Good psychosocial practices at work: A thematic analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility tools and instruments

Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as defined by European Commission is the integration in a company of social and environmental concerns, interacting with their stakeholders (workers, community, NGOs, consumers…). Several of tools, instruments and initiatives have been developed to promote good practices at work under the CSR umbrella, which is increasingly becoming a mainstream business topic. These instruments often outline good psychosocial practices (i.e. aspects relating to work organization and management) which are expected within a company.

Methods
This research analyzes which topics traditionally covered by Occupational Health Psychology are included in CSR instruments. After an extensive review of scientific and grey literature about CSR instruments, main ones were selected. The instruments were thematically analyzed (Braun and Clarke, 2006), extracting the main themes of the areas related to Occupational Health and Safety.

Results
Results show that Occupational Health and Safety receives important coverage in these instruments, however psychological as well as psychosocial aspects have a low coverage.

Discussion
These results, altogether with the lack of an integrative approach from Psychology, are limiting the chances of promoting psychological well-being at work through CSR practices. Authors suggest in this research different psychosocial themes that could be included in CSR instruments, in order to increase their effects on workers' well being.

*D.M-R. gratefully acknowledges support provided by a pre-doctoral fellowship from the Foundation for the Promotion of Applied Scientific Research and Technology in Asturias (FICYT).