The Spanish Discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility

Abstract

The discourse on corporate social responsibility (CRS) began late in Spain. Consequently, the permeation of this discourse into the political institutions started later than in many Western countries. The Spanish government neither contributed nor reacted to the green paper Corporate social responsibility. A business contribution to sustainable development, published by the European Commission in 2001. The publication of this document gave the definitive impulse for the Spanish debate on CSR to start. After this initial impulse, the debate rapidly developed into a settled body of discourse. This discourse is the object of the present paper. Specifically, it focuses on analysing the positions, arguments, conflicts and actors that have contributed and are still contributing to creating a Spanish discourse on CSR.

Keywords: CSR, discourse, Spain