The ‘Ruggie process’: from legal obligations to corporate social responsibility?

2013 ◽  
pp. 58-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos López
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals Institutionalising a Withering Sense in Corporate Social Responsibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Tan Seng Teck ◽  
Selvamalar Ayadurai ◽  
William Chua ◽  
Tan Peng Liang ◽  
Nanthakumar Karuppiah
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Divine Origin ◽  
Sustainability Reports ◽  
Corporate Social

Studies and writings on corporate social responsibility turned a full cycle with much ink spilled on this topic. From the inception of a divine origin, corporate social responsibility has now become a flamboyant display of numbers and statistics which corporations proudly present them to fulfil their legal obligations. It is ironic that a divine understanding of corporate social responsibility has now transpired to be a complex calculus of statistical tabulations, too often exhibited in annual and sustainability reports. Organisations become grossly mesmerised with the grandiosity of exceeding the prerequisites of ecological, environmental, social and economic performance supported by undisputable, verifiable and measurable data. Corporate social responsibility has become senseless and meaningless. This is not a research paper nor does it entail the rudiments of any research findings. Conversely, this paper alerts and perhaps cautions corporate social responsibility practitioners on the perils of their overarching emphasis on positivism. Corporate social responsibility cannot be quantified merely in numbers but on the contrary, it should involve truthful, honest and transparent dialectic communication with the stakeholders. Many corporations deceived and some still facing the remnants of their mistakes. The Volkswagen ‘diesel dupe’ crisis and Johnson & Johnson’s baby talc powder scandals are reminders of the same. This paper is a solemn reminder that corporations must be ‘awakened’ so that ethics is grounded to its core and not merely in the cosmetic forms of presentable statistics.

CSR BECOMES A PART OF THE COMPANY’S STRATEGIC PLAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Ghazala Begum Essop
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Social Benefit ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) may be defined as the actions of an organisation that are targeted towards achieving a social benefit over and above maximising profits for its shareholders and meeting all its legal obligations (Ghillyer 2009). This definition only scratches the surface of a very complex and often elusive topic that has presented organisations as being the image of unchecked greed. CSR is a phenomenon that is growing in prominence and popularity as organisations find themselves in the limelight due to consumer evolution.

Sustainable developments and corporate social responsibility in Vietnamese fashion enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajkishore Nayak ◽  
Long Nguyen Van Thang ◽  
Tu Nguyen ◽  
Julia Gaimster ◽  
Rebecca Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Corporate Social

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to investigate the status of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in fashion enterprises in Vietnam.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is qualitative in nature and utilized a multiple case study approach (questionnaires and face-to-face interviews) to achieve the objectives of the research. NVivo was used to analyze the data.FindingsFindings showed that by collaborating with the local artisans to create the unique clothing lines, the fashion brands try to blend and upscale the traditional indigenous clothing styles with modern design concepts to promote the diversity of Vietnamese ethnic culture. The findings also suggest that both the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises (LEs) should maintain their corporate social responsibility (CSR) concepts to comply with the legal obligations such as salary and welfare benefits for employees, work safety, gender equality and promotions. Further, the CSR activities should address the social issues with their target stakeholders, particularly with the local communities.Originality/valueThis study sought to provide a snapshot on the current sustainable practices followed in Vietnamese fashion enterprises.

scholarly journals The Impact of the UN Guiding Principles on Business Attitudes to Observing Human Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Peter MUCHLINSKI
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Un Global Compact ◽  
Business And Human Rights ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This contribution discusses business attitudes to human rights obligations and how the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) have affected them. These are best understood historically through a number of periods. The first, between the mid-1970s and the end of the 1980s, coincides with intergovernmental organization-based codifications relevant to corporate social responsibility. Business representatives were highly defensive towards extensive international legal obligations not only in relation to human rights but to corporate social responsibility (CSR) more generally. This was followed by a period of ‘voluntarism’. By the 1990s, businesses had accepted that there could be a link between their operations and human rights violations but continued to reject binding legal duties. Instead, businesses opted for voluntary codes of conduct based on individual corporate, or sectoral, initiatives. It was out of this period that the UN Global Compact emerged. ‘Voluntarism’ continues into the third period, the era of the UNGPs. The UNGPs can be characterized by ‘institutionalized voluntarism’ achieved through the framework for business and human rights represented by the UNGPs. Each period will be examined followed by a concluding section that considers business attitudes to an emerging fourth period that introduces legal obligations through mandatory due diligence laws.

