기업의 사회적 책임과 노동법

Abstract

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is essentially a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders. The development of CSR reflects the growing expectations of the community and stakeholders of the evolving role of companies in society and the response of companies to growing environmental, social and economic pressures. According to the Codes of Business Conducts or the CSR related to the labor standards or the employment and industrial relations, the business or enterprise should: -respect the freedom of association or the right to organize and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; -provide information to employee representatives for negotiations on conditions of employment; -eliminate the forced or compulsory labor; -abolish the child labor; -eliminate the discrimination in respect of employment or operation; -take adequate steps to ensure the occupational health and safety; -in the case of the closure of an entity involving collective dismissals, provide reasonable notice of such changes to employee representatives, and co-operate with them so as to mitigate to the maximum extent practicable adverse effects. The Codes of Business Conducts related to the employment and labor relations are prescribed in the Conventions of ILO or the domestic labor relations laws and regulations, therefore carry legal binding force.