Corporate Social Responsibilty and the role of Public Policies: An international comparison of CSR policies and instruments of Sweden, the Netherlands and Poland

In this thesis public policies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have been subject to research. This is done for the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland. The central question was; how can the governments of Sweden, the Netherlands and Poland make their public policy on corporate social responsibility more effective? CSR has become a matter of public attention and of public policy due to the growing impact of business on society. In contrast to other public policies CSR is often not completely legislated but only stimulated. By using first or second generation instruments governments try to stimulate CSR.