Employees’ Vocational Training and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):beyond “Primary Responsibilitiesâ€

Abstract

This article aims at looking at ethical issues in vocational training. It widely explores the specific role of vocational training among the set of “responsibilities†that a company could have, not only towards it stakeholders, but also towards its own workforce. Underlying the multiple unfair sources of employees’ vocational training- the unequal access to training is one of them - we try to examine the possible combinations between CSR and this human resource practice. Through a critical outlook on CSR, we analyze different levels of CSR and insist on “ethical responsibilities†– a form of responsibility that aims at recognizing the employees as ethical subjects.