Currently you have not got to have a consensus on what kind of role the State and the PA should take in developing the CSR. The positions in this regard are conflicting: while some say that CSR is a voluntary practice of business and the public is opposed to interference in the private sector, on the other hand there are those who believes that an intervention public regulation and creation of standards Minini [1] CSR practices so that they become credible and not continue to be developed, implemented and evaluated unilaterally by businesses.
Overcoming the controversy about it, surely the country can play an important role in promoting the development of CSR policies through training, awareness raising, grants and tax incentives. Furthermore, when designing its public policies and legislation should take into account the criteria of sustainability, thus adopting a position that is positive and proactive in developing an environment in which undertakings agree to be responsible and sustainable. What has been said is even more applicable when you consider that the sphere of state influence is not limited to the realm of public res , but rather find strength in being economic agents who also invest, project, contract , finance, and consumer.
An example is the sustainable public procurement, for which the state gives in when a labor contract requires that the successful firm is qualified social, ethical and environmental claims the CSR. It is estimated that the buying public to contribute 16% of EU GDP [2] , which means that push these purchases to a context of social responsibility entails a number of significant and tangible benefits for the environment, employment and development cooperation, thus contributing directly to sustainable development.
MEP Richard Howitt, in his report on corporate social responsibility, inter alia, approved in March 2007 by a large majority [3] , said the member countries of 'Union should support the development of CSR through the' application of social and environmental clauses in contracts for purchases, disqualifying firms with a history of corruption and recommending the use of European Directives on public procurement to promote social and environmental criteria with potential suppliers of the PA.
Similarly, the state must consider and use as a criterion of choice when delivering aid and public funding, the presence of CSR management systems, occurring later in the actual implementation of these criteria, must also s EVELOPING a tax policy that rewards companies responsible and / or sanction those that do not although they are declaring.
Finally, the state can play a key role in the development of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) through a series of interventions such as management of public resources, covering investments in markets and sectors as well as economically viable, it also sustainable, or through the promotion of legislation to force the managers of investment funds and pension funds to indicate if they incorporate social and environmental criteria for the selection of investment analysis , or by pressing first socially responsible investors through tax policies favorable to Who participates in these funds.
[1] In this regard, please refer to the statement of the European Parliament on the need to create the rules and limitations of the voluntariness: COM (2002) 347 final - CSR:
[2] Source RSC Observatorio de Madrid
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