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方向:
人力资源开发与管理
年级:
2010级硕士研究生
姓名:
唐红杰
学号:
112010303000332
教师:
王志章
成绩:
2011年6月26日
corporationandsocialresponsibilityTang-Hongjie
CollegeofEconomicsandManagement,SouthwestUniversity,Chongqing400715,China
Whatisthesocialresponsibility?
Whatistherelationshipbetweenthecorporationandthesocialresponsibility?
Whatarethecharacteristicsofthecorporation’ssocialresponsibility?
Inthisarticle,Iwilltalkaboutthesequestionsandgivesomeofmyopinions.
Traditionalcorporatelawtheoryholdsthatthecompany'
sprofitcanonlybedeterminedbythecharacteristicsofthecompanyinpursuitofmaximizingshareholderservices,tobecomeshareholdersofprofitabletool.However,withthesocialandeconomicdevelopment,theenlargedcompany,thecompany'
sroleinsociallifemoreandmore,notonlyforthecommunitytocreateagreatdealofmaterialwealth,butalsoaffectsthecompanydirectlyorindirectlyrelatedtothevariousinterestgroups,affectthesocialandeconomiclifeandpoliticalaspectsoflife.Forexample,companiesseekingtomaximizeshareholdervalue,willpollutetheenvironment,employeeabuse,consumerfraudandsoon.The1930seconomiccrisisbroughtaboutseriousconsequencestomakepeoplecometorealizethat,asthecompany'
spursuitofprofitcannotbetheonlygoal,shouldbearthesocialresponsibility,corporatesocialresponsibilitytogeneratetheory.Butasatheoreticalconcept,themeaningofcorporatesocialresponsibilityalotofambiguity,evenincorporatesocialresponsibilityadvocates,alsodidnotformaconsistentaccepteddefinition.
Inthispart,Iwillgivesomedefinitionsofcorporatesocialresponsibility.
Themeaningofcorporatesocialresponsibilityonallcountriesasyetnouniformdefinition,therearethreemainknowledge:
Somescholarsbelievethatwhenmostpeopleinsocietywantacompanyforacertainbehavior,thefor-profitcompanyshouldgiveupthepurposeofprofittomeetthemajorityofthecompany'
sexpectations.Somescholarsbelievethatthecompanynotjusttomaximizeprofitforshareholders,butshouldmaximizetheinterestsofshareholdersotherthantopromoteallinterestsofsociety.Thethirdviewisthat,inadditiontoseekingtomaximizeprofitsforshareholdersshouldbearthemaintenanceandpromotionofsocialinterestobligations.
Ibelievethatcompaniesshouldtakesocialresponsibility,buthowtodefinethemeaningofcorporatesocialresponsibility,thekeyiscanhandlethecompany'
scorporatesocialresponsibilityandtherelationshipbetweenprofit.Thefirstrecognizethatcorporatesocialresponsibilityisessentiallythepriorityinthecompany'
sprofit,thatis,whencorporatesocialresponsibilityandconflictphase-profitcompanyshouldgiveuptheprofittarget.Becausetheessentialnatureofthecompanyistoprofit,ifthecommunityinterestsfirst,thentheshareholders'
investmententhusiasmwillbedispelled,inturn,cannotproperlyfulfillcorporateandsocialresponsibility,sothecompany'
ssocialresponsibilityasthecompany'
sprimarygoalisnottaken.Thesecondunderstandingthattheinterestsofshareholdersotherthantheequallyimportantsocialinterestsandtheinterestsofshareholders,thatistomaximizeshareholdervalueandcorporatesocialresponsibilityisthecompany'
stwoequallyimportantobjectives.Itseemstowanttoemphasizetheimportanceofcorporatesocialresponsibility,butwhentheinterestsofshareholdersandallotherstakeholderinterestsconflict,the"
maximum"
meanshowtodefine,itisinpracticenobasistofollow,verypossibletocorporatesocialresponsibilityastheprimarypurposeofthecompany'
sfootsteps.Thethirdunderstandingisessentiallythecompany'
ssocialresponsibilityascorporateprofitlimitationsandaddedthatbothrespectthecompany'
sprofit,butalsototakecareofnon-shareholderstakeholders,soIagreewiththisunderstanding.
NextIwilltalkaboutthecharacteristicsofcorporatesocialresponsibility.
