“The CSR is an unexpected child born from globalization” noticed Nicole Notat, the president of the social ratings agency Vigeo when she presented the results of the study her agency led, entitled: “Respect of trade union freedom and promotion of collective bargaining : European groups between national heritage and transnational darings”. In this study, Vigeo evaluated 511 quoted on the stock exchange European companies from 17 countries and 32 sectors, by notably taking into account the management’s ability to clearly recognize and make accessible the right to unionize, or even providing unions with information on the company’s situation.