LAW 525 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Human Resource Management, Canadian Commercial Corporation, Sweatshop
23 Feb 2015
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Chapter 12: corporate social responsibility and business-consumer relations. No single accepted authoritative definition of csr. Csr typically described as voluntary, non-statutorily required social responsibility commitments and activities. Perceived hypocrisy: western-based corporations meeting high standards of environmental, worker, human rights in developed countries, but not in developing countries. Inadequacy of public international law, and inadequacy of conventional domestic regulatory approaches. Pressure for action from consumers, workers, investors, shareholders, lenders, governments, supply chain partners, certification bodies, civil society organizations. Rise of internet, rise in importance of transparency and accountability for all organizations. Has led to proliferation of environmental, employee, human rights, community-oriented voluntary codes, standards, guidelines, certifications approaches, with multiple audits, etc. Companies such as gap inc. , which have put in place and are beginning to work with human rights and labour organizations on code implementation, are attempting to respond to these concerns.
