Jurisprudential Study Of Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility is the economic responsibility, legal responsibility and moral responsibility for the social benefit for the corporation besides the duty to pursuit profit maximum for the corporate and stockholders. This theory derives from economic field and has gained widespread attention after the thirties of the 20th century. From the analysis of the historical background, this article has done some research to the corporate social responsibility. Chapter One discuss the production of the theory and the reason for the theory has been widely concerned. From the discuss, we can conclude the connotation of he corporate social responsibility is always changing and developing. The modern corporate social responsibility is the unity of the economic responsibility, legal responsibility and moral responsibility.Chapter two, the mainly discussed is why the corporate should shoulder the social responsibility. From the legal standpoint, social benefit is closely related to the theory of corporate social responsibility. The transition from the personal interests to the society benefit leads the acceptance of the corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility can contribute to realization the social rights. Nonetheless, because the connotation of the corporate social responsibility are constantly changing, and recognition of the personal interest and social benefit in different periods are different, it is hard for us to affirm the opposite party before the stakeholder theory appear.Chapter three study the theory and practical of the corporate social responsibility at home and abroad, especially the way to achieve the corporate social responsibility in modern world. Though comparison between china and other countries, it can be seen there are many defects in our country corporate social responsibility's implementing mechanisms. The most serious problems are lacking of a national system perfect legal system, the law provisions do not improve and lacking a kind of valid direct guarantee of mechanism.On the base of Chapter three, Chapter four discusses how to reform the corporate social responsibility's implementing mechanisms. The author's proposal is first to integrate the scattered rules that involve corporate social responsibility. The general clause should be enacted then set up relevant laws and regulations,establishment of valid direct guarantee of mechanism.