What is Corporate social responsibility?
Corporate social responsibility: A company's duty to act well toward society and the planet.
Where Corporate social responsibility fits
Corporate social responsibility is part of Ethics & Governance in Law & Ethics. Ethics and governance keep a company trustworthy: compliance, transparency, conflict-of-interest rules, whistleblower channels and fair treatment of stakeholders.
Practical tip
When in doubt, disclose, ask compliance and pick the honest option.
Related terms
- Corporate governance
- The rules and bodies that direct and control a company.
- Conflict of interest
- When personal gain could bias a business decision.
- Risk management
- Finding, ranking and reducing threats to a business.
- Whistleblower
- Someone who reports wrongdoing inside an organization.
- Bribery
- Offering something of value to gain an unfair advantage.
- Insider trading
- Trading shares using secret information.
- Data privacy
- Protecting personal information from misuse.
- Compliance
- Following the laws and rules that apply to a business.
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Test yourself
Which term means: “A company's duty to act well toward society and the planet.”?
Risk management · Bribery · Corporate social responsibility
Answer: Corporate social responsibility
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