This study aims to measure the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and affective commitment (ACO), normative commitment (NCO), and organizational performance in food processing enterprises (FPEs) in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. To test the initial model proposed in this paper, a total of 422 owners, directors and managers of FPEs were interviewed from some provinces in the Mekong River Delta. The method of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is initially employed, then confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structure equation modelling (SEM) are used. The results of SEM showed that higher affective commitment was correlated with normative commitment. The results showed that four aspects of CSR toward employees, customers, environment and legal are significant factors. As a result, ACO and NCO act as mediators between CSR and organizational performance. This finding provides strong evidence of the important role of CSR to support positive impacts on ACO, NCO, and orgazational performance (OP). In addition, the success of the organizational performance is also found by contributions of CSR and NCO to its changes. Although ACO does not directly affect performance, it has a positive effect on the NCO. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the implementation of CSR to promote implementation of organizational commitments.

The study aims to provide some evidence of the effects of CSR practices on financial-based brand equity in Malaysia. Nowadays, many companies have embraced corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices because CSR is a vital component of the current competitive and complex business arena. It contributes greatly to social, environmental, and economic condition. With CSR practices, companies are able to achieve many benefits and there is evidence that CSR practices predict higher brand equity. However, little evidence has been produced concerning the effects of CSR practices on financial aspects of brand equity in developing countries such as Malaysia. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the effects of CSR practices on financial based brand equity among Malaysia Top 100 brand. A CSR checklist instrument was used in the current study to examine the extent of CSR practiced. The results indicated that PLCs that were actively involved in CSR practices such as environmental, community, workplace and marketplace, found that this involvement enhanced their brand equity. The findings provide useful support and evidence for the management of PLCs in Malaysia, as well as companies in other developing countries, to engage more in CSR practices as a core element of their strategic and brand management.

Substantial growth in the economy and extensive use of natural resources has become a major issue in the modern world. Organizations have started to worry about the environment and are beginning to invest in and practice green strategies. Companies should be responsible for the environment and use sustainable methods to run their businesses. The main purpose of this study is to explore the conceptual approach to Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices and Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) in the hospitality industry. The theoretical framework of GHRM practices such as green recruitment, green selection, green training and development, green performance appraisal, green reward and compensation, and corporate environmental responsibility have been comprehensively studied for this purpose. Green Human Resource Management in the hospitality sector is a less studied and rarely implemented phenomenon. The integration of GHRM and CER along with green competitive advantage and green supply chain management in hospitality is new concept in hospitality industry. Study suggests that Corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) have a significant role in the hospitality industry. However, for sustainable development of tourism and hospitality, this concept should be capitalized with necessary research and development.

Purpose: This research aims to empirically investigate the motivation of corporate voluntary disclosure by exploring the impact of historical loss on corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD). Research design, data, and methodology: This paper takes Chinese A-share listed firms that issued standalone social responsibility reports during the period of 2009-2017 as a sample. Drawing on extant literature, this paper defines historical loss firms as firms with net profit greater than or equal to 0 and undistributed profit less than 0. The tendency score matching method (PSM) is used to find matching samples for historical loss firms. Then OLS regression is conducted to investigate the relationship between historical loss and corporate social disclosure. Results: The results show that historical loss has a significant positive impact on the quality of corporate social responsibility disclosure. After changing the measurement of independent and dependent variables as well as adopting different matching methods to screen the control group, the results still hold. Further research indicates that the relationship between historical loss and CSRD is influenced by corporate financing constraints and industry competition. Conclusions: This research supports the resource motivation hypothesis of corporate social responsibility disclosure, and provides empirical evidence for regulators to strengthen supervision on corporate disclosure.

