Social Responsibility and Social Security: the Foundation of Caja de Pensiones para la Vejez y de Ahorros
Argandoña, A.; Moreno, C.M.; Solà, J.M.
Journal of Business Ethics 89(S 3): 319-332
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0167-4544 Document Number: 260380
The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not new. Many entrepreneurs created and developed companies along the time, with a strong sense of ethical and social responsibility. This article presents an example of how Csr was conceived and put into practice when Caja de Pensiones para la Vejez y de Ahorros was created in Barcelona in 1905, following the life and ideas of its founder, Francesc Moragas, a lawyer with a deep commitment for social action and a successful conception of the technical and economic dimensions of a financial and social institution.