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Corporate social responsibility

机译:企业社会责任

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Milton Friedman states that the social responsibility of companies is to make as much money for stockholders as possible. There are a number of problems with this deceptively simple definition. Companies are part of society and their business decisions have unavoidable social consequences. The role of companies is to provide society with goods and services legally, efficiently and profitably. In fulfilling their primary purpose, they can choose to undertake such social activities as they believe are in their corporate interest and have the support, for publicly-quoted companies, of their shareholders. Such activities are not necessarily at the expense of shareholders, for whom corporate reputation is an asset. The issue of corporate social responsibility has moved up the economic and political agenda internationally, through concern over corporate power linked to globalisation, examples of corporate malpractice and the impact of economic activity on the environment. In addition, UK pension funds have to disclose their social, ethical and environmental policies in relation to investment, which in turn requires quoted companies to report on their activities in the social, ethical and environmental fields. The paper outlines the nature of some of these activities. Outsourcing and its effects on employment are current issues for developed countries, leading on to a discussion of corporate responsibility in relation to employment. Because the social and commercial consequences of business decisions are intertwined, companies need to clarify their policies on social responsibility and to manage them accordingly, taking account of external pressures to the degree to which they can be said to represent the interests of society as a whole. The manner in which companies discharge their responsibilities towards society affects their public reputation and their ability to recruit and retainable and committed employees.
机译:弥尔顿·弗里德曼(Milton Friedman)指出,公司的社会责任是尽可能为股东赚钱。这个看似简单的定义存在许多问题。公司是社会的一部分,其商业决策不可避免地会带来社会后果。公司的作用是合法,高效和盈利地为社会提供商品和服务。为了实现其主要目的,他们可以选择进行他们认为符合其公司利益并得到其股东支持的上市公司这样的社会活动。此类活动不一定要损害股东的利益,对于这些股东而言,企业声誉是资产。通过关注与全球化相关的公司实力,公司渎职行为的实例以及经济活动对环境的影响,公司的社会责任问题已在国际上提升了经济和政治议程。此外,英国养老基金必须披露与投资有关的社会,道德和环境政策,这反过来又要求报价公司报告其在社会,道德和环境领域的活动。本文概述了其中一些活动的性质。外包及其对就业的影响是发达国家的当务之急,因此引发了关于与就业有关的公司责任的讨论。由于业务决策的社会和商业后果是交织在一起的,因此公司需要澄清其社会责任政策并据此进行管理,同时考虑到外部压力,在一定程度上可以代表整个社会的利益。公司履行对社会的责任的方式会影响其公众声誉以及招募,保留和忠诚员工的能力。

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    《Society》 |2006年第1期|p.5-21|共17页
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    Adrian Cadbury;

  • 作者单位

    Aston Business School, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 ET, UK;

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