Corporate social responsibility is a self-regulating business model that helps a firm be socially accountable to the public. By practicing corporate social responsibility, firms can be conscious of the kind of impact they are having on all aspects of society, including economic, social, and environmental. Corporate social responsibility activities are not directly linked to increasing corporate performance and corporate value, but rather involve spending expenses. Based on these facts, this study verifies whether the effects of corporate social responsibility activities differ depending on the firm's situation. Research design, data and methodology: This study analyzed the effect of market competition on corporate social responsibility activities using logistic regression analysis on listed companies in the KOSPI and KOSDAQ for fiscal years 2014 through 2016. In this study, market competition was measured using the Herfindahl-Herschman Index(HHI). Higher HHI value can be interpreted as a lower degree of market competition. We also measured corporate social responsibility activities using the KEJI Index published by the Korea Economic Justice Institute (KEJI). If a firm-year is included in the top 200 companies of the KEJI Index, it is classified as a good corporate social responsibility activity firm. Results: We find that companies in less competitive market were not included in the KEJI Index. This result indicates that firms in the market with lower market competition perform less corporate social responsibility activities that incur costs. An additional analysis showed that there was a significant negative relationship between the market competition and the corporate social responsibility activity scores published by the KEJI Index. These result adds robustness to the result of the hypothesis that firms that have a monopolistic place in the market practice passive corporate social responsibility activities. Conclusions: The results show that managers of a firm in the lower market competition have a lower incentive to use limited resources for projects that are not directly related to revenue. The results of this study imply that corporate social responsibility activities vary according to the position of the business. Therefore, this study suggests that market investors should consider the degree of competition in the market when they evaluate corporate social responsibility activities.

Purpose – In this study, previous CSR researches was reviewed to help understand the CSR effects, and offer suggestions for future research directions. Research design, data, and methodology – To achieve the purpose of this study, previous CSR effects related researches were reviewed based on stakeholder perspectives. Results - After reviewing, some limitations were found. First, most of the CSR related studies in the management area have focused on CSR effects on individual stakeholders such as the shareholder, the employee, and the consumer. Second, it was difficult to find studies on the management aspect of CSR from both an effective and efficient perspective. Conclusions - To overcome these limitations of previous studies, several studies need to be conducted in the future. First, CSR research must be expanded into B-to-B businesses. Few studies try to figure out the effect of CSR on B-to-B businesses but only suggest the effect of CSR on B-to-B business conceptually. Therefore, empirical study needs to be conducted about CSR to show business performance in the B-to-B market. Second, the process of CSR must be developed on how to improve CSRs’ effectiveness and efficiency. Finally, a relationship between a company and individual stakeholders needs to be revised using stakeholders’ multiple identities.

This study analyzed the major change of revised Construction Technology Promotion Act in the field of safety management. In order to increase the execution of the system of construction safety management, Construction Technology Promotion Act was revised at the end of 2018. The key issues were founded in the system of safety management plan, regular safety inspection by external professional organization, and irregular safety inspection by clients. By revised law, the role and responsibility of construction clients was enforced and the clients were recognized as leading participants in construction safety management.

This paper examines how corporate social responsibility is related to the degree of asymmetric information in the Korean financial market. Recent theory argues that there is a negative relationship between a firm’s corporate social responsibility and its information asymmetry. To test this hypothesis, we use the environment, social and governance (ESG) score, published by the Korean Corporate Governance Service, to proxy a firm’s management practices toward socially responsible activities. In the entire sample of the Korean firms, we find contrasting results; the ESG score shows negative relationships with the price impact measure but statistically insignificant relationships with the dispersion of analyst forecasts. However, the ESG score shows negative relationships with both measures when we exclude chaebol affiliates from the sample. These findings are robust when we examine environmental, social and corporate governance scores separately. This set of results argues for the extant theory, expecting a negative relationship between a firm’s engagement in corporate social responsibility and asymmetric information. It further argues for the importance of firm characteristics in determining the influence of socially responsible activities.

