Why do we consider corporate social responsibility to be so important in a post-Enlightenment society where moral relativism and individualism seem to be ubiquitous?
Lawyers educated in CSR can help car manufacturer BMW with due diligence in its supply chain. Not just to determine the risk of child labour but to assess social challenges and act on them. That is CSR 2016, or 2017 for BMW.
Coca cola has switched from glass to plastic bottles on its way towards sustainable packaging in Africa. Promises to apply CSR policies have been made in order to reduce plastic pollution. But are the promises of the soda giant sincere?
Many corporations have adopted voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) instruments, but the extent to which they have been implemented is questionable. What are shareholders and governments doing to ensure stricter compliance?
Stakeholder scenario in corporate social responsibility reveals its true value: participants understand how difficult it is for corporations to do the right thing.
The issue of aggressive tax minimization by transnational corporations is in the public spotlight. This blog argues that international business lawyers advising corporations on tax have a duty to temper their clients’ tax planning.
After the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, Western multinationals have taken the lead to improve the labour conditions of textile workers. Other industrial accidents do not evoke similar responses. What factors make CSR effective?
In 1954 CIA sponsored a coup d’état to protect the interests of US fruit companies at the expense of labour union rights. Through trade agreements and private standards they now intend to restore the damage and force Guatemala to improve its labour laws.
“The business of business should not just be about money, it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed.” But do private or public actors and processes define the ‘public good’?
The ECJ has ruled on the escape clause of article 6 Rome Convention. How “special”/”ordinary” will this Schlecker case turn out to be in other cases of international labour law or even in cases of torts where article 4 (3) Rome II Regulation is invoked?
Last April, 1129 workers died when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh. Can this disaster be used as a catalyst for change? While governments are hesitant to take action, multinational companies are divided in a ‘European’ and ‘American’ camp.
The Schlecker case is of importance for experts in international labour law, but possibly also for those who are concerned with Transnational Corporate Social Responsibility and, more generally, with the possible contribution of PIL to Social Justice.
Many Dutch companies receive financial or other support from the state. The goal of these policies is to strengthen the Dutch economy. But the use of state support is increasingly being linked to the observance of international labour standards.