CSR

AND THE
NATION
2023
Maria Adiel H. Aguiling
CONTENT
01 Perspectives on Business-Government Relations

02 Types of Business Response

03 The State's Responsibility towards Business

04 Businesses' Responsibility towards the State

 PERSPECTIVES ON BUSINESS-
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS

01 02 03
Two sides and in Government should Business is in
opposition to each favor business and partnership with the
other incentivize business government in
performance and addressing societal
investments matters

01
RESPONSES OF BUSINESS

REACTIVE INTERACTIVE PROACTIVE

Responds to Engages with Acts to influence
government policy after policymakers (including policies, anticipates
it happens the media) to try to policy changes in public
influence public policy policy and tries to
// to serve the interests of enhance competitive
business positioning

02
03
 GOOD GOVERNANCE
process by which public institutions conduct public affairs, manage
public resources, and guarantee the realization of human rights in a
manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard
for the rule of law.

Attributes:
Source: Transparency
UN Human Rights Responsibility
OHCHR
Accountability
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https://www.ohchr.org/en/good-
governance#:~:text=impact%20of%20corru Participation
ption-,About%20good%20governance%20
and%20human%20rights,for%20the%20rul Responsiveness
e%20of%20law.
THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
Article II: State Policies
Section 9: The State shall promote a just and
dynamic social order that will ensure the
prosperity and independence of the nation and Article XII: National Economy and Patrimony
free the people from poverty through policies
that provide adequate social services, promote
full employment, a rising standard of living, and
Section 6: The use of property bears a social function,
an improved quality of life for all.
and all economic agents shall contribute to the
common good. Individuals and private groups, including
corporations, cooperatives, and similar collective
organizations, shall have the right to own, establish,
and operate economic enterprises, subject to the duty
of the State to promote distributive justice and to
intervene when the common good so demands.
THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
Article XIII: Social Justice and Human Rights
Section 1: The Congress shall give highest
priority to the enactment of measures that
protect and enhance the right of all the people to
human dignity, reduce social, economic, and Article XIII: Labor
political inequalities, and remove cultural Section 3: The State shall afford full protection to
inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and labor, local and overseas, organized and unorganized,
political power for the common good.
and promote full employment and equality of
employment opportunities for all.
...They shall be entitled to security of tenure, humane
conditions of work, and a living wage. They also
participate in policy and decision-making processes
affecting their rights and benefits as may be provided
by the law.
THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
Article XIII: Labor
Section 3:
The State shall promote the principle
of shared responsibility between
workers and employees..
Article XII: National Economy and
Patrimony
The State shall promote industrialization and
full employment based on sound agricultural
development and agrarian reform, through
industries...which are competitive in both
domestic and foreign markets.
However, the State shall protect Filipino
enterprises against unfair foreign competition
and trade practices.
Private enterprises...shall be encouraged to
broaden the base of their ownership.
DO YOU CONSIDER THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
PROVISIONS FAIR?

to the employers?

to the employees?
 CORRUPTION

use of a position of trust

for
dishonest gain
 FORMS OF CORRUPTION

01 02 03 04
Private citizens' Public-Private Nepotism Kleptocracy
bribes Collaboration in

Corruption The practice of those A society or system
To get things done
in power or influence ruled by people who

Limited competition to favor relatives, use their power to
To escape criminal when awarding friends steal their country's
justice government contracts resources

Wasteful mega-
projects
 CAUSES OF
CORRUPTION

01 02 03 04
Lack of transparency Lack of a free press Lack of government Inability of civil
and free flows of accountability society or NGOs to
information through a system of monitor the
democratic elections government

05 06 07 08
Weak rule of law Incentives such as Unclear rules of "Old boys network"
poverty or low wages behavior for
government officials
 CONSEQUENCES OF
CORRUPTION

01 02 03 04
Decisions do not Government policies Systems are Undermines the
reflect the will of the serve individual distorted. legitimacy of the
people interests It is more difficult to government and can
expose corruption. lead to a revolt

Officials are not

made accountable
and corrupt ones are
not punished

Based on the WCY prepared by the International Institute of Management

Development (IMD), the Philippines ranked 52nd among 64 economies after
suffering declines in three of the four main factors or dimensions of
competitiveness.

The Philippines posted declines in all the sub-factors under government efficiency. These include public finance (from 51st
in 2022 to 55th in 2023), tax policy (from 13th to 14th), institutional framework (from 53rd to 56th), business legislation
(from 52nd to 57th) and societal framework (from 50th to 53rd).

Philstar, June 20, 2023

CLEAR RULES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ELIMINATE
ADMISSIBLE INCENTIVES (GIVE
BEHAVIOR PROPER WAGES)

FREE PRESS DEMOCRATIC

ACCOUNTABILITY
CLEAR RULES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ELIMINATE
ADMISSIBLE INCENTIVES (GIVE
BEHAVIOR PROPER WAGES)

FREE PRESS DEMOCRATIC

ACCOUNTABILITY

EDUCATE THE POOR TO ELECT COMPETENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS

WITH INTEGRITY
BUSINESSMEN/
WOMEN &
CORPORATIONS'
RESPONSIBILITY
TOWARDS THE
STATE
04
PURPOSE OF THE
CORPORATION
The proposed Code seeks to establish a new
concept of business corporations so that they are
not merely entities established for private gain but
effective partners of the National Government in
spreading the benefits of capitalism for the social
and economic development of the nation.

The Corporation Code, 1980

 VOCATION OF BUSINESS
Aim for
PROFESSIONALS
unity of life
Business leaders are called to engage with the
contemporary economic and financial world in
light of the principles of human dignity and the
common good.

An obstacle to serving the common good is a

divided life. The split between faith and daily
practice can lead to imbalances and misplaced
devotion to worldly success.
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Thank You
Maria Adiel H. Aguiling