The energy industry has been facing various environmental and social issues in recent decades. Therefore, the energy industry is expected to meet higher standard of environmental efficiencies, and it is important to recognize that governments play an important role in that process. Citizens, environmental and government organizations define the environmental and social responsibility of energy companies as a duty. The subject of this postgraduate specialist is the analysis of socially responsible business in energy and its factors in corporations, and through the attitudes of employees and the general population. The objectives of the paper are: to analyze the impact of globalization on socially responsible business; analyze the development of the concept of corporate social responsibility and its meaning to process stakeholders; conduct primary research on the strategy of corporate social responsibility in the energy sector on the example of selected companies, and give recommendations to experts in practice for successful management of key elements of CSR and its impact on corporate social responsibility and its impact on employees and new candidates. An online survey was created for the primary survey, in which 109 respondents, employees of Hitachi Energy, Siemens and ABB participated, and the answers of the general population were also accepted. It is important to the participants of this research that the company acts socially responsible in 45 % of cases so they would not buy the product of a company that is not socially responsible. Hitachi Energy, Siemens and ABB have implemented a high level of corporate social responsibility in their operations, but the attitude of the general population and their employees differs, as indicated by the results of this research. Examining attitudes towards corporate social responsibility of these companies, respondents believe that companies are somewhat concerned about corporate social responsibility, but do not understand the overall picture of the company. A comparison of the respondents' answers found that they have the view that Siemens Corporation is the most socially responsible compared to the other two. Based on the results, recommendations were set to improve the company's image.