Corporate Social Responsibility, Private Law and Global Supply Chains

Rühmkorf, Andreas

doi:10.4337/9781783477500

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“…However, more recently there are calls for bringing legal backing for CSR (Kara, 2018;Okoye, 2016;Rahim, 2013). These include scholarly attempts to examine the role of tort law, private law and international law for CSR and corporate accountability (Amao, 2013;Beckers, 2019;Rühmkorf, 2015;Van Calster, 2016;Zerk, 2006) along with formal CSR legislations in several countries around the world. In this context, this paper suggests that considering CSR a moral responsibility has given it a wide scope and attempts to enforce it through legal backing for corporate accountability are not being effective because of this wide scope accorded to CSR (Amodu, 2017).…”

Section: Csr Accountability and Regulationmentioning

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Corporate social responsibility and accountability: a new theoretical foundation for regulating CSR

Tamvada

2020

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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The absence of consensus on what should constitute Corporate Social Responsibility has inhibited consistent CSR legislation around the world. This paper poses a fundamental question on what should constitute CSR and what should be the nature of CSR regulation? By constructing the boundaries of CSR, the paper offers scope for consistently developing CSR regulation around the world. It construes CSR as consisting of business relation and impact relation, and demonstrates that these are intertwined with legal responsibilities of business and, consequentially, with accountability. It accomplishes this by establishing the obligatory nature of responsibilities using the lens of ethical and legal jurisprudence. This new approach towards CSR recasts it as an obligatory responsibility that is linked to accountability. Furthermore, the framework provides a foundation for consistent development of CSR regulation across different countries that can lead to effective discharge of corporates' social responsibilities.

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Section: Csr Accountability and Regulationmentioning

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Corporate social responsibility and accountability: a new theoretical foundation for regulating CSR

Tamvada

2020

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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“…A further interesting comparison suggesting that bribery has become a genuine compliance issue, while forced labour has not, regards the respective significance attached to these issues within their codes of conduct. Codes of conduct are usually incorporated into the supply contracts between buyers and suppliers through a reference in the buyer's terms and conditions which gives them contractual quality (Rühmkorf, ). For example, Imperial Brands distinguishes between the two issues in in its code of conduct in the following way: the code stipulates that ‘compliance with bribery and corruption laws is compulsory.…”

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Steering CSR Through Home State Regulation: A Comparison of the Impact of the UK Bribery Act and Modern Slavery Act on Global Supply Chain Governance

2017

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The home states of multinational enterprises have in recent years sought to use public regulation to fill the gaps left by the absence of a binding labour standards framework in international law. This article examines recent home state initiatives to address forced labour, human trafficking, and slavery in global supply chains, and their interactions with private governance initiatives. Focusing on a case study of the 2015 UK Modern Slavery Act and 2010 UK Bribery Act, we analyse two distinct legislative approaches that policy makers have used to promote corporate accountability within global supply chains and explore the varied impacts that these approaches have on corporate behaviour. Empirically, we analyse codes of conduct, annual CSR reports, and supplier terms and conditions for 25 FTSE 100 companies to shed light into the impact of the legislation on corporate behaviour. We find that legislation that creates criminal corporate liability appears to spur deeper changes to corporate strategy, and argue that in the case of the Modern Slavery Act, the triumph of voluntary reporting over more stringent public labour standards seems to have undermined the effectiveness of recent governance initiatives to address forced labour in global supply chains.

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“…For example, De Schutter (2008) questions whether market mechanisms alone can sufficiently ensure that companies will comply with CSR obligations, arguing in favour of an appropriate regulatory framework, which actively promotes responsible corporate behaviour. This might be necessary as business codes of conduct, and in particular, voluntary CSR frameworks, are at risk of being used merely as promotional tools by some companies without sufficiently complying with the principles in practice (Rühmkorf 2015).…”

Section: Good Business Practicesmentioning

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The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Legal Implications and New Frontiers

Benöhr

2020

J Consum Policy

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Private Law and Global Supply Chains

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Corporate social responsibility and accountability: a new theoretical foundation for regulating CSR

Corporate social responsibility and accountability: a new theoretical foundation for regulating CSR

Steering CSR Through Home State Regulation: A Comparison of the Impact of the UK Bribery Act and Modern Slavery Act on Global Supply Chain Governance

The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Legal Implications and New Frontiers

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