한국의 글로벌 기업 사회적 책임(CSR)활동의 특성에 관한 연구

Corporate social responsibility(CSR) activities are very important for firms entering into the global market due to the liabilities of foreignness. This study is intended to empirically investigate how corporate social responsibility by Korean global firms is carried out and what differences of CSR activities among them exists. The proposed CSR evaluation for the Korean global firm is based on the GRI(Global Reporting Initiative) G3 performance indicator components. Three Korean global firms including Samsung, LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor were selected for the case studies. ‘Sustainability Report’ of these companies were used in the descriptive valuation of CSR activities. Findings reveled that Korean global firms are very actively practicing CSR such as engaging in philanthropic activities and environmental responsibility activities to meet legal observance, but CSR activities such as human rights and labor relations seems to be lacking. Also, there are no meaningful differences in the terms of the CSR activities among the three Korean global firms. These findings imply that CSR activities are applied to the local–specific environment and will need to be further developed and implemented for the satisfaction. of stakeholders.