Evaluating the policies of different governments of Iran to the social responsibility of companies; Designing the optimal policy

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PhD Student in Sociology, University of Tehran

10.22059/ijsp.2025.376823.671235

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Social and environmental challenges at the end of the 20th century and the transformation of challenges into a crisis in the 21st century, increased attention to the social issue in the field of governance. Since the market and industries are one of the most important actors in today's societies, and many of the aforementioned challenges, especially in the environment, have been a byproduct of their activities, the issue of corporate social responsibility has found a special role to prevent social and environmental risks in today's world.Industries and companies have a lot of social and environmental risks, and different governments in Iran have not been able to regulate and regulate this field as it should be. Diverse and vague state and quasi-state companies, charitable and showy approach to corporate social responsibility, pressure of political powers on companies to receive financial resources, corrupt economic relations, greenwashing and lack of attention to the internal environment of the workshop and host communities are among the most important challenges of corporate social responsibility in Iran. The findings of this research indicate that governments should direct the resources of corporate social responsibility towards the real needs of society, especially the host society, by formulating appropriate soft and encouraging regulations and focusing on transparency. After that, by evaluating and monitoring, prevent common corruptions in this field such as greenwashing and consolidation of power relations for corrupt elites.

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Journal of Social Problems of Iran
Volume 15, Issue 2
March 2024
Pages 245-266

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