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Position of the Government in Relation to Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Pavel Adámek

    (Department of Business Economics and Management, School of Business Administration, Silesian University)

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The goal of this paper is to define the role of the government and examine the opportunities and options of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in government policy and research its relevance to Czech business environment. The concept of CSR in the Czech Republic has evolved notably during the last few years and represents a coherent set of activities and practices that are an integral part of the control strategy of social, environmental and economic organizations, and are implemented by organizations on a voluntary basis beyond the scope of their legal obligations. Therefore it becomes strategically important issues in the relationship between CSR and the public policy frameworks belonging to government concerns within which organizations are operating. Governments have a role to play in ensuring that corporations behave according to the rules and norms of society and can legislate, foster, collaborate with businesses and endorse good practice in order to facilitate the development of CSR. By drawing on existing CSR approach, policy, frameworks and comprehension of CSR are demonstrated. Paper concludes that CSR needs to be understood as part and parcel of a wider system of national societal governance incorporating government institutions, business organizations and non-governmental organizations.

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  • Pavel Adámek, 2015. "Position of the Government in Relation to Corporate Social Responsibility," Working Papers 0022, Silesian University, School of Business Administration.
    • Handle: RePEc:opa:wpaper:0022
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    Keywords

    corporate social responsibility; public policy; government; environment;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • P28 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Natural Resources; Environment
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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