In our contemporary literature and academic discourse we often see how popular the topic of
corporate social responsibility is. In my opinion another problem – tightly linked to this – and strongly
influencing our business life is consumer’s activity. This second part of business relations is often
associated rather with legal demands and customer’s protection. The purpose of my article is to show
how consumer social responsibility can help not only corporations, but all those involved in the market
exchange to contribute to the common good and improve quality of millions of transactions people
make every day. To become real, this responsibility needs effort – courage to witness by expressing
consumer’s opinion and education. The first aspect shows how important action is in revealing values
and introducing ethics into everyday market activity, the second shows that emphasizing basic
economical education and expecting thorough information from companies can help build and enhance
consumer awareness. In my paper I am also trying to show the contribution of Catholic Social Thought
to the problem of social responsibility