Today, the corporations have occupied a great important position in the general civil life, and they have been expanding their influences in our society. Especially, as the size of them gradually grows, their social and economic influences continue t... Today, the corporations have occupied a great important position in the general civil life, and they have been expanding their influences in our society. Especially, as the size of them gradually grows, their social and economic influences continue to increase, and now they have acquired the center position of social dominance. They are exercising powerful their influences consequently. A company is not only a means for making profits for an entrepreneur but also plays the important roles through providing a place for labor of most people and supplying goods and services to the society. It is undeniable fact that these roles have provided many positive results for our society. On the other hand, along with the such them as the abundance and benefits, it is also true that corporations are creating many dangers in our society by making the harmful effects through the various behaviors that threaten the peace and safety in the our society in order to realize their interests. It is important point to realize that the danger that the companies are creating through its activities is accelerating and broadening as the size of the company becomes larger and more globalized. In other words, the enterprise is transferring the increased dangers to the society as the result of the corporation activities itself, and now the entire society is carrying the dangers. Therefore, inevitably, the appropriate action is needed, and the various attempts for it have been made as a control against such the danger. In this view, rhe corporate social responsibility have been attracted public attention. Early CSR is focused on carrying out the social contribution such as donations, educational support, and volunteer activities. These attitudes are maintained to this day as the main CSR activities, and the some companies introduce their donations, charitable activities, and volunteer activities to show to fulfill their corporate social responsibilities to their society. Also in many media, it is not difficult to find introducing these as CSR activities But it is clear that these are not all. The most common definition of CSR is the emphasis on social and environmental responsibility. It means the management activities and policies that take into account the interests of stakeholders, which can be understood as focusing on fulfilling social and environmental responsibilities in addition to financial interests. It means that it significantly takes into account of various social problems caused by the company, and it seems to meet the demands of the times appropriately. There is not a generally recognized theory about the main contents of CSR, but they are generally mentioned as the contents of it, the issues of good corporate governance, respect for human rights, improvement of labor environment, environmental management, fair trade, consumer protection, and social contribution. However, the contents of the CSR are not invariable, and they can be changed naturally. The reason is that CSR itself is a social concept, and therefore the changes in the composition of CSR is needed in order to meet social expectations in accordance with changing economic, social and environmental issues. On the other hand, in the process of practicing CSR, the most important thing is to check the social responsibility practice activities promoted by the companies. In other words, it is necessary to understand the CSR level of the company and improve the appropriate points of the CSR to the characteristics of the current company. In this case, the necessary tools are the CSR assesment model. In other words, the assesment model for CSR is to identify the level of the practices and implementations of CSR, to check the level of practice of the company, and to make a reasonable response strategy. The purpose of this study, based on the practical experiences in business, is to introduce the various CSR assesment models that have been developed in the past, and to show how these models are changed considering the characteristics of the company, how they are evaluated, and how the evaluation results are interpreted There are still the various arguments about the importance and necessity of the corporate social responsibility. Of course, there can be the various opinions about the corporate social responsibility. Even though the contents of CSR are changing according to the current trend, if we strive to implement the basic infrastructures of CSR and practice faithfully them, together with tje careful plans for the comprehensive management, I think it can not be denied it will bring the sustainable growth, the trust and respect to the company. The practice of CSR is enable companies to participate in the various social problems and contribute to solve them, thereby restore national solidarity and promote the sustainable development of society. Therefore, if we observe and evaluate carefully the CSR of the companies in our society and the its practices, I think that CSR will be a useful way of making healthy and just the our society in the long term perspective.
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