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The Implementation of CSR as a New Social Contract in Poland

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The Role of Large Enterprises in Democracy and Society

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Since the very beginning, the idea of a social contract has been closely connected with reflection on the problems related to the functioning of society. Therefore, the idea has been referred to occasionally in the hope of, generally speaking, possibly solving the basic problem of humankind: that concerning the right (according to some) or the optimal (as others imagined) way for society to function.

By stimulating commerce and development at the bottom of the economic pyramid, multinationals could radically improve the lives of billions of people and help create a more stable, less dangerous world. Achieving this goal does not require MNCs to spearhead global social-development initiatives for charitable purposes. They need only act in their own self-interest.

(Prahalad and Hammond, 2002)

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  1. Janina Filek
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Jagiellonian University, Poland

    Barbara Fryzel (Adjunct) (Adjunct)

  2. University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    Paul H. Dembinski (Professor, initiator and executive director) (Professor, initiator and executive director)

  3. Observatoire de la Finance foundation, Switzerland

    Paul H. Dembinski (Professor, initiator and executive director) (Professor, initiator and executive director)

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Filek, J. (2010). The Implementation of CSR as a New Social Contract in Poland. In: Fryzel, B., Dembinski, P.H. (eds) The Role of Large Enterprises in Democracy and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230283138_11

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