The social and labor dimension of social-business responsibility and trans-national companies. An imperfect binomial?

Abstract

The present paper deals with the question about the interconnection that can exist between the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the transnational companies with a focus at the socio-labor dimension. From this perspective, it offers an analysis of the CSR, starting with its conception, the rights of the company, the theory of stakeholders, until the international instruments of soft law that regulates this type of responsibility; all as concomitant elements provides the logic of trade and sustainable development in terms of investment with positive impacts in the host countries. As for labor justice for workers, it refers to the declarations promulgated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) regarding decent work that translates into "more and better jobs" according to the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS), related to the foreign direct investment as the most successful strategy executed by transnational and multinational companies. Finally, international trade in the country is analyzed through free trade agreements in force in the country, recognizing that there are opportunities to articulate principles and approaches associated with CSR, which allows greater control through the enforcement mechanisms of the same treaties.