Tag: Corporate Social Responsibility

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  The Dutch Corporate Governance Code, according to Aristotle

  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?

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  BMW, car paint and child labour: lawyers for CSR

  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.

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  Coca-Cola and its plastic bottle

  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?

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  Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pressing Corporations to Comply with CSR Instruments

  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?

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  Teaching CSR: stakeholder scenario in palm oil industry reveals its value

  Stakeholder scenario in corporate social responsibility reveals its true value: participants understand how difficult it is for corporations to do the right thing.

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  International business lawyers must walk the tax minimization tightrope

  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.

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  Food for law

  Private law and the legal profession can both contribute to a new Dutch food policy.

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  The difference between Asian sweatshops and Turkish coalmines

  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?

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  Dilemmas of Diversity Management

  Businesses face several dilemmas when it comes to ensuring a diverse workforce and offering work flexibility.

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  From CIA to CSR: the influence of the United States and US companies on labour rights in Guatemala

  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.

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  The International Labour Organization and Corporate Social Responsibility

  “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’?

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  Schlecker and beyond. New input in debates about international labour law and CSR?

  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?

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  Changing labour conditions in global supply chains

  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.

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  Banking on Corporate Social Responsibility: the case of shale gas

  Rabobank’s ‘no’ to shale gas is prompted by social responsibility as much as commercial motives. Is this a bad thing?

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  Should government ministers call for a boycott?

  The government is an important partner in the CSR movement, but should cabinet ministers call for boycotts?

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  New Possibilities for Argumentation in International Labour Law and Corporate Liability coming up?

  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.

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  The quid pro quo of domestic state support and international labour standards

  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.