Abstract: The goal of this research consists in systematization and classification of the key factors that affect the inclusion of fishing industry in corporate social responsibility. One of the instruments of building balanced mechanisms of interaction between society, business and the government may become the implementation of the principles of corporate social responsibility in the activity of Russian companies. The subject of this article is the corporate social responsibility (CSR), a policy used in entrepreneurship for achieving sustainable indicators of economic development and improving the quality of life of the Russian population. It is of crucial importance for ensuring positive dynamics of the growth of production and demographic potential of the Far East, as in most coastal regions fisheries industry remains the city-forming enterprises. The scientific novelty lies in providing the original systematization of the factors of inclusion business in CSR. The author proves that the transformation of economic outcomes into social value takes place under the influence of certain factors. In order to substantiate such conclusion, the author assesses the significance of these factors for future specialists in fishing industry of the Far East via extensive sociological survey of the senior students of Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University. The conducted analysis indicates that most considerable factors for the future employees of business structures are the scale and sphere of activity (64% and 54%), reputation and level of corporate culture (59% and 54%).