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Corporate Social Responsibility (IVOR nr. 77) 2010/2.6.0
2.6.0 Introductie
Mr. T.E. Lambooy, datum 17-11-2010
- Datum
17-11-2010
- Auteur
Mr. T.E. Lambooy
- JCDI
JCDI:ADS370658:1
- Vakgebied(en)
Ondernemingsrecht (V)
Voetnoten
Voetnoten
See for an overview of initiatives on CSR, D. Leipziger, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book (Greenleaf Publishing: Sheffield 2003). See also on this subject: J.A.A. Hamers, C.A. Schwarz and B.J.M. Steins Bisschop, 'Corporate Social Responsibility; Trends in The Netherlands and Europe', in J.A.A. Hamers, C.A. Schwarz and B.J.M. Steins Bisschop, Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen: Corporate Social Responsibility in a Transnational Perspective (Intersentia: Antwerpen-Oxford-New York 2005), pp. 1-20; B.T.M. Steins Bisschop, ' Maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen en het ondernemingsrecht' [Corporate social responsibility and company law], (Boom Juridische Uitgevers: The Hague 2004), pp. 27-36; UN, ' World Investment Report', 1999; International Chamber of Commerce, ' Business in Society'; G7, ' Evian Declaration', 2003. For further corporate governance initiatives, see: Viénot report, 1995; Olivencia report, 1998; Cromme Code, 2002/03; MEDEF/AFEF, 2003; Aldama report, 2003. According to the European Corporate Governance Institute, 28 countries have published codes of best practice recommendations in between 2002 and 2004, (N. Baker, ' Corporate Governance: Has it gone too far?', International Bar News, September 2004, p. 9).
CSR and corporate governance have been the subject of many initiatives in recent years, both on a national and an international level and varying from legislative action to self-regulation. It would take too long to deal with all the initiatives taken in the areas of CSR and corporate governance in the following sections, therefore only a selection of the most important initiatives for the Netherlands will be discussed hereafter.1 Other important initiatives include for example the Earth Charter (2000; not a special focus on CSR) and the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (2003; no focus on the P of Planet).