社会契约论视野中的企业社会责任

社会契约理论为理解企业的社会责任提供了一个分析框架。在这个框架中,企业组织是通过与社会建立契约而获得合法性的,企业社会责任由一系列的契约所规定。企业与社会之间的契约关系,规定了企业有义务遵守其与社会达成的契约,要求企业的行为必须符合社会的期望,为社会和经济的改善尽自己的义务。企业与社会的契约不是一成不变的,而是不断发展变化的。企业社会契约发生变化的原因在于社会环境的变化,环境变化改变了契约参与人的行为策略,通过重复博弈重新形成新的契约条款。

Social Obligation of the Enterprise from the Perspective of Social Contract

Social contract theory provides an analysis framework for understanding the social obligation of the enterprise.In this framework,the enterprise organization gets validity through the social contract with society,and the enterprise social obligation is stipulated by a series of social contract.The contract relationship between enterprise and society stipulates the enterprise obliged to obey the contract,and requests the enterprise behavior to meet the expectation of society and help social and economic improvement.The enterprise and social contract varies owing to the change of social environment,which changes the behavior strategies of the participants and forms new contract by means of repetitive game.