En el marco de la Responsabilida Social Empresarial, el autor expone lo que denomina “códigos de conducta” que toda empresa o sociedad privada mantiene; analiza la relación existente entre ellas, además de analizar las actividades que promueven su difusión a nivel internacional tanto por las instituciones y los gobiernos; está principalmente dirigido a los estados miembros de la OIT, que están, urgidos de tomar medidas de ejecución, pero, sirve directamente de referencia para las empresas que redactan su código de conducta o que ponen en marcha otras iniciativas sociales, así como para las sociedades especializadas que definen los criterios que deben respetar las compañías que desean adherirse a su modelo.

At present, social responsibility presents a problem and this refers to whether the social responsibility is only limited to social issues. Based on that scenario, the author emphasizes highlighting a broader vision that includes issues of human rights, the environment and relationships with local communities. Likewise, there is another parallel conflict between private business actors and the protective actions of public authorities. In other words, there is a regulatory vacuum of strategic and technical limitations that do not make it possible to assemble national and international public policies and programs. In this way, the author outlines the difficulty of implementing national and international norms and, consequently, the difficulty of enforcing compliance with private entities. However, there is a recent and growing complementarity between ILO standards and social initiatives o...

At present, social responsibility presents a problem and this refers to whether the social responsibility is only limited to social issues. Based on that scenario, the author emphasizes highlighting a broader vision that includes issues of human rights, the environment and relationships with local communities. Likewise, there is another parallel conflict between private business actors and the protective actions of public authorities. In other words, there is a regulatory vacuum of strategic and technical limitations that do not make it possible to assemble national and international public policies and programs. In this way, the author outlines the difficulty of implementing national and international norms and, consequently, the difficulty of enforcing compliance with private entities. However, there is a recent and growing complementarity between ILO standards and social initiatives o...