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This chapter revises the regulation of CSR in Chile, looking into law, regulation, public policies and case-law that would correspond to or come close to implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. CSR itself is not incorporated in laws in any form whatsoever. Public policies, however, take up international CSR concepts as defined in this book, usually by reference to human rights instruments. Such is the case for the National Action Plan on Human Rights and Business, and Chapter 8 of the National Human Rights Plan, both adopted in 2017. Interestingly, however, case-law of civil courts can be read as allowing for extraterritorial claims, albeit with limited success. Consumer law provides for further elements of protection, including the environmentally aware consumer.
Information includes updates until November 2018.
Information regarding state-owned enterprises has been elaborated with support from Fondecyt project N° 11150853, led by Judith Schönsteiner.
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Ministerio de Desarrollo Social http://sociedadcivil.ministeriodesarrollosocial.gob.cl/promoviendo-la-rs-inclusiva/.
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Ministerio de Desarrollo Social http://sociedadcivil.ministeriodesarrollosocial.gob.cl/derechos-humanos-y-empresa/.
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Plan de Acción Nacional, p. 46.
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Acerca del Plan de Acción Nacional https://minrel.gob.cl/acerca-del-plan-de-accion-nacional/minrel/2017-11-10/145451.html.
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Consejo de Responsabilidad Social para el Desarrollo Sostenible http://consejors.economia.cl.
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Schönsteiner (2017).
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Plan de Acción Nacional, p. 49.
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Schönsteiner (2018).
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OECD Watch (2017), NCP Peer Review Submission.
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Plan de Acción Nacional, p. 49.
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Schönsteiner et al. (2016).
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Schönsteiner (2018).
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Aylwin, José, A un año del Plan de Acción Nacional de derechos humanos y empresas, 1 Sept 2018, https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/opinion/2018/09/01/a-un-ano-del-plan-de-accion-nacional-de-ddhh-y-empresas/.
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Schönsteiner (2018) and Ministry of Justice, Press release of September 5, 2019, available at http://www.minjusticia.gob.cl/ministeriode-justicia-y-derechos-humanos-ingreso-plan-nacional-de-dd-hh-a-contraloria-para-toma-de-razon/.
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This section is extracted from Schönsteiner et al., NBL on Business and Human Rights, Chile, 2016 (hereinafter NBL), translated by Patricio Mason, and adapted to an international audience. All original sources are to be found in the NBL 2016.
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INDH, Informe Misión de Observación Zona de Quintero y Puchuncaví, 11–13 September 2018, https://bibliotecadigital.indh.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/1168/mision-quintero.pdf?sequence=1.
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NBL (2016).
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NBL (2016), p. 96.
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NBL (2016), pp. 29–30.
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Contreras and Schönsteiner (2017).
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Soto (2015).
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Barros and Schönsteiner (2014).
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Stoll (2016).
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NBL (2016).
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NBL (2016).
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Plan de Acción Nacional, p. 45.
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The “en comandita” corporation is defined as “… the one celebrated between one or more people who promise to carry to the corporation a monetary contribution, and one or more people who are obliged to manage the company exclusively themselves or their delegates and in their particular name” (Chilean Comercial Code article 470).
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NBL (2016), p. 49.
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INE, Estadísticas de informalidad laboral, Jul-Sept 2018, available at http://www.ine.cl/estadisticas/laborales/informalidad-laboral.
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NBL (2016), p. 68.
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Supreme Court, Mackenna y otros con SVS, Role N° 4261-04, 7 Jul 2005.
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SVS, Resolution No. 223, 2 Sept 2014.
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NBL (2016), p. 48.
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Sernac v. Cruz Verde, Salcobrand and Fasa, 10th Civil Court of Santiago, Rol N°. 1940-2013; Sernac v. Agrícola Agrosuper S.A., 29th Civil Court of Santiago, Role N° 28470-2015; Conadecus v. CMPC Tissue S.A. and another, 10th Civil Court of Santiago, Rol N°. 29214-2015.
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Barrientos and Contardo (2013).
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Amunátegui (2013), p. 73.
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The reform was ordered by the new Law 21.081, published 14th September 2018.
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In this case, one would assume that once the arbitral tribunal declared itself incompetent, a civil claim could be brought again in Chilean courts. See López (2006).
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Schönsteiner (2016).
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Aguilar (2009).
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Henríquez (2017).
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Schönsteiner, J., Contardo, J.I. (2020). Chile. In: Kessedjian, C., Cantú Rivera, H. (eds) Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35187-8_6
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