Abstract
The normative foundations of corporate social responsibility (CSR), transposed to the research teacher in management sciences, are interpellent because of the many paradoxes they raise. This article, which is interdisciplinary by law and management, seeks to ascertain what recovery of liability, and more specifically, the nature of the obligations arising from it for the research teacher in a management school, both as an actor, within the framework of its organisation or institution, but also as a member of a scientific community. While the responsibility of any researcher teacher can only be measured by reference to his/her academic freedom, his/her societal responsibility (SR) is assessed by taking into account the expectations of its stakeholders and the integration of associated practices. However, far from always being an opportunity to meet the scientific challenges linked to sustainable development, our critical thinking makes it possible to highlight the consequences of this managerial logic, now coupled with a legal logic, which reduces the autonomy of researchers, but does not guarantee the social, societal or environmental benefits of their work.