Social regulation of the « socially responsible investment » market (SRI), a recently developed market characterized by an original combination of financial and non-financial, « sustainable development » principles, is studied. Analysis of the history of this market and the structure of...

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) enjoys a large consensus and is often presented as being able to conciliate finance and sustainable development. Actually, the SRI market share stays low (slightly more than 10%), not to say very low if we consider only “Core SRI” (very few percent). Its...

This dissertation gives an account of a study of the emergence of socially responsible investment in France. We adopt an interpretative and qualitative approach. The research aims at understanding the process favouring the integration of socially responsible investment within financial market....

Depuis une dizaine d'années, l'entreprise est érigée comme un acteur majeur de la lutte contre la pauvreté. La responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise et les stratégies de la base de la pyramide, le microcrédit et le social business abondent en ce sens : ils soutiennent la...

This article studies the ambivalence of the relation between fair trade and colonization, through a postcolonial reading inspired by the Homi Bhabha's work. I show FT is both a rupture and a perpetuation of the international order it criticises. In this respect, fair trade is redefined as a...

During the last decade, the business community ends especially the companies that activate in the fields responsible for the degradation of the environment, are seen as subjects whose main role is to ensure sustainable development. They must face growing pressures from the stakeholders, who wish...

En adoptant le point de vue du régulateur, nous cherchons à répondre aux questions suivantes : quel est le rôle des AV aujourd'hui dans un contexte où les firmes s'engagent dans la RSE ? RSE et AV sont-ils des substituts ou des compléments du point de vue de la puissance publique ? Quelle...

L'objectif de notre contribution est d'admettre l'existence d'une difficulté théorique, conceptuelle, quand à la possibilité d'élargir la finalité de l'entreprise privée à une problématique de responsabilité sociale. Il s'agit alors de poser différentes questions aidant à la...