This book offers readers a comprehensive and in-depth legal analysis of corporate social
responsibility (CSR) by examining the theoretical foundations of corporate governance and its
legal mechanism in the United States and South Korea. Moreover it proposes legislative
blueprint for establishing the legal frameworks that might serve to legitimize and effectively
implement CSR in general. Reflecting the zeitgeist of improved corporate accountability and
transparency the ongoing movement to enhance CSR has permeated entire sectors of society the
world over. Despite the apparent ubiquity of CSR the corporate laws of many countries remain
relatively silent on the issue omitting to include any explicit provision governing the
concept. Partly in response to this lack of legislation Korean corporate scholars for example
have attempted to introduce American legal theories systems and laws on CSR into Korea. Yet
traditional Korean jurisprudence provides no defining foundation for CSR indeed the
prevailing view in jurisprudence and scholarship passively resists instituting corporate
responsibility into the law. In response to this jurisprudential and academic shortcoming and
as an example for other countries this book provides a comprehensive guide to the relevant
legislation and theory on CSR in Korean corporate law by employing a comparative study of the
relevant American theories and laws. Proceeding from this analysis the book then puts forward
a legislative blueprint for establishing a foundation to legitimize and effectively implement
CSR.
