China

Promoting Social Responsibility through Ratings: China’s Corporate Social Credit System

In the Western world, the regulatory approach to corporate social responsibility is facilitating and market-based, and the most commonly seen regulatory measure is disclosure. However, in China, the regulatory approach is state-centric and top-down.

CSR as CPR: The Political Logic of Corporate Social Responsibility in China

CSR in China is in fact CPR. That is, “corporate social responsibility” is essentially “corporate political responsibility” driven by a political logic that establishes a relationship between business and the state rather than between business and society.