Published May 12, 2011
by iris_author
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: York Lanes Offices, #305 (3rd floor), 4700 Keele St., York University
RSVP: Register at www.cbern.ca/csr-humanrights
A seminar with Special Guest: Tom Campbell
Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
An Australian Research Council funded Special Research Centre
Charles Sturt University, University of Melbourne
ABSTRACT:
This normative analysis deals with justifying the nature and extent of that part of corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is not justified by the 'business case', according to which CSR is justified only in so far as it is in the interests of the corporation in question.
Distinguishing CSR from corporate business responsibility and corporate philanthropy, it is argued that the business case ought to be supplemented by a human rights justification which permits and may require a corporation to act independently of its economic interests, where this is necessary to fulfill its human rights responsibilities.
The main practical advantages of this framework are that it makes explicit the distinct moral rationales for CSR, clarifies decision-making about the scope of the CSR that goes beyond the business case, and highlights the importance of formulating a distinct set of corporate-oriented human rights that relate to the core economic activities of corporations and the characteristic harms arising out of their business operations, as something which is different from corporate complicity in violations of state-oriented human rights and corporate assistance to states in fulfilling their human rights responsibilities.
Sponsored by:
Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN)
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business, Schulich School of Business
The Hennick Centre for Business and Law
The Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership
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