While the concerns to the environmental issue have been raised from the 1970s, and the scandals of enterprises have happened one after another, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) became a much-discussed subject especially in Europe and America.
1970年代頃からの環境問題への意識の高まりや、企業の不祥事が続く中、CSR（CorporateSocialResponsibility＝企業の社会的責任）ということが欧米を中心に盛んに言われるようになった。