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The Organizational Law Positioning and Judicial Approach of the CSR Clause in Company Law

《公司法》社会责任条款的组织法定位与裁判进路

Argues that CSR clauses can become enforceable through articles of association and fiduciary-duty norms when companies adopt social-responsibility purposes.

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Brief English Introduction

Ran and Cao argue that CSR should not remain an empty slogan. If a company writes social-responsibility purposes into its articles, managers may be held to those purposes through fiduciary-duty analysis.

Teaching Notes

Use this to ask when CSR becomes law: through statute alone, through articles, through director duties, or through public-law enforcement.