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. 2023 May 23:1–27. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s13132-023-01185-0

Table 1.

Instrument that the government can use in advancing the CSR agenda

Type Instrument
Awareness raising Award systems, information portal, campaigns, training and capacity building initiatives, public agency transparency of payments, identifying bad results, marking tool kits
Partnering Multi-stakeholder participation, public–private collaboration, attempts at collective action, round tables
Soft law Corporate Governance Code, Code of Ethics, Enforcement of International Standards, CR Reporting Laws, Tax Exceptions for Philanthropic Activities, Connection of CR Aspects to Public Procurement Policies, and Credit Boards for Export
Mandating Corporation rules, mutual plan regulations, CR reporting rules on stock market legislation, fines for failure to comply

UN Global Compact and Bertelsmann Stiftung (2010); The World Bank