유럽연합과 기업의 사회적 책임(CSR): 현황과 전망 = The European Union and corporate social responsibility(CSR): Current Realities and Future Prospects

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper purported to explore the spread background of Social Responsibilities and to analyze the correspondence among Social Responsibility and inter-city cooperation policy and private sector purchasers. Based on this, the study was performed to examine the possibility whether social responsibility was to be a new Non-Tariff Barriers. Social responsibility is to encourage sustainable growth primarily for corporation economic, environmental and ethical responsibilities to fulfill. From the corporation's perspective, it feels anticipation and anxiety at the same time that future business opportunities should rely on social responsibility. Therefore, corporation is likely to recognize that social responsibility is going to be investment, it leads to strengthen the competitiveness of the corporations. Such a background that emphasizes social responsibility, it is inherent that stakeholder relationships and long-term value-oriented corporate strategy rather than short-term trading to pursue a relationship.
Despite civil society and trade unions raised the serious criticism on social responsibility, corporate should confirm social responsibility whether it is self-regulation or mandatory regulations. The UN and OECD is trying to create international norms and standards of social responsibility. So discussion about corporate responsibility as voluntary responsibility will not be end. In the middle of discussions, the expanded application of social responsibility of the EU are likely to stress subcontractors and to be converted into a market entry barrier for foreign products.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 논문은 기업의 사회적 책임이 확산되는 배경을 중심으로 유럽연합의 도시간·부문별 협력정책과 사회적 책임간의 연관성을 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 토대로 사회적 책임의 새로운 비관세장벽으로의 가능성을 조망해보고자 하였다. 사회적 책임이란 주로 기업이 경제적, 환경적, 윤리적 책임을 다함으로써 기업의 지속가능한 성장을 유도하는 것이다. 기업의 관점에서 볼 때 미래의 새로운 기회창출이 사회적 책임에 의존할 수 있다는 사실에 상당한 기대와 불안감을 동시에 느낀다. 따라서 기업들은 사회적 책임을 수행하는 데 들어가는 비용을 투자로 인식하고, 이는 기업의 경쟁력 강화로 이어질 가능성이 크다. 이처럼 사회적 책임을 강조하는 배경에는 이해관계자들과 단기적 거래관계가 아닌 장기적인 가치 중심의 관계를 추구하는 기업의 전략이 내재되어 있다고 할 수 있다.
시민사회와 노동조합의 사회적 책임에 대한 비판적 문제제기에도 불구하고, 문제는 자율적 규제이든 강제적 규제이든 사회적 책임은 기업이 따르지 않을 수 없다는 데 있다. UN, OECD는 초국적기업들의 기업활동 책임에 대한 국제적 규범을 만들려는 노력을 하고 있다 이를 감안하면 사회적 책임 논의가 단지 기업들의 자율적 책임으로만 그치지는 않을 것이다. 이러한 가운데, 유럽연합의 사회적 책임의 확대적용은 초국적기업들이 하청업체를 압박하고 역외국 제품의 시장진입을 막는 장벽으로 변환될 가능성도 있다는 사실을 간과해서는 안된다.

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