In Europe, the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development (SD) are closely linked. Yet this approach to CSR has only taken shape in the last ten years and it is not shared by everyone. The objective of this article is to present the different stages of the CSR...

This paper provides an early report on an experiment undertaken by a group of managers of 'social economy' firms. The experiment comprises an attempt to articulate and then apply a practicable approach to assessing corporate social responsibility within a framework derived from the theory of...

This paper analyses the conditions of the birth of works councils in France in 1945 and how the practice of their economic competence has evolved. It studies the ways in which the relationships have developed between the principal parties: trade unions, business management and chartered...