Corporate social responsibility. A critical look at large corporations Una mirada crítica a las grandes corporaciones

Abstract

This review article addresses the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility and large multinational and transnational corporations. The process of preparing the document was carried out from a detailed documentary review from a descriptive-exploratory methodological perspective, mainly bringing works from the last decade, but with some articles written in the 20th century as they are considered fundamental for research. Throughout the article, the meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility is described, first of all, and then the main investigations that have been developed in the matter during the period 2017-2018 are disclosed, and the growth they have suffered is detailed. large corporations in recent years and a comparison is made between their growth and the size of national economies, presenting the enormous power that Large Corporations currently have. From the results, the general concern about the negative impacts that society as a whole has suffered due to the desire for profit and bad business practices stands out and, secondly, because of the challenge of standardizing the levels of Corporate Social Responsibility, which largely depends on the capacity of the States as a whole to regulate the consumption criteria of corporations, local societies and individuals. It is finally concluded that, despite the complexity, it is still in the hands of the people to print our humanity, principles and ethics in business.