公司社会责任的正当性:功能社会视角

公司社会责任是学界、社会讨论的热门问题之一.功能社会理论也是探讨公司社会责任正当性的重要视角.功能社会理论认为,只有当社会能够给予其个体成员(包括公司)以社会身份和社会功能,并且社会的决定性权力具有合法性时,社会才能够成为社会.认为:在功能社会中,公司是从事生产经营活动的营利性的经济组织,具有经济属性;同时,其存在也是为了做出社会贡献或履行一定的社会功能,具有社会属性.公司具有经济人与社会人的双重身份和功能定位,应在不逾越职责与能力的限制下承担社会责任,同时还需要正确处理其活动所带来的影响.

Legitimacy of Corporate Social Responsibility: from the Perspective of Functioning Society

Corporate social responsibility is one of the hot issues discussed by the academic circles and society. The theory of functional society offers an important perspective for us to discuss corporate social responsibility. It's reported that the so-called society can be society depends on one condition. This refers to the fact that individuals including companies can be given social status and function with legal socially decisive power. In this context, this study puts forward that the company is an economic and profit-making organization with economic attribute which is engaged in production and business activities. Furthermore, the company has social attributes due to its social functions including contributions to society and so on. Because the company is a combination of economic men and social men, it can undertake social responsibility within the limits and deal with the impact of its activities.