Responsibility is an important embodiment of social progress. To talk about corporate social responsibility, we must first accurately grasp the connotation of corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility can not only be understood as doing public welfare undertakings and social donations; Emphasizing the social responsibility of enterprises does not require enterprises not to pay attention to their own economic benefits, nor does it advocate a new "enterprise running society". The corporate social responsibility we are talking about today has a specific meaning.
Corporate social responsibility movement originated in Europe and America, closely related to international labor movement, consumer movement, environmental protection movement and feminist movement, and developed under the background of a series of increasingly serious social problems around the world. The World Bank defines corporate social responsibility as a collection of policies and practices related to the relationship between enterprises and important stakeholders, values, law-abiding and respect for people, communities and the environment. Enterprises are committed to contribute to sustainable development in order to improve the quality of life of stakeholders. At present, the internationally accepted concept of corporate social responsibility is that while creating profits and being responsible for the interests of shareholders, enterprises should also undertake social responsibilities to employees, society and the environment, including observing business ethics, production safety, occupational health, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and saving resources.
When discussing the social responsibility of Chinese enterprises, we should not only consider the general international significance, but also consider the particularity of our country. Generally speaking, corporate social responsibility in China, which is in line with China's national conditions, is a series of responsibilities undertaken by China enterprises to promote scientific development and social harmony under the socialist market economy system. With the deepening of reform and opening up and the continuous advancement of industrialization, China's economy and society have developed rapidly and social wealth has increased substantially. People pay more attention to environmental improvement, social welfare, helping the poor and building a harmonious society while improving their material and cultural living standards significantly. In this way, the issue of corporate social responsibility naturally enters people's sight, causing widespread concern. Therefore, when talking about corporate social responsibility in China, we must combine the changes of China's national conditions, the historical process of reform and opening up, and the characteristics of economic and social transformation.
At present, emphasizing corporate social responsibility is an inevitable requirement for implementing Scientific Outlook on Development and building a harmonious socialist society.
Emphasizing corporate social responsibility is conducive to promoting scientific development and promoting social harmony. Since the reform and opening up, enterprises in China have made great progress, made great contributions to economic growth and market prosperity, provided people with rich products and services, and fulfilled their responsibilities to the country and society by paying taxes. However, it should also be noted that in some enterprises in China, there are still a lot of phenomena such as neglecting social responsibility, wasting resources, polluting the environment, tax evasion, financial fraud, wage arrears, ignoring safety and hurting customers. These behaviors have caused contradictions between enterprises and employees, enterprises and consumers, enterprises and investors, enterprises and the natural environment, and affected the healthy economic development and social harmony and stability. Therefore, it is necessary to combine government guidance, legal protection, social supervision and enterprises' own norms, establish and improve relevant incentive and restraint mechanisms, promote enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities, and consciously promote scientific development and social harmony.
Emphasizing corporate social responsibility is beneficial to the sustainable development of enterprises. After 30 years of reform and opening up, many enterprises in China have gradually developed from the stage of pursuing bigger and stronger to the stage of pursuing long-term development, and have begun to pursue "everlasting foundation" and "sustainable management". "Sustainable development" enterprises do not exist in isolation, nor can they exist and develop in isolation. To achieve "sustainable management", enterprises should not only deal with internal relations, but also deal with external relations, including relations with consumers, relations with the country and society, and relations with the natural environment. Only in this way can enterprises gain social recognition and support and achieve development and growth. From a certain point of view, the process of "sustainable management" of enterprises is also the process of enterprises constantly fulfilling their social responsibilities from their own capabilities. At the same time, we should also see that in the face of the wave of economic globalization, corporate social responsibility has been closely intertwined with international trade issues, and strengthening corporate social responsibility has become an inevitable choice for China enterprises to go out and participate in international competition. (Chen Jiagui)