Cooperativism and Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which is linked in its development to the process of globalization of the world economy, arises from the conviction that the need for business innovation for competitiveness and sustainability of the business must go beyond the purely technological to settle definitively in the field of management and the relationship of the company with its social, environmental and labor environment. Among the many variants for the growth of individual and collective capital, the cooperative model has proven its effectiveness and has proved to be a viable platform for good management of such capital. Among the multiple variants for the growth of individual and collective capital, the co-operative model has demonstrated its effectiveness and has proved to be a viable platform for the good management of such capital. It is from this perspective that a precise definition of co-operativism and an analysis of its economic, financial, social and cultural implications are particularly relevant. Likewise, the different co-operativist modalities allow us to describe the true background of the co-operative as a site of integration and development.