Теоретико-методологические bases of social responsibility of business are in-process presented, a category vehicle is specified "social responsibility of business" and the basic going is considered near her estimation. On the basis of the worked out methodical tool the estimation of social responsibility of the largest enterprises of chemical industry is conducted. The complex of recommendations is reasonable for executive bodies on to conditioning, providing socio-economic development of territories on the basis of forming of conception socially responsible behavior of business.Препринт is addressed to the workers of management organs, research workers, teachers of higher educational establishments and students, and also to the wide circle of readers that is interested by the questions of social responsibility of business.