A Model of Social Responsibility of Tehran's Esteghlal Sport-Cultural Club

Striving for social responsibility helps sports clubs have a positive impact on progress, work, and society. The study is to design a model of social responsibility for Tehran's Esteghlal sport club. This research was conducted with the aim of expanding the knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon of responsibility of the Independence Club. This research is also of qualitative nature based on the data search. The statistical population of the study included experts (managers and practitioners of Esteghlal Sport and Cultural Club and faculty members). Purposeful sampling and snowball sampling techniques were used for in-depth interviews. A total of 11 interviews were conducted with experts. In fact, the sampling continued to the point (11 interviews) until the theoretical saturation was sufficient. After studying the theoretical foundations, the raw data were obtained from in-depth interviews with elites and experts and analyzed simultaneously with the interviews and based on the qualitative content analysis approach with the inductive approach. To determine the reliability of the data (which is equivalent to reliability and validity in quantitative research), two transcoding methods used by other researchers and members of the review.The results showed that the main areas of social responsibility of Esteghlal Club included economic, transparency, cultural, ethical, legal, benevolent, environmental and scientific responsibilities. The challenges of the Esteghlal Club in the area of social responsibility are structural, behavioral and contextual barriers. Social responsibility strategies for Esteghlal were in two basic strategies or with macro level and operational strategies. Eventually, the main implications for the role of the Independent Club's social responsibility include the business consequences and the behavioral consequences. On this basis, it can be said that sports clubs focusing on social responsibility can promote social benefits beyond the interests of the club and what the law requires.