WHICH ARE THE WELFARE LIMITS? COMPETITION POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Mihail Buâªu and Constantin Belu

Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, 2013, vol. 7, issue 1, 108-113

Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the European competition policy. The main purpose of our research paper consists in investigating whether the current competition regulation could allow certain types of behaviors which, on a long term, seem able to assure the achievement of the objectives derived from CSR principles. In the present study, we argue that although the Competition Law does not refer explicitly to consumers non-pecuniary interests, Article 1 of the mentioned act involves the principle of promoting consumer’s general interest. We highlight the argument according to it the promotion of measures with immediate implications for consumer’s welfare (environmental protection, corporate governance or social measures) might be a criterion to be taken into consideration within the implementation process of the competition policy.

Date: 2013
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