Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility. Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law

0538732 - ÚSP 2021 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Feigerlová, Monika - Pauknerová, Monika
Czech Republic.
Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility. Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law. Vol. 42. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2020 - (Kessedjian, C.; Cantu Rivera, H.), s. 325-352. ISBN 978-3-030-35186-1
Institutional support: RVO:68378122
Keywords : CSR * corporate social responsibility * PIL * governing law * jurisdiction * BHR * UN Guiding Principles
OECD category: Law

The National Report provides a general overview of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Czech Republic and its reflection in rules pertaining to company law, contract law, tort law and private international law. The core issues cover the applicability of CSRs rules as part of a governing law and analysis of rules determining jurisdiction of a relevant forum for deciding disputes relating to CSRs values. The awareness of the international CSR instruments is rather low in the Czech Republic amongs both businesses and the general public. The recent initiatives, including the National Action Plan and the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, seem essential for further development and achieving a more systematic and coordinated approach to these issues at the domestic level. Companies play an essential role in economic development and their activities shall be respectful of human rights, irrespective of where their operations take place. Norms of private international law are broad as regards their scope of application but have inherent limits to enable disputes regarding breaches committed by overseas operations to be litigated in the Czech courts or the courts of the EU Member States.
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