Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-24-Speech-3-489"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights, social and environmental standards in International Trade agreements - International Trade Policy in the context of Climate Change imperatives - Corporate social responsibility in international trade agreements (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101124.26.3-489"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-24-Speech-3-4902
lpv:speaker	lp:Pervenche Berès2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, we subscribe to the logic of the report drafted by Mr Désir within the Committee on International Trade. In our committee, as elsewhere, one of the most hotly debated issues is that of the purpose of corporate social responsibility. Is it an end in itself or should it lead to laws once it has been applied by many undertakings? This debate is not clear cut; it encourages us to develop our thinking with regard to corporate governance and to reconcile the two debates. Within the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs we think that social responsibility is essential if we want to combat tax evasion and undeclared work through trade agreements. We also think that, among the stakeholders that are key to raising the profile of corporate social responsibility, trade unions, social dialogue and European works councils must be fully involved, because they make a quite essential contribution. We also think that, to ensure that these tools are fully utilised, the United Nations Human Rights Council, in its ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ initiative, has a vital role, and we must take advantage of this. We also think that corporate social responsibility is a tool of competitiveness, which must be explored. However, when, once again, consensus has been reached, when corporate social responsibility has been defined through standards that are finally generally accepted, it should be able to succeed, without becoming a substitute for labour regulations or collective agreements. Finally, we think that corporate social responsibility, including trade agreements, must be dynamic and must be able to adapt to new sectors to be covered."@en1
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