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Corporate Social Responsibility: A Revision of Traditional Company Law Fundamental Concepts

公司的社会责任——对传统公司法基本理念的修正

Explains CSR as a correction to the traditional shareholder-profit view of company law while warning that Chinese law should remain cautious about over-generalizing CSR legislation.

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Brief English Introduction

Chen explains CSR as a challenge to the idea that companies exist only to make profits for shareholders. The article also warns that Chinese legislation should not abandon the company’s profit-making function too quickly.

Teaching Notes

Use it to stage the classic CSR debate: correction to shareholder primacy or threat to company-law certainty?