RT Journal Article T1 Corporate social responsibility across Europe : a good example from the nordic countries? A1 Fernández Martín, Rosa María A1 Fuente Del Moral, María Fátima De La A1 Gago De Santos, Pilar AB Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) gains special relevance during last years, due to the modification of the international framework that business must deal with. It is considered as a particular business attitude, but from the European Union CSR is presented as an opportunity for businesses competitiveness at the same time theycontribute to sustainable development, so they try to create a European reference framework. In this article we will analyze the situation of CSR in several Europeancountries, not only from the point of view of business behaviour, but including the possible strategies and regulatory or guidance public frameworks of the countriesconsidered, and we will wonder about the convenience or not of the existence of these common frameworks. We will review the different initiatives being developed atinternational level, paying special attention to actions by Northern European countries, which are obtaining very positive results, although still limited. PB Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics Discussion Papers SN 978-952-10-5343-6 SN 1459-3696 YR 2011 FD 2011-04-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118571 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118571 LA eng DS Docta Complutense RD 19 abr 2025