RSE and Sustainability in Chile: between the declarative and concrete actions by the companies

Abstract

This articles aims to reveal part of the Chilean reality in relation to CSR, in the context of institutions and firms that are positioned and recognized in the market, through organizations that help firms to generate concrete actions and become aware of the importance of responsibility, of their economic actions in society as they see their direct and indirect effects, together with the actions of citizens who are seen or are affected by the strategies that firms develop to archive their economic objectives in the society.

The harmful effects that the financial capitalism and globalization have had on social and economic balances are closely related to the conceptual arguments that, as a wake-up call, have reached corporations and firms for social responsibility. However, the model built around the accumulation of capital and benefits have posed a symbiotic relationship in which they are the resource and the end of their own existence, giving rise to structural tensions that nullifies the alternatives of being sustainable and socially responsible at the same time.

The path we face as a society, as firms and as a sustainable economic model is based on collaborative work and the changes in addressing how we approach the market.

In this paper we will know more about international organizations such as UNDP and OECD and national organizations such as PROhumana Foundation, Red Puentes Chile, among others. Finally, we will know the benefits of CSR in companies.