The corporate social responsibility and the right of competition in colombia: A vision from the social economy of the market and the multi-stakeholder theory

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine if one of the responsibilities arising from the exercise of the right to freedom of competition, enshrined in Article 333 of the Political Constitution of Colombia, is a social responsibility on the part of those who exercise an activity economic organized for the different interest groups to which the development of the company impacts. To resolve the above issue, it will begin by reviewing the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and the different approaches from which it has been addressed. Then, the contributions that, especially Colombian constitutional jurisprudence, has made around the institutions of the social market economy and the right to freedom of competition will be studied, in order to demonstrate how the Social Responsibility of the Entrepreneur who attends the market of goods and services can be measured taking into account the effects that the development of its economic activity has on all interest groups affected by it.