The Need for Relational Ethics in the Axiological-Linguistic Image of the World of Respect Index Companies

The research issue in the article concerns the axiological background, which refers to the criteria for assessing the Respect Index companies. It proposes to extend the “axiological-linguistic world” of companies that are assessed in terms of social responsibility, of the discourse and the values that relational ethics offers. As a philosophical context, the concept of independent ethics and the reliable guardian of Polish philosopher, Tadeusz Kotarbinski, was referee. It formulated a proposal for a new assessment criterion for companies that are assessed in terms of social responsibility (Respect Index companies). Criterion has an axiological background in relational ethics. The humanistic interpretation was applied.