The Corporate Social Responsibility and Law Nexus Voiculescu... · Aurora Voiculescu...
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Aurora Voiculescu [email protected] Centre for International Law and Legal Theory Westminster University
Transcript of The Corporate Social Responsibility and Law Nexus Voiculescu... · Aurora Voiculescu...
Aurora Voiculescu
[email protected] Centre for International Law and Legal Theory
Westminster University
Multiple normative discourses
Ethical
Market/business/trade
Legal
‘traveling’ concepts (W. Twining)
… we have to mention Friedman
Where we are today
The overall place of human rights on the CSR platform
The CSR on a human rights platform
The international trade policy and investment policy linkages (the trade and… isssues)
… legality?
Social aspects
Environmental
Governance
A dynamic voluntary/ regulatory dichotomy
The EU/Member States dynamic
The dynamic of the CSR/Human Rights interaction
a social agenda for linkages for EU trade and investment policies
CSR: “a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis.” [COM(2001) 366 final]
CSR: ‘the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society”. [COM(2011) 681 final.]
A move towards ‘a modern understanding’ of CSR
Impacts
voluntarism
Quest for clarity?
Paradigm shift?
The EU soft normative instruments
The EU regulatory powers
The complex relationship between the non-regulatory and regulatory EU instruments
Elements already present within the Green Paper
The centrality of human rights discourse
Social dimension (human right, labour standards)
Environmental dimension
Governance dimension
The trade – CSR link on a human rights platform
the business-case for CSR&HR
New definition – not a flawless CSR/HR platform
CSR&HR – potential of centre stage?
‘radical definition’ – to be followed by radical positions?