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) and investment-cash flow sensitivity, which is a surrogate for financing constraints. Research design, data, and methodology – Taking China’s A-share listed companies between 2009 and 2016 as a sample, this paper empirically tests the relationship between CSRD and investment-cash flow sensitivity by Panel VAR model. By introducing the orthogonal impulse response function, this paper distinguishes the fundamental factors and financial ones that affect corporate investment behavior. Results – Findings indicate that: (1) investment-cash flow sensitivity of firms with low level of CSRD is significantly lower than that of firms with high level of CSRD; (2) the orthogonal impulse response of corporate investment to cash flow in firms with high level of CSRD is significantly different from zero, but it is not significant in firms with low level of CSRD; (3) for firms with low level of CSRD, 0.7% of corporate investment volatility can be explained by the change in cash flow, which is lower than that of firms with high level of CSRD (1.1%). Conclusions - Corporations disclosing more and higher quality CSRD are often those faced with financing constraints. Voluntary disclosure can help them alleviate information asymmetry and financing constraints.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the strategies for managing firms’ business activities but may have heterogeneity depending on ownership structures. This study investigates the association between group-affiliation and CSR activities. Drawing on a theory from the prior research, this study predicts that group-affiliated firms are less likely to invest on CSR activities. For instance, prior research finds that controlling shareholders expropriate the values of minority shareholders. As one of the motivations of investing on CSR activities is the harmonization among the stakeholders, it leads to the prediction that firms controlled by large shareholders are less likely to engage in CSR activities. Second, group-affiliated firms under poor financial performance benefit from other group members through sharing their financial resources. Thus, there is less incentive for managers of group-affiliated firms to increase their financial performance by conducting CSR. By leveraging firms listed in Korean stock market and CSR score from Korea Economic Justice Institute, the result shows that the groupaffiliation is negatively related to CSR activities. The result is consistent in case of applying propensity score-matched sample. Based on the findings of this study, this paper contributes to the related literature by showing the significant association between group-affiliation and CSR decisions.

In conjunction with the seventieth anniversary of the Jeju 4.3 Uprising, more and more people have started to raise their voice calling for the United States to be also held accountable and for it to make an apology. People have started to critically view the American role in the Cold War, its policies regarding the Korean peninsula and its responsibilities related to the tragic massacre on Jeju Island. This essay seeks to go along side this movement by reviewing some historical facts. The U.S. Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK), in order to successfully hold the South-only election to advance US interests, sought to strongly clamp down on the Jeju 4.3 Uprising. However, it avoided becoming directly involved in the actual suppression. The USAMGIK, through various reports, intelligence sources or witness testimonies, knew that punitive forces composed of the police and the military were indiscriminately massacring civilians. The military advisors reported on the excessive brutality shown by the punitive forces but did not do anything to stop it even though they had enough authority to do so. On the surface, the United States called for American-style democracy and criticized the barbaric violence committed by Koreans. In reality, however, the United States abetted or even instigated the massacres in Jeju.

The study aims to investigate methods for companies to contribute to not only social and national developments, but also on the promotion of individuals and companies by re-examining the various phenomena that define companies. The study examines the relationship between subordinate factors of social responsibility activities and job performances as well as the role of CEOs in showing authentic leadership and meaningfulness of work. A total of 312 valid questionnaires were obtained, and hypotheses were tested using regression analysis, hierarchical regression analysis, and 3-way interactions. The results suggest that corporate social responsibility activities not only enhanced the performance of the members, but also confirmed the importance of the authentic leadership of the CEO. Additionally, the role of the members in the company also showed to play a very significant role in a company’s developments. The results also show that the CEO and members need to make efforts to increase ethics as well as gain more competitiveness and improve their reputation by promoting their sense of calling and feeling of compassion in the workplace. In other words, the members of the high-ranking book and the members of the relatively low position will have different degrees of information transfer and evaluation of the company policy may be different.

