The CSR Model Of The European Union

Unlike USA, Europe has developed a variety of policies, which are very scalable. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and once past the time when the polarity communism / capitalism dominated relations in Europe, CSR model of the unified Germany seemed to be mostly represented as the European specificity. Driven by Germany and adopted by many countries of the European Union, this approach is characterized by a desire to combine economic efficiency and social justice. German model grants the state and public institutions an essential role and role in redistribution including developed social security systems. In recent years, however, this model seems to be dethroned by the Anglo-Saxon approach initiated in Britain in the 1990s and which has since
This brings together the social partners (representatives of employers and unions) in European countries to discuss and negotiate many of the social issues where workers are concerned. It is obvious that if CSR was able to develop in such sophisticated way in Europe, it is likely due to the long tradition of the social dialogue. Indeed, European companies have since long ago become accustomed to take into consideration the claims of other stakeholders (especially workers) and not to be isolated deciders with their own selfish agenda. The actual reduction in many European countries of the number of unionized workers and the low representation of trade unions in small and medium enterprises limits nowadays this principle of representativeness and structured social
Unlike USA, EU puts a lot on cooperation with different UN bodies and international organizations and global agenda that those organizations promote. In 2006, European Commission published another communication announcing its support for the creation of the European Alliance for CSR. This alliance is seen as a tool for European enterprises to further promote and encourage CSR and should be a political umbrella for new or existing initiatives in the field of CSR, undertaken by large companies, SMEs and their stakeholders. It is not conceive as legal instrument that companies would need to sign, but a tool to mobilize the resources and capacities of companies and stakeholders in the interest of sustainable development, economic growth and creation of employment. Clearly the objective of the European Commission was to link CSR to the social and environmental objectives with European growth