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...environmentally responsible. How and why companies are changing successfully confront this challenge in Latin America is the theme of this special edition of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC).
Corporate citizenship (CC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have become hot topics of debate for business, academia and organised civil society in Latin America. These issues have emerged alongside several other changes in the continent. Since the 1980s, a number of Latin American countries have undergone broad processes of social, political and economic change. First, there was the democratisation of many political systems and societies. Dictatorships have been replaced by elected governments and civil society has become stronger and better organised. Businesses and corporations, both national and multinational, are experiencing new pressures from regulators, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), media and community groups to become more transparent and to be more accountable for their social and environmental impacts. On the economic side, many countries have abandoned their import substitution policies, in vogue until the 1970s, to open their markets and receive considerable foreign investments. Exports have boomed in many countries such as Brazil and Mexico. At the same time, numerous governments have changed their roles. Many sectors of the economy that were formerly controlled by the state have now been privatised and markets have seemingly become more competitive. Also, social and environmental responsibilities seem to have become an important issue in shaping the competitiveness of firms, especially in some of...
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