Laws on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Developmental Trend in Vietnam

Contents
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1 The Role of Hard Law and Soft Law in Developing CSR
	1.1 Role of Hard Law
		1.1.1 Overview of Hard Law
		1.1.2 Role of Hard Law in the Adoption of International Corporate Governance
	1.2 Role of Soft Law
		1.2.1 Overview of Soft Law
		1.2.2 Role of Soft Law in the Adoption of International Corporate Governance
	1.3 Soft and Hard Law
		1.3.1 Difference Between Hard and Soft Law
		1.3.2 Characteristics of Hard and Soft Law
	1.4 Relation Between Hard Law and Soft Law
		1.4.1 Hard Law in Developing CSR
		1.4.2 Soft Law in Developing CSR
	References
2 Mitigation of CSR Issues and the Shadow of Hard and Soft Law
	2.1 Introduction to CSR
		2.1.1 Doctrine of CSR
		2.1.2 Future of Business
	2.2 Legal Background of CSR
		2.2.1 CSR Due Diligence
		2.2.2 CSR and Its Law Obligation in Various Countries
		2.2.3 CSR and Corporate Law
	2.3 Mitigation of CSR Issues Through Hard Law
		2.3.1 Overview of the Hard Law
		2.3.2 CSR as Hard Law
		2.3.3 Shadow of Hard Law on CSR Strategies
	2.4 Mitigation of CSR Issues Through Soft Law
		2.4.1 Overview of the Soft Law
		2.4.2 CSR as Soft Law
		2.4.3 Shadow of Soft Law on CSR Strategies
	2.5 Conclusion
		2.5.1 CSR and Philanthropy
		2.5.2 CSR and Its Comparison
	References
3 The Role and Obligations of the State in Vietnam According to International Rules on Human Rights Respect and Protection in Businesses
	3.1 International and Vietnamese Legal Bases of the State’s Role and Obligations in Human Rights Respect and Protection in Businesses
		3.1.1 International Bases
		3.1.2 Vietnamese Legal Bases
	3.2 Evaluating the State of Vietnam in Implementing Its Role and Obligations According to International Principles on the Respect and Protection of Human Rights in Business
	3.3 Recommendations for Actions the State of Vietnam Should Take to Fulfill Its Role and Obligations in Respecting and Protecting Human Rights in Business
		3.3.1 Complete the Legal System of Human Rights Respect and Protection in Business
		3.3.2 Develop a National Action Plan
		3.3.3 Research, Collect, and Process Data and Information on Human Rights Violations in Business
		3.3.4 Raise Awareness in Society, the Community, Businesses, Judges, Lawyers, Investigators, and Prosecutors About Human Rights in Business
		3.3.5 Remedial Measures
	3.4 Summary
	Further Readings
4 Analytical Facts of Corporate Social Responsibility for Enforcement of Labor Rights
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 CSR Application Situation in Vietnam
		4.2.1 What Are the Main Impetuses for CSR in Unfortunate Nations?
		4.2.2 Pesetel Analysis of Corporates in Vietnam
	4.3 Corporate Codes of Conduct
		4.3.1 Overarching Principles
	4.4 Literature Review
	4.5 International Framework Agreements
		4.5.1 Generalized System of Preferences
		4.5.2 Free Trade Agreements
		4.5.3 Analysis
	4.6 Result and Discussion
	4.7 Conclusion
5 Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Business Responses to CSR and Workers’ Rights
	5.1 Introduction to CSR and Workers’ Rights
		5.1.1 Relation Between CSR and Workers’ Rights
		5.1.2 Global Perspective of CSR and Workers’ Rights
	5.2 Impact of Covid-19
		5.2.1 Impact of Covid-19 on CSR
		5.2.2 Impact of Covid-19 on Workers’ Rights
	5.3 Challenges of CSR During Covid-19 Pandemic
		5.3.1 Covid-19 and Conduction of Responsible Business
		5.3.2 Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Small and Large Businesses
	5.4 Challenges of Workers’ Rights During Covid-19 Pandemic
		5.4.1 Safety Issues and Workers’ Rights
		5.4.2 Violating Workers’ Rights During a Pandemic Situation
	5.5 Conclusion
		5.5.1 Mitigating Issues of CSR During Covid-19 Pandemic
		5.5.2 Mitigating Issues of Workers’ Rights During Covid-19 Pandemic
	References
6 The Losing Sight of CSR Amidst the Covid-19 Outbreak and Its Impact on Workers’ Rights
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 CSR and Workers' Rights
		6.2.1 Develop the Performance of the Workers
		6.2.2 Performing Social Duties on Workers
	6.3 Challenges Posed by Covid 19 on CSR
		6.3.1 Change in Business Model
		6.3.2 Irregularities Faced by Companies
	6.4 Violation of Worker’s Rights Through Ignorance in CSR
		6.4.1 Safety Issues
		6.4.2 Issues Related to the Sustainable Business Environment
	6.5 Future Implications and Mitigation
		6.5.1 Future Implication
		6.5.2 Mitigation of CSR Issues Considering the Covid-19 Situation
	6.6 Conclusion
	References
7 Corporate Social Responsibility to Eliminate Child Labor in Vietnam
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Child Labor and Corporate Social Responsibility to Eliminate Child Labor
		7.2.1 Child Labor
		7.2.2 Corporate Social Responsibility to Eliminate Child Labor
	7.3 The Reality of Corporate Social Responsibility to Eliminate Child Labor in Vietnam
		7.3.1 Successes
		7.3.2 Limitations
		7.3.3 Causes of the Limitations
	7.4 Recommendations to Improve Corporate Social Responsibility for Child Labor in Vietnam
