The article presents the results of a study of the value orientations of specialists with higher education working in the region and representing such professional communities as IT specialists, mechanical engineers, food technologists, veterinarians and financial economists. | Values-based orientations as a formation factor of the social responsibility of the professional community International Journal of Management IJM Volume 10 Issue 2 March April 2019 144 Article ID IJM_10_02_013 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 10 amp IType 2 Journal Impact Factor 2019 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication VALUES-BASED ORIENTATIONS AS A FORMATION FACTOR OF THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY V. A. Ivashova Associate Professor Candidate of Sociological Science Sociological Research and Marketing Department FSAEI HE Stavropol State Agrarian University Stavropol Russia V. N. Goncharov Professor Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy FSAEI HE North Caucasus Federal University Stavropol Russia . Erokhin Professor Doctor of Sociology Head of Philosophy Department FSAEI HE North Caucasus Federal University Stavropol Russia O. U. Kolosova Professor Doctor of Philosophy Department of Socio-economic and Humanitarian Disciplines Stavropol branch of Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Stavropol Russia L. A. Tronina Professor Doctor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies SFEI HE quot Stavropol State Pedagogical Institute quot Stavropol Russia . Kamalova Associated Professor Candidate of Philosophical Sciences Department of Philosophy FSBEI HE quot Rostov State Medical University of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation quot Russia ABSTRACT The article presents the results of a study of the value orientations of specialists with higher education working in the region and representing such professional communities as IT specialists mechanical engineers food technologists veterinarians and financial economists. The analysis of the influence of value orientations on attitudes to corporate social responsibility and within the boundaries of the professional .