A Responsabilidade Social Corporativa nas Percepções Parlamentares e Estratégias de Controle nas CPIs de Brumadinho

This article presents a review of the academic literature on different approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and how these approaches were employed, discussed, and shaped by Brazilian parliamentarians during the Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry (CPIs) into the Brumadinho disaster, which followed the 2019 collapse of Vale’s mining tailings dam. The research focuses on three CSR frameworks: Political Corporate Social Responsibility (PCSR), Corporate Political Activity (CPA), and Corporate Citizenspeak (CC). The study investigates how CSR has been incorporated, mentioned, or neglected by political decision-makers in the context of the CPIs, and from this, seeks to understand how these concepts were applied—or absent—in the development of new laws, regulations, and democratic deliberations. It also examines the impact of these discussions on the construction of perceptions of civil society in a post-disaster setting. The research analyzes how the image of CSR is constructed and reconfigured through a parliamentary lens and investigates legislators' stances on CSR practices, highlighting how these positions shape political narratives about corporate accountability in times of crisis. By contextualizing CSR practices within the legislative environment after a disaster, the article offers insight into parliamentary perception, political implications, and the social dynamics of CSR in the contemporary landscape, shedding light on the interactions between the public sector, corporations, and civil society.