A Study On Corporate Social Responsibility Of China's Township Enterprise

This paper explores the growth of China's Township Enterprise (CTE) from the perspective of corporate social responsibility. The author contends that, while the composition and form of corporate social responsibility are ever-changing, especially given the recent movement away from the collective ownership of CTE, the underlying environmental forces that drive corporate social responsibility have remained constant. Currently, the forces, particularly those from the government and society, work against the promotion of corporate social responsibility. The author concludes that the extent to which CTE takes corporate social responsibility correlates to its growth and social identity.The paper develops CTE's social responsibility in community responsibility, environmental protection and service for human. For community responsibility, the author, based on what has been done for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, especially those socially vulnerable groups, points out the limitations as well as the achievements of CTE, and suggests that a broader sense be taken as to CTE's social responsibility, such as the promotion of community participation for building democracy at the community level. For environmental protection, the author, based on the study of the pollution caused by CTE, particularly its features and indications, combined with the general principle for environmental protection, contends that CTE does poorly in general, as a result of undue driving mechanisms from government and society respectively; and then policy suggestion is made. As to service for human, the author contends that the commons in rural areas should top the agenda; corporate cultural construction is supposed to lead CTE to take social responsibility as a spiritual motivation, in pursuit of its growth, if measured profoundly.CTE structures its social responsibility with humans at its core, taking people-centered development as its goal in value, including its employees, local farmers, and all the other stakeholders.