Rise of the Corporation and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case for Corporate Customary International Law

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 276-308
Author(s):  
KIRSTEN STEFANIK
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
International Law ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Effect ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
International Systems

AbstractCorporations have taken on an expansive role in the global community with transnational operations, extensive resources, power and influence, and significant environmental and human rights impacts. While corporate social responsibility (CSR) has developed standards and practices aimed at addressing the social responsibility of corporations, its legal effect, if any, is unclear. In part, this can be linked to the lack of status and direct accountability for corporations in international law. This article seeks to carve out a space for corporations in which the realities of their power and impact can be acknowledged, addressed, and managed. It suggests that this can be accomplished through the recognition of corporate customary international law. This corporate customary international law would apply the well-developed law-creation processes of traditional state-based customary international law to businesses. Employing CSR as a practical example, the article suggests that not only is corporate customary international law a theoretical possibility, but its elements can already be seen in the development of CSR. Ultimately, this article aims to show how customary international law, which is an existing tool of international law formation, can be used to bridge the gap between the traditional and contemporary international systems and increase opportunities for businesses to fulfil ethical and legal obligations and to be held accountable for environmental and human rights harms.

scholarly journals La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial como herramienta para la gestión de conflictos con comunidades rurales

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-46
Author(s):  
Manuel Ramiro Muñoz ◽  
Daniela Díaz Lozano ◽  
María Alejandra Quintero Falla
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
The Asymmetry ◽  
Corporate Social

Las empresas están llamadas a reflexionar en torno al alcance de sus acciones en el marco de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE), más aún, en contextos como Colombia, donde la ruralidad es el escenario de conflictos que involucran a las comunidades indígenas, afrodescendientes y campesinas, lo que supone un reto en la formulación de estrategias de relacionamiento encaminadas a impactar positivamente en la gestión de conflictos que, de no ser tenidos en cuenta por las empresas, pueden ir en detrimento de sus objetivos. Este artículo ofrece una reflexión crítica sobre el concepto de RSE asumida como una herramienta de gestión de conflictos, suponiendo que su alcance debería ir más allá del cumplimiento de las obligaciones legales de la empresa, que debe, entonces, actuar siendo consciente de la asimetría de derechos de las comunidades rurales y de sus consecuencias. Abstract: Companies are called to reflect on the scope of their actions in the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), even more in contexts such as Colombia, where rurality is the scenario of conflicts involving indigenous, Afro-descendent and peasants communities, this represents a challenge to the formulation of relationship strategies aimed at positively impacting the management of conflicts that, if they are not taken into account by companies, may be detrimental to their objectives. This article offers a critical reflection on the concept of CSR understood as a conflict management tool, assuming that its scope should go beyond the fulfillment of the legal obligations of the company, which must act with awareness of the asymmetry of rights of the rural communities and their consequences. Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, companies, rural communities, conflict management, intercultural dialogue.

scholarly journals Putting in Value Corporate Social Responsibility

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Parra ◽  
Joan Ripoll-i-Alcon ◽  
Guillem Marti
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
The Law ◽  
Corporate Social

European companies have not only taken care of complying with the legal obligations imposed by the law (social and environmental obligations), but have gone further by voluntarily assuming a real commitment to their corporate social responsibility. In this sense, a set of indicators defines a real approach to CSR. In particular, a model to rate environmental, social and governance (ESG) dimensions of any company seems to provide an objective, measurable and comparable information that makes it possible to define a real assessment of the CSR based on ESG.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility in the context of Female Foeticide and Infanticide in Rajasthan

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Thakur ◽  
Anukrati Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
The State ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
New Model ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company ◽  
The Way

In today’s world, the success and recognition of a business has come to be associated with the way it carries out its corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR is gaining popularity these days because of various reasons: to promote various brands of the company, social welfare, to uplift the reputation of a company, to comply with legal obligations and so on. There are many ways by which the companies can conduct their CSR activities to help the society in large. In recent times, CSR has become an important factor to boost the goodwill of a company as well as indirectly increase the sales of the company’s product. The present paper is an attempt to find out the purpose and benefits of using CSR in creating awareness and strategies to help stop the crime of female foeticide and infanticide in the state of Rajasthan. The paper also focuses on some major steps which have been taken in this direction by the companies. The paper highlights a new model which can be adopted by companies in the context of ‘save girl child’ campaigns.

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