Symeon Sidiropoulos, University of Piraeus
Symeon Sidiropoulos is Political Scientist, President of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc), Scientific Associate at Laboratory of Health Economics and Management (LabHEM) of the University of Piraeus and Associate Researcher of the Center for Human Rights (KEADIK) of the University of Crete, Greece.
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