Multinational Companies In The Chinese Social Responsibility Study

The concept of "Corporate social responsibility" emerged in the 1920s, with the constant expansion of capital caused a series of social contradictions, such as the polarization between rich and poor, social deprivation, particularly in labor relations and labor conflicts. The corporate social responsibility research has turned into the field of economic globalization since1970s, with more and more multinational companies operating their capital to the countries and regions outside their home country.Multinational companies' globalization brings a new series of problems for the host country: On one hand, Multinational companies will try to evade the law and supervision by the public to fudge their social responsibility in the host country. They bring development opportunities at the same time also bring the environment, human rights and other social issues; On the other hand, management concept of social responsibility that multinational companies loading is likely to become a resource to solve social problems in developing countries. Therefore, the social responsibilities of multinational companies in the host country gradually become the focus of study.In the past few years, more and more multinational companies have shifted their production to China. China's gradually becoming an "international production workshop." Along with a growing number of "blood-sweat workshops" emerged, multinational corporations are formulating a common response to the production code in order to protect the corporate image, under pressure from the ILO and demanding consumers. Currently, more than 200 multinational corporations such as Carrefour, Nike, Disney, Avon, GE and other companies have launched social responsibility audit Some companies also set up a China affairs department of labor and social responsibility. It should be said that the multinational companies in China are the models and pioneers in promoting corporate social responsibility movement.However, the MNCs in China in the area of corporate social responsibility performance is not "perfect." In recent years, with the interests of multinational companies' workers exposed, multinational companies in China have also exposed more problem in other aspects, such as, the discriminatory treatment in consumer rights; commercial bribery; serious environmental deterioration. People begin doubt the perfect image of multinational companies in their mind.The purpose of this paper studying the social responsibilities of multinational corporations in China is, firstly, to hope to attract enough concern of the transnational corporations and the Chinese community by exposing problems, thus contributing to strengthening the social responsibility of multinational transnational corporations. Secondly, I hope mat this will strengthen the sense of corporate social responsibility of our domestic corporations, and actively carry out corporate social responsibility movement This is the real significance of this research.This paper is divided into five parts: the first part is the general interpretation of the social responsibility of multinational corporations; the second part is the social responsibility of multinational corporations in China, affirmed multinational companies' positive role in promoting the process of carrying out corporate social responsibility in China and analysised of the impact to China's domestic enterprises; the third part is multinational corporations' performances that the tend to weaken social responsibility the in China; the fourth part is to explore the underlying causes that multinational corporations weaken their social responsibility in China; the five part is to explore countermeasures that strengthen the social responsibility of multinational corporations in China and inspiration to our domestic corporations.The conclusions of the paper: 1. The global movement to strengthen corporate social responsibility has become the trends in the development of multinational corporations. Currently, the trend is entered China, and brought about a tremendous impact to China's economy and enterprises. 2. The concept of the social responsibility of multinational corporations has advanced into China, as a model and pioneer of corporate social responsibility movement. 3. Not all of multinational corporations in China have played an active role in China's economic development .Because of the imperfections and some multinational companies of their own; there is a lot of weakening phenomenon in social responsibility of multinational corporations. 4. The Chinese government should guide the strengthening of the social responsibility of multinational corporations to play a positive role. 5. Chinese enterprises should actively explore the ways to implement corporate social responsibility to gain international competitiveness.This paper adopts qualitative research methods. First, citing of the scholars' views, introducing the background and the mean of corporate social responsibility and social responsibility of multinational companies in the host country; Second, analyzing the reason for the weakening social responsibility of multinational corporations. In addition, the article also uses some cases to illustrate the fact that a large number of multinational companies in China have weakening performances in corporate social responsibility.There are four innovations in this paper: 1. This paper emphasize particularly on social interests of multinational corporations, while the traditional theories mainly study economic interests. 2. This paper also analyzed the frequency problems of consumer rights, commercial bribery and environmental damage in recent years .3. It analyzes the reasons that weakening social responsibility of multinational corporations from both internal and external facet 4. Proposing measures of enhance social responsibility of Multinational corporations in China and meanwhile there are some advice for China's corporate to implement social responsibility.