Summary

This paper restitutes an exploratory study on the relation between the extension of social security and corporate social responsibility of multinational enterprises. In the framework of the researches conducted for this study, the ILO and the Observatoire de la Responsabiltié Sociétale des Entreprises (ORSE) investigate on 15 multinational enterprises’practices concerning social protection provided to the body of their employees, in all sites.

The study presents the conceptual framework of the possible contribution of CSR to the extension of social protection as well as the results of the global researches of the ILO on this thematic. The document includes results of the survey conducted with the ORSE about 15 French enterprises.