Transcript CSR in Japan

CSR in Japan
Anastasya Loseva
Anna Kichigina
Anna Kuzminykh
Maria Teplykh
Tatyana Mikhailova
Relationships between company and
society
Community and Company
Japanese type of community
US type of community
Individual
Individual
Company
Company = Community
Community = Society
Drivers for a new Japanese CSR
► Imperatives
in Japanese society
► Government
and peak business leadership
► Globalisation
(for Japanese international
companies and western corporations based
in Japan)
Key dimensions (1990s -> 2000s)
► Environment
responsibility
► Community involvement
► Employee relations
100
90
► Consumer relations
80
► Supply chain
70
60
principals
1990s
2000s
50
40
30
20
10
0
ER
CI
ER
Employee relations: workplace
pathologies
► Long
working hours
► Death from overwork
► High suicide rate
► Gender inequality
► Sexual harassment
► Racism
► ‘Whistle
blowers’
Nowadays
rapid shift from "environmental
management and environmental
reports" to "sustainable management
and sustainability reports"
Recent corporate misdeeds and
scandals in Japan