What drives CSR? An empirical analysis on the labour dimensions of CSR
Dante Abriata, Bruno ; Delautre, Guillaume
ILO - Geneva
2020
31 p.
labour relations ; globalization ; corporate social responsibility ; multinational enterprise ; business strategy ; discrimination ; freedom of association ; occupational safety and health
Working Paper
7- August 2020
Labour relations
English
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"Focusing on four different dimensions of labour CSR (freedom of association, non-discrimination, health & safety and the social monitoring of the supply chain), we assess the influence of a series of economic and institutional characteristics on the level of commitment taken by companies and on the decoupling between firms' commitment and concrete implementation.
In line with the proponents of the complementarity thesis of CSR, our empirical analysis provides evidence that the existence of strong labour institutions is positively associated with more commitments taken by companies despite sizeable variations according to the issues analysed and the institutions concerned. However, the analysis of decoupling provides a somewhat more nuanced perspective."
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