CSR and the law

What looks like an optional ethical activity today might, in a few years’ time, turn out to have been a legal requirement all along. Richard Jennings explains

Corporate social responsibility is – almost by definition –about going beyond legal requirements. Or, to put it another way, nobody could describe mere compliance with existing law as CSR. While exceeding current legislative standards is a boost to moral kudos, it also raises problems. There’s nothing in the various Companies Acts about saving the planet. And as for...

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