The study does not concern the acts and practices of full dispossession, nor pernicious societal degradations identified. It rather focusses on the issue of CSR in the Congo, examining evolution of implementating notions of societal responsibility and codes of ethics in the enterprises that operate on Congolese territory. Its purpose has three interlinked aims. The first one concerns the conception and definition of CSR in the Congo, while the second, the potential existence of a CSR policy for all Congolese companies. Results collected at this level straightly imply following question, the third aim of the study. How to proceed in designing and establishing relevant corporate societal responsibility policy in the Congo ? The treatment of this issue has highlighted the major function of legislation and business ethics (BE) in CSR policy in the 21st Century. The study thus presents itself as a pressing call for designing a CSR policy for all active enterprises on the Congolese territory. The reflections and analyses of this study are divided into six sections: (1) introduction, (2) legal framework for CSR in the Congo, (3) Congolese experience of CSR, (4) CSR definition, (5) history of BE and CSR, and (6) conclusive remarks. The contribution of business ethics has shed light on the study upon three themes: CSR, institutionalization of ethics, and implementation of CSR policies.

This study concerns environmental degradations noticed in the areas controlled by extractive industry and in the Congolese urban zones. Based on the legal framework established, 2002 – 2016, and on the available results of reserarch, it argues: the management of natural resources henceforth requires more rationality and more responsibility, more attention to ecological balance and to the needs of future generations. It has really detected the notions of biodiversity in Congolese laws focused on the management of natural resources, and has examined the relevance of the Congolese legal framework in relation to environmental, health, ecological and axiological degradations. It has also assessed the quality of the implemention of laws promulgated. Analyses and reflections of this study therefore highlight three major challenges in the Congolese society, namely (1) economy of the cognitive resources, and of the cultural and ecological values, (2) management of the natural resources, and (3) Congolese tragedy. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, analyses and reflections of the study are divided into three sections, that is (1) legal framework for the management of Congolese natural resources: the notions of biodiversity, (2) critique of the Congolese laws considered: their quality and that of their implementation, and (3) biodiversity issues.