Discuss On Legislation Of Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility is an extremely rich dispute concept, based on different time, standpoint, discipline theory and value orientation, its connotation and extension in different scholars'mind are widely divergent. This theory's produce and development were ground on the histories and reality in last several centuries, the people may find the phantom and the connection which the material wealth unprecedented agglomeration and the cultural ideological trend collide mutually. But the results of industry civilization and the cultural ideological trend influence are not only corporate social responsibility theory production, but also a social system complex vicissitude, they affect each other, impel mutually, and the connotation of corporate social responsibility also unceasingly changes into a historical category.So far, the international economy developed unprecedentedly from the second half of the 20th century, corporations further strengthened their status of protagonist in the economic kingdom. But corporations, while creating enormous wealth, they also bringing abominable influences, such as unprecedented consumption of resource, environmental pollution, etc., some are even irreversible. The abuse of the economic force of the corporations inevitably initiates the intensification of contradictions between corporations and relevant social members. The corporate social responsibility movements at the end of the 20th century have proved this point. It has been already indicated that it's time for corporations to undertake the social responsibility. But as regards reality of our country, corporate social responsibility is still only visited and walked on morals and commercial edge, and the institutionalized arrangement has just begun. Further more, there are many mistaken idea of understanding to it in our country, facing the corporate social responsibility movements, the corporations, which are in early days of growth, whose the consciousness of social responsibility are not deep, needs rational guide and standardizing, in which includes legal intervention.Legislating on corporate social responsibility similarly fall across animadversions on theory and practice, although some countries and areas have tried their best, but the dispute that initiates emerges in an endless stream. In our country, corporate social responsibility legislation manifests in the general clause of article 5 of the new company law. This article stipulates clearly that the corporations engaged in the business activities, must undertake the social responsibility. Its specific request manifests at the staff trustee system and the staff supervisor system, as well as priority of the company maintains system. But the strengthened company society responsibility legislation idea reflected in corporation law needs further to discuss. In order to further discuss the feasibility of corporate social responsibility legislation, the article defines the present connotation of corporate social responsibility via review and summary of the development of corporate social responsibility theory, investigates the legislative practice of corporate social responsibility and critical opinion in the main countries and regions, and then propose the legislative direction. The article also explains the scope and content of corporate social responsibility, which utilizes stakeholder theory and social cost theory, and preliminary discusses legislative principle, legislative style, and the realization of legal liability.