기업의 ESG 경영과 근로자의 인격권 보호

ESG management, which has risen as a global trend, is considered a key factor of corporations’ survival and growth. Corporations are increasingly stepping up efforts to reflect ESG indicators in their management goals. In this backdrop, the question of whether ESG management will improve the degree of protection of workers’ personality rights has become an important topic. Given the trend of strengthening standards for ESG management, it is necessary to clarify the correlation between ESG management and workers' personality rights. Until now, discussions related to ESG have been very conceptual and abstract. As a result, many companies are unsure about the significance and utility of ESG management and ways to improve management using ESG indicators. In particular, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are experiencing a lot of difficulties in developing ESG capabilities. In order to solve this problem, the following improvement measures are suggested. Companies should review ESG management standards and establish ways to protect workers' personality rights in consideration of the characteristics of each company. The government should adapt ESG-related international standards to the reality of Korea for enforcement. In particular, active support is needed for SMEs lacking capabilities to achieve ESG management. Furthermore, it is necessary to improve the ESG governance system through the active participation of internal and external stakeholders. As a way to protect workers' personality rights in the context of ESG management, this study suggests developing ESG management indicators in consideration of the characteristics of domestic industries, providing education on business and human rights, applying ESG indicators to assessing subcontract relationships, supporting ESG implementation of SMEs, and strengthening human rights inspections and internal control of corporations.