Legal perspectives on corporate social responsibility : lessons from the United States and Korea /

Legal perspectives on corporate social responsibility : lessons from the United States and Korea /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	You, Jeehye, author.
Imprint:	New Delhi : Springer, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 147 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Online access with purchase: Springer (t)
Subject:	Social responsibility of business -- United States. Corporation law -- United States. Social responsibility of business -- Korea (South) Corporation law -- Korea (South) Corporation law. Social responsibility of business. Korea (South) United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095320

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ISBN:	9788132223863 8132223861 8132223853 9788132223856 9788132223856
Notes:	Includes index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 23, 2015).
Summary:	This book offers readers a comprehensive and in-depth legal analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by examining the theoretical foundations of corporate governance and its legal mechanism in the United States and South Korea. Moreover, it proposes legislative blueprint for establishing the legal frameworks that might serve to legitimize and effectively implement CSR in general. Reflecting the zeitgeist of improved corporate accountability and transparency, the ongoing movement to enhance CSR has permeated entire sectors of society the world over. Despite the apparent ubiquity of CSR, the corporate laws of many countries remain relatively silent on the issue, omitting to include any explicit provision governing the concept. Partly in response to this lack of legislation, Korean corporate scholars, for example, have attempted to introduce American legal theories, systems and laws on CSR into Korea. Yet traditional Korean jurisprudence provides no defining foundation for CSR; indeed, the prevailing view in jurisprudence and scholarship passively resists instituting corporate responsibility into the law. In response to this jurisprudential and academic shortcoming, and as an example for other countries, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the relevant legislation and theory on CSR in Korean corporate law by employing a comparative study of the relevant American theories and laws. Proceeding from this analysis, the book then puts forward a legislative blueprint for establishing a foundation to legitimize and effectively implement CSR.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9788132223856
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-81-322-2386-3

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Chapter 3. American Theoretical Debates Over CSR
Chapter 4. U.S. Law and CSR Implementation
Chapter 5. Korean Theoretical Approach to CSR
Chapter 6. Korean law and CSR implementation
Chapter 7. Conclusion.