		7.4.1 Improving Legal Solutions
		7.4.2 Improve the Efficiency of Law Enforcement Solutions
	7.5 Conclusion
	References
8 Corporate Social Responsibilities in Concluding, Implementing, and Terminating Labor Contracts with Foreign Employees Working in Vietnam
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Theoretical Issues of Corporate Social Responsibility Toward Foreign Workers in Host Countries
	8.3 Vietnamese Law on Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility in Concluding, Implementing, and Terminating Labor Contracts with Foreign Workers in Vietnam
		8.3.1 Job Opportunities for Foreign Workers in Vietnam
		8.3.2 Implementing Labor Contracts with Foreign Employees Working in Vietnam
		8.3.3 Termination of Labor Contracts with Foreign Workers in Vietnam
	8.4 Conclusion
	References
9 Corporate Social Responsibility in Salary Payment to Employees According to Vietnam Law
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Methodologies and Data
	9.3 Results and Discussion
		9.3.1 Concept
		9.3.2 Law on Corporate Social Responsibility for Salary Payment to Employees
		9.3.3 Some Recommendations to Improve Vietnam’s Labor Law on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Field of Labor
	9.4 Conclusion
	References
10 The Role of Grassroots Trade Unions in Enforcing the Social Responsibility for Employees’ Social Security Rights in Enterprises During the Integration Period
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Implementing Social Responsibility for Social Security Rights
	10.3 The Role of Trade Union Officials
		10.3.1 Employees’ Awareness
	10.4 Conclusion
	References
11 Employing Local Labor: Corporate Social Responsibility to the Community and Strategies for Human Resource Stabilization in Production
	11.1 Preamble
	11.2 Contents
		11.2.1 Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility to the Community and Employing Local Labor in Production
		11.2.2 The Perceptions and Attitudes of Business Managers About Corporate Social Responsibility for the Sustainable Development of Local Communities
		11.2.3 Using Local Labor and Strategies for Human Resource Stabilization in Production
	11.3 Policy Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility for Local Employment
	11.4 Conclusion
	References
12 Law on Corporate Social Responsibilities in Protecting Consumer Rights in Vietnam
	12.1 Legal Issues on Corporate Social Responsibilities in Protection of Consumer Rights in Vietnam
		12.1.1 Concept, Characteristics and the Legal Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Consumer Rights
		12.1.2 Legal Content on Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Consumer Rights
	12.2 Current Practice of Implementation of the Law on Corporate Social Responsibilities in Protection of Consumer Rights in Vietnam
		12.2.1 Achievements in the Implementation of the Law on Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Consumer Rights in Vietnam
		12.2.2 Limitations in the Enforcement of the Law on Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Consumer Rights in Vietnam and Their Causes
	12.3 Viewpoints and Solutions to Guarantee the Implementation of the Law on Social Responsibilities of Enterprises in Protection of Consumer Rights in Vietnam Today
		12.3.1 Law Enforcement Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Consumer Rights in Vietnam
		12.3.2 Potential Solutions to Ensure the Enforcement of the Law on Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Consumer Rights in Vietnam Today
	References
13 Corporate Social Responsibility for Consumer Protection from the Perspective of Competition Law
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility for Consumer Protection
		13.2.1 Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility
		13.2.2 Corporate Social Responsibility Related to Consumer Protection
	13.3 The Corporate Social Responsibility to Protect Consumers in Complying with Regulations on Anti-Unfair Competition
		13.3.1 Overview of Unfair Competition
		13.3.2 The Legal Control Mechanism for Unfair Competition Acts Toward Consumers
		13.3.3 Handling Violations Related to Unfair Competition Infringing on Consumers
	13.4 Corporate Responsibility to Protect Consumers in Complying with Regulations on Controlling Anti-Competitive Behavior
		13.4.1 Anti-Competitive Agreements that Possibly Exploit Consumers
		13.4.2 The Control Mechanism of Competition Law for Anti-Competitive Agreements That Exploit Consumers
		13.4.3 Handling of Violations of Anti-Competitive Agreements that Exploit Consumers
	13.5 Conclusion and Recommendations
	References
14 Corporate Social Responsibility: Protecting Consumer Rights in E-commerce
	14.1 Introduction
	14.2 Theoretical Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility for Consumer Rights in E-Commerce
		14.2.1 The Concept of the Consumer
		14.2.2 The Rights of Consumers
		14.2.3 Corporate Social Responsibility
		14.2.4 E-Commerce
	14.3 Laws on Corporate Social Responsibility to Protect Consumer Rights in E-Commerce: Selected Countries