“구원 받은 신자는 창조세계를 선물로 받는다”라는 말은, 루터 학자 게르하르트 포드(Gerhard Forde)가 루터가 종교개혁적 혁파에서 얻은 새로운 신학적, 윤리적 인식을 훌륭하게 응축한 것이다. 하나님 은혜에 의한 구원은 하나님의 창조세계를 보는 긍정적 관점을 제공하고, 그 속에서의 삶을 은총의 선물이자 책임적 소명으로 환원시킬 동기와 동력을 부여한다는 것이다. 루터는 하나님의 창조세계 속에서 신자의 삶이란, 하나님을 의지하는 신앙으로 피조물로서의 일상적 삶을 살아가는 것으로 보았다. 창조세계 자체와 그 속에서의 신자의 일상생활을 긍정적으로 본 것이다. 중세 가톨릭 교회가 창조세계 속 일상적 삶을 경시한 데 비해, 루터는 이 땅에서 신앙으로 하는 모든 일을 영적인 일로 여겼다. 창조세계 속에서의 세 가지 삶의 형태인 교회, 가정, 국가에서의 직분을 신앙으로 감당하는 것을 하나님께 대한 예배이자 신자의 소명으로 보았다. 그리스도인이 하나님의 두 왕국에서 개인 윤리와 공적 윤리를 바르게 구분하고 적절히 적용하면서, 자신의 직분을 통해 소명을 다할 때 사회는 더 나은 방향으로 개선될 수 있음을 가르쳤다.

It often happens that after someone purchases a specific part in one parcel of land, a shared equity registration is made according to the area ratio of the specific part in the whole land, and this legal relation is called co-ownership of divided ownership. This is substantially sole ownership of the relevant party on the inside and takes the form of “co-ownership registration” on the outside, but Korean precedents solve this problem by the so-called co-title trust principle by citing the legal principle of title trust. Therefore, in the relation of co-ownership of divided ownership, each co-owner can dispose of his or her specific division part independently and freely transfer the corresponding shared equity registration. However, if a land is divided into independent parcels by specific division parts owned separately, our precedents consider that the shared equity registration of the co-owner name transferred to each remaining parcel other than the parcel corresponding to each specific division part can no longer be regarded as a registration to represent a parcel corresponding to a particular division part of the co-owner, and only the co-title trust relation between the co-owners will survive. Thus, each co-owner is in the position of a person keeping the shared equity in relation to the other co-owners with respect to the shared equity of his or her name transferred over each remaining parcel, and if he or she disposes of it, an embezzlement is established. But it is doubtful whether a shared equity can be regarded as a property of embezzlement in the “person who keeps other’s property” among constitutional elements of embezzlement. Shared equity, which is a quantitative part held by a co-owner, is an idea that can govern things, and it is problematic to regard it as a property. Therefore, even though Korean precedents acknowledge embezzlement in this case, it is reasonable to regard it as a breach of trust rather than embezzlement.

증강현실(AR) 게임 유행과 함께, 게임 유저들이 게임 중 지역 사회에 각종 피해를 발생키고, 이에 대해 게임 회사 책임을 묻는 새로운 유형의 민사 분쟁이 발생하고 있다. 이 같은 분쟁은게임을 하지 않는 제3자들에게도 피해를 끼친 점에서 기존 게임 상 분쟁과 다르다. 본 글은 해외 분쟁 사례들을 살펴보고, 무단침입, 생활방해, 부당이득과 같은 피해 유형, 관련 국내외법과판례들을 분석한다. 정리 결과, AR 게임 피해 사실만으로는 게임 회사에 법적 규제나 손해배상을 가하기 힘들다. 사전적 규제는 헌법상 과잉금지 원칙 위반 여부, 사후적 규제는 기존 법상의방해 유형, 게임과 피해 사이 인과 관계, 피해의 구체성과 지속성 등을 검토해 결정해야 한다.

