Comments on: Global Corporate Citizenship http://socialist.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/corporate-responsability/ The use of economic law for the world's wellness Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: euandus3 http://socialist.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/corporate-responsability/#comment-1439 euandus3 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:36:41 +0000 http://socialist.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-1439 Interesting post. I wonder whether companies don't use CSR as window-dressing...when it is convenient for them. Hence I think the movement should not be a substitute for government regulation. I write about this at: thhttp://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/corporate-social-responsibility/ Interesting post. I wonder whether companies don’t use CSR as window-dressing…when it is convenient for them. Hence I think the movement should not be a substitute for government regulation. I write about this at: thhttp://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/corporate-social-responsibility/

]]> By: Hector http://socialist.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/corporate-responsability/#comment-1349 Hector Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:35:39 +0000 http://socialist.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-1349 Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con Jorge, para ser "socialmente responsable" se deben de incurrir en mayores costos, lo cual hace que se "salgan del mercado". No por nada, la mayoria de las producciones se estan enviando a China, donde no tiene que cumplir con muy pocas reglamentaciones sociales y donde el costo de la nomina es poco significativo. Y la tendencia no es a mejorar la situacion, sino lo contrario, ahora debido a los costos de la mano de obra de China, hay cada vez mas presion a mantener los sueldos bajos en el resto del mundo, una situacion perder-perder. Saludos. Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con Jorge, para ser “socialmente responsable” se deben de incurrir en mayores costos, lo cual hace que se “salgan del mercado”. No por nada, la mayoria de las producciones se estan enviando a China, donde no tiene que cumplir con muy pocas reglamentaciones sociales y donde el costo de la nomina es poco significativo. Y la tendencia no es a mejorar la situacion, sino lo contrario, ahora debido a los costos de la mano de obra de China, hay cada vez mas presion a mantener los sueldos bajos en el resto del mundo, una situacion perder-perder.

Saludos.

]]> By: Jorge http://socialist.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/corporate-responsability/#comment-1348 Jorge Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:27:33 +0000 http://socialist.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-1348 I think the objection to corporations doing "what's right" is that they do it mostly for show --a couple of flashy initiatives to calm down average consumers while they continue to be as irresponsible as before in every other way. There's also the problem of the Tragedy of the Commons. Sure, all corporations, as all citizens, benefit from a society with good global corporate citizenship. But being more selfish (and more irresponsible) than their competition gives them an immediate edge, hence nobody has an incentive to be a better corporate citizen, and they will only put in place policies with little real impact, but that they can use in their PR propaganda. I think the objection to corporations doing “what’s right” is that they do it mostly for show –a couple of flashy initiatives to calm down average consumers while they continue to be as irresponsible as before in every other way.

There’s also the problem of the Tragedy of the Commons. Sure, all corporations, as all citizens, benefit from a society with good global corporate citizenship. But being more selfish (and more irresponsible) than their competition gives them an immediate edge, hence nobody has an incentive to be a better corporate citizen, and they will only put in place policies with little real impact, but that they can use in their PR propaganda.

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