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Corporate Social Responsibility: Envisioning its Social Implications

By : Gérard Fonteneau
Published on : TJSGA/TLWNSI ESSAY/CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPEONSIBILITY (E002) OCTOBER03/

From time to time TJSGA will issue essays on topics relevant to The Living Wages North and
South Initiative (TLWNSI). This is a working paper offering a critique of CSR from the perspective of democratic societies and the future of its institutions, especially with regards to the potential impact of CSR on all sectors of civil society and, in particular, on the trade unions and its practices.

Introduction

For some time now, corporate social responsibility has become a must. Public institutions (European Union, United Nations, even the ILO), the business world, employers, civil society organisations – at least some of them – seem to be at one in the conviction that “corporate social responsibility” is an essential element of present and future social policies, in all the continents and all the sectors. It has to be pointed out that this strategy is developing at a moment the multinational economic and financial groups, indeed the global market economy itself, are going through a serious internal crisis; witness the many socially and ethically “irresponsible” practices: fraudulent bankruptcies, questionable purchases, cheatings in the accounts, very high manager salaries, disrespect for basic values, deregulation, disconnection between financial and economic activities. Instead of laws, international conventions,
collective agreements, they sing the praises of codes of conduct . . . . . . . . (baca_selengkapnya )

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