The article discusses some questions about the humanization of companies and justifies its urgency and feasibility. It's understood that the humanized company is one that, focused on its employees and/or on the external environment, links other values besides maximizing the return for the stockholders. Continuing on this line are mentioned companies that, in the internal environment, promote an enhancement in quality of life and of work, concentrating on the construction of more democratic and just relationship, reducing inequality and racial, gender and belief prejudice, besides contributing to the development and growth of people. Focusing on the environment, the actions taken by these companies are directed towards the elimination of ecological unbalance, overcoming social injustice, community support and towards everything that is called corporate citizenship.
Humanized organization; corporate citizenship; social responsibility; organizations and society; corporate sustainability