A reflection on globalisation being one of the most discussed phenomena of the contemporary social life, leads to the legitimate conviction that this problem deserves a permanent diagnosis updated in the context of continual transformations taking place. Assessment of the globalisation process in the context of the criteria developed within full-fledged democracies allows perceiving in the process constant challenges related to undertaking individual and social effort in order to minimise threats and maximize opportunities so that the transformations of the globalisation era increasingly take on the nature of developmental changes. Furthermore, this reflection includes the issue of responsibility which should gradually change from scattered, weakened and fading into strong, conscious and creative in the realm of local communities as well as global reality.
Key words: responsibility, globalisation, politic, social life