		14.3.1 The European Union
		14.3.2 China
	14.4 Vietnamese Law on Corporate Social Responsibility to Protect Consumer Rights in E-Commerce Transactions
	14.5 Recommendations Based on International Examples of Consumer Protection
		14.5.1 Experience from the European Union
		14.5.2 Experience from China
	14.6 Conclusion
	References
15 Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting the Right to a Private Life
	15.1 Introduction
	15.2 An Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Individuals’ Rights to Privacy
	15.3 Individual Privacy Rights According to the Provisions of Vietnamese Law
		15.3.1 The Constitution of 2013
		15.3.2 Civil Code of 2015
		15.3.3 Law on Electronic Transactions of 2005
		15.3.4 Law on Information Technology of 2006
		15.3.5 Law on Cyberinformation Security of 2015
		15.3.6 Law on Children of 2016
		15.3.7 Law on Cybersecurity of 2018
	15.4 Models to Enforce Corporate Social Responsibility in Protecting Individuals’ Rights to Private Lives
		15.4.1 Model to Protect Individuals’ Rights to Private Lives
		15.4.2 Pivot Model Before Mass Adoption
	15.5 Conclusion
	References
16 Corporate Social Responsibility for Insurance of Land Rights
	16.1 Introduction
	16.2 Land Rights Under International Law and Vietnamese Law
	16.3 Philosophy, the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Securing Land Rights
		16.3.1 Characteristics of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ensuring Land Rights in Business Activities
		16.3.2 Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ensuring Land Rights in Business Activities
	16.4 Some Inadequacies and Implications of Policy and Laws on Corporate Social Responsibility in Ensuring Land Rights in Business Activities
		16.4.1 Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ensuring Land Rights in Business Activities
	16.5 Conclusion
	References
17 Law on Social Responsibilities of Food Processing and Manufacturing Enterprises in Vietnam
	17.1 Corporate Social Responsibility for Identifying and Eliminating Food Hazards to Human Health
		17.1.1 Identifying Food Contamination Hazards During Food Processing, Production, Storage, Transportation, and Trading
		17.1.2 Production and Processing Enterprises Must Ensure the Nutrition of Food for Public Health
		17.1.3 Food Processing and Manufacturing Enterprises Must Ensure the Accuracy and Truthfulness of Food Labels to Prevent Serious Harm During Circulation to Consumers
	17.2 Legal Requirements for the Production and Processing of Food
		17.2.1 The Legal Requirements Applied for Food Processing and Manufacturing Enterprises
		17.2.2 The Legal Requirements Applied for Food Produced and Processed by Businesses
	17.3 Current Status and Recommendations to Improve the Law on Corporate Social Responsibility in Ensuring Safety in Food Production and Processing in Vietnam
		17.3.1 First, There Are Increasing Violations of the Law on Safe Food Production and Processing by Manufacturing and Processing Enterprises
		17.3.2 Second, Production and Processing Establishments and Enterprises Have Not Seriously Complied with Regulations on Ensuring Food Safety Conditions During the Licensing Application at Competent Authorities
		17.3.3 Third, Food Production and Processing Enterprises Have Not Met Nutrition and Preservation Requirements When Circulating Foods to the Market
	17.4 Conclusion
	References
18 Corporate Social Responsibility in Recalling Defective Products in Vietnam
	18.1 Preamble
	18.2 Overview of Defective Products and Responsibility for Recalling Defective Products
		18.2.1 Products with Defects
		18.2.2 Responsibility to Recall Defective Products
	18.3 Corporate Social Responsibility Approaches in Relation to the Responsibility for Recalling Defective Products
		18.3.1 Corporate Social Responsibility
		18.3.2 Responsibility for Recalling Defective Goods Is a Type of Corporate Social Responsibility
	18.4 Regulations of Vietnamese Law on Corporate Social Responsibility in Recalling Defective Goods
		18.4.1 Vietnamese Law Narrows the Scope of Subjects Responsible for Recalling Defective Products
		18.4.2 Regulations on the Object of the Liability to Recall Are Easily Confusing for the Subjects Applying the Law
		18.4.3 There Is No Regulation of the Concept of “Recall Defective Product” and No Specific Regulations on “Stop Supplying Defective Goods to the Market”
		18.4.4 There Are No Exemptions from Responsibility for Recalling Defective Goods
		18.4.5 Regulations on the Means to Notify the Recall Are Somewhat Limited
		18.4.6 There Is Inconsistency in the Use of Words to Refer to an Act of Taking Back a Defective Product for Repair, Replacement, or Reimbursement to Eliminate the Defect or Any Risks of Unsafety of the Product
		18.4.7 There Is Inconsistency in the Regulation on Coordination Among Agencies Managing the Recall of Defective Products
		18.4.8 Regulations on Sanctions to Handle Violations of Responsibility for Recalling Defective Products Are Still Unreasonable
	18.5 Some Recommendations
	18.6 Conclusion
	References