주지하다시피 일본은 1952년 이래 한국의 독도에 대한 영유권을 본격적으로 제기하기 시작했으며, 고유영토론, 선점론 그리고 샌프란시스코평화조약을 근거로 한 3대 권원에 대한 주장을 지속적으로 강화해 오고 있다. 일본이 주장하는 독도영유권은 17세기 중반에 확립되었고, 1905년 각의 결정을 통해 재확인되었으며, 샌프란시스코평화조약에 의해 국제적으로 공인되었다는 것이다. 그러나 일본의 독도영유권 주장은 시계열상 1905년 선점론에서 시작하여 1952년 고유영토론을 경유한 뒤 최근 샌프란시스코평화조약으로 무게 중심을 전환하는 과정속에서, 국제법상 요건의 충족 여부 문제로 환치 및 축소, 역사적 권원으로서의 사실에 대한 왜곡에 더하여 국제법상 법리의 정합성에 대한 자의적인 해석을 통해 근본적으로 일제식민주의의 침략이라는 본질을 은폐하고자 하는 한계를 노정하고 있다. 그것은 결국 일본의 주장이 국제정치적 역학관계를 바탕으로 이미 결정했거나 실행한 불법행위를 사후적으로 합법화하고 정당화하기 위한 수단이자 명분에 다름 아닌 것이다. 요컨대, 일본의 독도영유권 주장은 메이지 유신이래 제국 형성을 위한 대외팽창적 침략정책과 연동됨으로써 1875년 운요호사건, 1894년 청일전쟁, 1904년 러일전쟁 등 동아시아 전역에 걸친 일본의 침략전쟁 가운데 한국의 독도주권에 대한 침탈을 무주지선점이란 이름으로 합법화한 것이다. 그러나, 운요호사건을 통해 1876년 2월 26일 근대 조선과 일본이 체결한 불평등조약인 강화도조약에는 국경획정문제가 언급되지 않았기 때문에 이를 보완한 태정관(太政官)의 1877년 3월 29일 결정으로 ‘독도 외 1도’는 일본 영토가 아니라는 것을 분명히 하고 있음에 주목해야 할 것이다. 왜냐하면 일본 외무성의 홈페이지에는 이러한 메이지 정부의 중대한 결정을 전혀 찾아볼 수가 없을 뿐만 아니라, 1962년 7월 13일 한국에 보내온 일본의 의견서에는 오히려 “메이지 초기에도 일본 정부가 다케시마를 일본의 고유영토로 인식”하고 있었다는 상반된 주장을 하고 있기 때문이다. 나아가 선점론과 고유영토론의 이러한 상충적 한계를 전제로 최근 일본이 주장하는 독도영유권 주장의 핵심은 샌프란시스코평화조약으로, 그 기초과정에서 독도의 이름이 누락되었으나 일본이 제공한 정보에 입각한 딘 러스크(Dean Rusk) 서한을 전제로 실질적으로 일본 영토로 남게 되었다는 논거 역시 일제식민주의의 연장선상에서 제기되고 있음을 간과해서는 안 될 것이다. 그것은 1951년 샌프란시스코평화조약의 성격이 징벌적 조약에서 냉전을 전제로 한 반공조약으로 전환됨으로써 1905년의 가쓰라-태프트밀약으로 상징되는 식민주의를 기저에 둔 독도주권 침탈행위의 합법화로 이에 대한 국제법적 불법성과 문제점의 규명이 요구되고 있기 때문이다. 환언하면 일본정부는 1910년 한일강제병합 관련 조약의 경우 무력을 사용한 강박 하에 체결된 조약으로서 법적 효력이 존재하지 않음에도 불구하고 일본군‘위안부’ 문제를 비롯한 일제식민지책임의 면탈을 위해 ‘당시의 법’에서는 합법이라고 강변하고 있는 반면, 한일간 협약체제를 일탈하여 주장하고 있는 독도영유권은 선점론에서 시작하여 고유영토론을 경유한 뒤 샌프란시스코평화조약으로 무게중심을 전환해 옴으로써 국제법상 시제법의 적용에 있어서도 상충되는 법리를 주장하고 있는 것이다. 그러한 전제에서 일본학계에서 제기되고 있는 일본의 독도영유권 논거에 대한 비판에 주목하게 된다. 고유영토론의 실체에 대한 부정론과 그 논거로서 인용되는 1696년 쓰시마번의 도해금지령 및 메이지 정부의 태정관지령을 비롯하여, 대한제국 칙령 제41호의 공포 및 관보 게재에 상충되는 시마네현의 독도 편입은 국제법적 효력이 부재하며, 샌프란시스코평화조약의 논거로 제기되는 딘 러스크 서한 역시 1905년 일본의 독도편입 이후 일본이 제공한 제한된 정보에 입각하고 있는 점에서 법리적으로 무효인 것이다. 더욱이 와다 하루키(和田春樹)의 ‘일본의 독도포기론’, 세리타 겐타로(芹田健太郎)의 ‘한국의 독도개방론’, 히로세 요시오(広瀬善男)의 ‘비식민지화 법리론’ 등은 모두 일제식민지책임을 전제로 한국의 독도주권 문제를 인식하고 있는 반면, 독도 주변의 한일공동조업과 독도에 대한 배타적 경제수역(EEZ)의 기점의 불용(不容)을 동일하게 제안하고 있다는 점에서 주목하게 된다. 일제식민지책임으로서의 독도주권에 대한 인식에서 출발하고 있으면서도 여전히 일본의 이익에 대한 사전적 보장을 전제로 하고 있는 해결방안의 타당성은 의문이지 않을 수 없기 때문이다. 그러한 전제에서 와다 교수가 제시하고 있는 ‘한국의 1948년 쓰시마 영유주장 철회’와 동일한 일본의 조치가 필요하며, 제1차 세계대전까지는 식민지배가 국제법상 합법이라는 주장과 관련해서는 아라이 신이치 교수가 제시한 바와 같이 일본이 한국을 강제병합해 간 시기의 국제법은 국가실행을 중시하는 법실증주의가 주류였던 19세기의 국제법과 달리, 보편적 국제규범에 입각하여 구미의 국제법에도 법의 규범성을 둘러싼 새로운 변화가 제시되던 시기임을 인식해야 할 것이다. 따라서 일제식민주의 침탈사의 연장선상에서 제기되고 있는 일본의 독도영유권 주장은 ‘폭력과 탐욕’에 의해 약탈한 영토의 포기라는 가장 기본적인 식민제국주의의 역사적 청산과 배치된다는 점에서 일본은 21세기 동북아평화공동체 구축을 위한 진정한 국제법적 책무를 다할 수 있어야 할 것이다.

