scholarly journals Capitalist globalization, corporate social responsibility and social policy

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Sklair ◽  
David Miller
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals European Union Social Policy as an Instrument for Sustainable Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 117-138
Author(s):  
Janina Witkowska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Member States ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Eu

This paper undertakes an analysis and assessment of European Union (EU) social policy in the context of the sustainability of the group's social and economic development. The process of Europeanizing EU social policy is not advanced. Thus, the weight of solving social problems primarily rests with member countries. EU social policy is "looser" in character than other EU policies and its scope is limited to those areas where member states were willing to transfer certain prerogatives to European Union level. The EU only supports social policy in the context of the sustainability of the group's social and economic development. The process of Europeanizing EU social policy is not and supplements the actions of member states in the social sphere. At the same time, the EU supports the concept of corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is defined as the voluntary taking into account by companies of social and environmental matters in their operations and in relations with interested parties.

Corporate Social Responsibility

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Cornelia Philipova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Aged Population ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Corporate Social

The processes accompanying state social policy over recent decades as well as their contradictory impact on the sustainable development of the society are one of the fundamental problems of our time. Nowadays, there are still no clear solutions to the debate how to alleviate some of the fundamental problems like environmental pollution, poverty, aged population, income inequality, social exclusion, etc. This chapter aims to show how multinational corporations (MNCs) take the role to solve these issues following some corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies. In this way, they offer a means by which the current CSR model can be used more effectively to achieve these sustainable development targets. The structure of the chapter is organized as follows: Section 2 presents an evolution while Section 3 provides a summary of some contemporary views of CSR. Section 4 describes the way in which CSR is used as a sustainable development tool.

Peculiarities of corporate social responsibility development in the monotowns in post-communist countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Blam ◽  
Katarína Vitálišová ◽  
Kamila Borseková ◽  
Mariusz Sokolowicz
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The paper aims to analyze actual issues of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in monofunctional towns in Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The process of social investment restructuring is obviously under way in these countries. However, there can be identified a few examples where the dominant employer with the long tradition (from the soviet period, even longer) has initiated and directly influenced by the social policy the local and regional development. The paper analyzes their development during the past decades, with the special emphasis on social issues. It identifies its strengths and weaknesses and defines future research areas. Design/methodology/approach The first part of the paper defines the CSR with focus on the social sphere and relationships between local dominant employer, local government and community. Refer to the theory, the paper adopts a case study methodology to explore the specifics of CSR with a focus on monotowns, especially the role of local dominant employer and its relationship with local government and community in three selected post-communist nations – Russia, Slovakia and Poland. The research uses also the secondary data (the strategic documents, statistical data) and own observation during the study visits to the selected cities. The authors analyze the town’s development during the past decades, with the special emphasis on the social issues. Findings It is shown that maintenance and development of essential living conditions in many monofunctional towns depends upon the direct participation of large dominating companies. The paper argues that there is a principal difference between the current social policy conducted by these dominant local employers and the policy that was conducted in the past. What is more, most of the engagement of large in the social affairs in monotowns refers to the CSR concept. The paper summarizes the common features and differences in functioning monotowns in selected states, from the perspective of social responsible behaviors of dominant companies, suggests the practical implications and identifies future research areas. Originality/value The paper maps the specific kind of social responsibility interconnected with the issue of local and regional development – monotowns in Russia, Poland and Slovakia – in the countries with common political and social history. It brings in the form of case studies the detailed overview of the selected examples from Russia, Ukraine and Poland dealing with the CSR. Based on the collected data, it summarizes the advantages and disadvantage of these towns and opens the new research areas.

scholarly journals O movimento da responsabilidade social empresarial: uma análise crítico-reflexiva das relações empresas e comunidades (p. 141-163)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Donizete Martins
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Strategic Investment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Area

ResumoO movimento da responsabilidade social é um fenômeno recente e em ascensão nasociedade brasileira. As empresas que participam desse movimento ampliam suasmissões, intervindo na sociedade em três eixos básicos: econômico, ambiental esocial. A intervenção na área social vem causando polêmica entre os atores e pen-sadores sociais quanto à práxis das ações. Este estudo discute a ação de responsa-bilidade social empresarial na sua relação com a comunidade. O principal objetivoé suscitar reflexões sobre o relacionamento empresarial com a responsabilidadesocial, tendo como foco principal o conceito de relacionamento com a comuni-dade. O estudo aponta que o movimento da responsabilidade social empresarial,coligado às comunidades, é uma tendência que passa pela compreensão do que sejaa responsabilidade social empresarial aos acionistas e dirigentes das empresas, e avinculação deles ao grau de investimento estratégico em tempo, recursos e discer-nimento na contratação de profissionais para intervenção na área social.Palavras-chave: Responsabildiade social. Comunidade. Empresa privada. Políticasocial. The movement of corporate social responsibility:a critical-reflective analysis of business and community relationsAbstractThe social responsibility movement is a recent and rising phenomenon in Braziliansociety. The companies that participate in this movement broaden their missions,intervening in society in three basic axes: economic, environmental and social. Theintervention in the social area has been causing controversy among actors and socialthinkers regarding the praxis of actions. This paper discusses the action of corpo-rate social responsibility in its relationship with the community. The main objectiveis to stimulate reflections about which is the relationship between private corpo-rations and social responsibility, having as main focus the concept of relationshipwith the community. The paper points out that the movement of corporate socialresponsibility, related to communities, is a trend. Which involves the understandingof corporate social responsibility to shareholders and managers of companies, andtheir linkage to the degree of strategic investment in time, resources and discern-ment in the hiring of professionals for intervention in the social area.Keywords: Social responsibility. Community. Private company. Social policy. El movimiento de la responsabilidad social empresarial: un análisis crítico-reflexivo de las relaciones empresas y comunidadeResumenEl movimiento de la responsabilidad social es un fenómeno reciente y en ascensoen la sociedad brasileña. Las empresas que participan en este movimiento am-plían sus misiones, interviniendo en la sociedad en tres ejes básicos: económico,ambiental y social. La intervención en el área social viene causando polémicaentre los actores y pensadores sociales en cuanto a la praxis de las acciones. Esteestudio discute la acción de responsabilidad social empresarial en su relación conla comunidad. El principal objetivo es suscitar reflexiones sobre cuál relaciona-miento empresarial con la responsabilidad social, teniendo como eje principal elconcepto de relación con la comunidad. El estudio apunta que el movimientode la responsabilidad social empresarial, conectado a las comunidades, es unatendencia. Que pasa por la comprensión de lo que sea la responsabilidad socialempresarial a los accionistas y dirigentes de las empresas, y la vinculación de és-tos al grado de inversión estratégica en tiempo, recursos y discernimiento en lacontratación de profesionales para intervención en el área social.Palabras clave: Responsabilidad social. Comunidad. Compañía privada. Políticasocial.

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