Recommended reading
Eldis key issues page: Ethical finance: corporate responsibility in China
Eldis key issues page on corporate responsibility in China
Authors:
A. Lieber; M. Gernet (ed)
Publisher:
Eldis Corporate Social Responsibility Resource Guide, 2007
The concept of CSR (qiye shehui zeren) has been gaining increasing attention in China. Contrary to popular definitions in the US and Europe that highlight the voluntary nature of CSR, most debates in China still focus on issues of (legal) compliance on the one hand and corporate philanthropy on the other. As a result national and international stakeholders do not yet share a common understanding of CSR. In line with the country's size and its growing weight in the global economy, the range of CSR related topics in China is very broad. This key issue page presents the most prominent themes of current CSR debates with regards to China.
