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La responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise et les accords volontaires sont-ils complémentaires ?

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  • Pierre Fleckinger
  • Matthieu Glachant

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[fre] Les Accords Volontaires entre l’État et les entreprises sont utilisés par la puissance publique depuis au moins vingt ans. Or depuis quelques années, les firmes s’engagent de plus en plus à améliorer leur performance environnementale ou sociale de manière purement unilatérale. C’est le développement de la “ Responsabilité Sociale de l’Entreprise”. Dans ce nouveau contexte, les Accords Volontaires restent-ils utiles du point de vue de l’intérêt général ? Nous développons un jeu de politique publique entre un régulateur et une firme pour répondre à cette question. Nous montrons que la réponse est ambiguë et dépend notamment du pouvoir de négociation dont dispose le régulateur. [eng] Voluntary agreements between regulators and firms have been in use for at least two decades. In recent years, however, firms have tended to commit to better environmental or social behavior in a more unilateral fashion. This phenomenon is known as the rise of “ Corporate Social Responsibility ” (CSR). In such circumstances, are voluntary agreements still welfare-enhancing ? To explore this question, we use a policy game involving a regulator and a firm. We show that the answer is ambiguous. In particular, it depends on the regulator’s bargaining power.

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  • Pierre Fleckinger & Matthieu Glachant, 2009. "La responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise et les accords volontaires sont-ils complémentaires ?," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 190(4), pages 95-105.
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    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2009.7997
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