An Analysis of Socialist Political Economics with Chinese Characteristics on Corporate Social Responsibility
As an important micro market entity,enterprises are not only an important force in promot-ing the development of new quality productive forces in China,but also a solid foundation for building a mod-ern socialist country in an all-round way.How to deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises(SOEs)and promote the healthy development of the private economy through the practice of corporate social responsibil-ity(CSR)is an important topic in the research of socialist economic theory with Chinese characteristics.Firstly,this paper theoretically defines CSR under the framework of Marxist political economics.That is,the theoretical system of CSR is defined as a comprehensive and systematic theory of development;the essen-tial connotation of CSR is defined as the category of production relations that adapts to the development of productive forces;the core issue of CSR is attributed to the issue of ownership;and the fundamental approach to addressing CSR is placed at the institutional level of how to develop the economy.Secondly,in the context of the practice of socialist economy with Chinese characteristics,the impact of differences in the ownership on CSR performance is expounded.It can be concluded that,in general,SOEs perform better in fulfilling CSR compared to private enterprises and the distinction is visible;while in the competitive field,both have the problem of CSR deficiency,and more mature and developed private enterprises perform better than general private enterprises.Finally,based on the theoretical and practical explanations,it is proposed that CSR gov-ernance in China should continue to strengthen,optimize,and expand SOEs,while also leading and support-ing the rational development of private enterprises.This paper has the following marginal contributions:Firstly,it comprehensively and systematically sum-marizes the connotation of CSR,solving the problem of"conceptual jungle"in defining CSR to a certain ex-tent.Secondly,the inclusion of CSR into the research framework of socialist political economics with Chinese characteristics opens up a systematic study of CSR in the context of the socialist system with Chinese charac-teristics,enriching the research content of socialist political economics with Chinese characteristics.Thirdly,it puts forward the view that enterprises with different ownerships and development levels have certain distinc-tions in fulfilling CSR,which has certain problem-oriented and practical value for promoting Chinese enter-prises to better fulfill CSR.
CSRMarxist political economicstheory of socialism with Chinese characteristics