Social Considerations and CSR in Japan

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to overview the development of social considerations both at domestic and international levels in order to study the retarded situation of Japan and to propose the need for raising the Japanese system agreeable to the so-called international standard through her domestic legal changes. Surrounding constraints against the introduction of such social considerations in Japan can be understood as almost disappearing if we look at the establishment of relevant international principles, various declarations of CSR-related policies backed by Japanese industrial sector and the Government, recent changing attitudes of Japanese regional autonomies and so on. The author stresses the need for introduction of social considerations into Japanese environment impact system.