Corporatesocialresponsibilityistheresponsibilityoftheprincipalcompany.Isgivenbythelegalfictionwasthesocialorganizationofthemainqualification,accordingtothelawhavetheirownresponsibilityinthenameoftheabilityofforeignshareholders,directorsandmanagersareoutsidethecompanytoactinthename.Therefore,themainresponsibilityofcorporatesocialresponsibilityiscompanies,notshareholders,directorsandothercompany'
sactualcontrol.Somescholarsbelievethat,intalkingaboutcorporatesocialresponsibility,theresponsibilityoftheprincipalaccordingtodifferentsituations,sometimesthecorporateitself,sometimesthecontrolofthecompany'
slargestshareholder,andsometimestocontrolthecompany'
smanagers.Thisviewisinfactconfusedwithamajorshareholder,withcontrollimitsofthecompany'
smanagers.Shareholdersaftertheinvestmentisonlylimitedamountofitscontributiontothecompanyresponsibleforthecompanyjusttoenjoycapitalgains,majorpolicydecisions,therighttochoosemanagers.Especiallywiththemoderncompany'
sseparationofownershipandmanagement,controlofthecompanytransferredtotheBoardbytheshareholders,theshareholdersofthecompany'
soperationsarenotactuallyenjoytheactualright.Althoughthecontrolofthecompany'
smanagersasthecompany'
sagentshavetherightofthecompany'
smanagement,butaccordingtocivillawonagencytheory,theconsequencesoftheagentagentbehaviorisbornebytheagent.Therefore,inthecourseofbusinessofallactsshouldbebornebythecompany,thatthemainresponsibilityforcorporatesocialresponsibilityisacompanyratherthantheothersubjects.
Corporatesocialresponsibilityofaccountabilitynon-shareholderstakeholders.
Corporatesocialresponsibilityisbasedonthecompany'
snon-shareholderstakeholdersforthecompanyobligationsrelativetoside.Shareholdersofthecompany'
sso-callednon-stakeholders,isinadditiontoshareholders,subjecttoinfluencecorporatedecisionmakingandbehaviorofallpeople,thiseffectmayberealorpotential,directorindirect,specificallyincludingthecompany'
semployees,thecompanyproductstoconsumers,thecompany'
screditors,economicandsocialdevelopmentplanning,resourcesandenvironment,socialsecurityandwelfareofbeneficiaries,etc.Againsttheexistenceofcorporatesocialresponsibilityofscholarsbelievethat,duetogeneralconsumers,thegeneralpublic,thecompanybelongstosocietyasawholeandcannotberightasarealperson,becausethisforthecompanytowhomsocialresponsibility,whocanperformsuchastherighttorequesttheissuecannotbedetermined,thatcorporatesocialresponsibilityofaccountabilitycannotbedetermined.Ithinkthatcorporatesocialresponsibilityisaprovisionofprinciple,specificresponsibilitiesofaccountabilityaccordingtothespecificsituationtodetermine.Ifacompanyisnotfraudonconsumerstheobligationistotheconsumershouldbearthecompany'
ssocialresponsibility,companiescanactivelyassumethisresponsibilitywithouttheneedtofindoutwhothespecificrights,andviceversa,isconsumerfraudSocialresponsibilityistheresponsibilityoftheobject,evenifawiderangebutstillabletoidentifyspecificvictims.
Corporatesocialresponsibilityhasacombinationofmandatoryandnon-mandatoryfeatures.
Corporatesocialresponsibilityisthecompany'
slegaldutyandmoralobligationoftheentity.Thelawofthecompany'
ssocialresponsibilityshouldbetheminimum,whiletheypromotethecompany'
scommitmenttoahighermoralresponsibility,corporatesocialresponsibilityandthereforehasacombinationofmandatoryandnon-mandatoryfeatures.Underthelawofcorporatesocialresponsibilityisamandatoryobligationtoensuretheimplementationofstatecoercivepower.Ifthecompanyfailstoperform,willbelawenforcementorpunishment,itistheobligationofpeople'
s"
hardconstraints"
isnecessarytomaintainbasicsocialorderandtheminimummorallaw.Morallevelofthenon-mandatorycorporatesocialresponsibilityobligations,nottoguaranteetheimplementationoftheforceoflaw,itisthedutyofpeopleof"
softconstraints"
inadditiontolegalobligationsonpeople'
shighermorality.
Corporatesocialresponsibilityisapositiveduty.
Thetermincludestheresponsibilityoftwomeanings:
First,activeduty,onenegativeresponsibility.Activedutyisoneofthemainbodyoftheotherpartybasedonarelationshipwithandresponsibility,thisresponsibilityisinfacttheobligation,hasapositiveandnegativeresponsibilityistheresponsibilityoftheprincipaldoesnotfulfilltheiractivedutyshouldbearthenegativeconsequences.Corporatesocialresponsibilityisthecompanybasedontherelativeinterestsofshareholderswithnon-partiesshouldbearacertainrelationshipbetweentheobligations,althoughthisobligationwillresultinabreachofmoralorlegalnegativeconsequences,butaccordingtotheunderstandingofscholarsfromvariouscountries,negativedutynotincludedinthiscategoryofsocialresponsibility,sothecompany'
ssocialresponsibilityisapositiveduty.
Inthelastpart,Iwillgivesomeidealstoimprovethecorporatesocialresponsibilitylegislation.
Asmorecorporatesocialresponsibilityisreflectedinmoralresponsibility,therefore,thepracticeoflegalregulationinvariouscountriesisslightlydifferent.Westerncountries,mostlyintheformofcaseprocessingthroughcorporatesocialresponsibility,writtenlegislationisrare.Onourcorporatesocialresponsibilitylaw,Ibelieve