The main task of landscape architecture is to create a higher quality of the environment by utilizing resources or to provide effective stewardship for the preserved environment. These outcomes enhance the correlation between humans and the environment. Landscape architect deals with direct use of market economic goods in private property resources such as capital, land, plant, structure. But it also has indirect use of non-market economic goods in public resources like scenic view from the forest, sea, urbanscape, and refreshing atmosphere. At this point, landscaping products should have a role of public goods, and even these attribute to individuals or certain group. From the results of neo-liberalism regime in modern era such as guarantee of private property, deregulation for free market, and reduction of social welfare, minority has getting less opportunity to enjoy the quality life in ecotop and social welfare. With all future, landscape architecture should have the role of social infrastructure through planning concept that ensures public interests first. The virtuous functions of Green Infrastructure is a proper tool in realizing environmental justice in that it efficiently protects environment, and distributes fair benefits to all people.

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to evaluate two multinational companies that seem to have reconciled the two mandates of CSR and profit maximization while becoming multibillion dollar companies and examine their organizational culture and practices and their management and leadership in order to determine the controlling factors, if any, that have elicited their success while renowned for their CSR policies. Research design, data, and methodology - This is a case study, an analytical approach, which focuses on exploring and analyzing the CSR policies of Starbucks and IKEA. Results – IKEA and Starbucks considered their position in the global business environment and their social responsibilities as crucial and did more than a cursory lip service to the issues. In fact, they both took the more difficult long-term approach and tried to resolve the root causes for the environmental and social issues in their supply chain. Ultimately though, it is the ethical leadership of the top management that sets the tone for the organizational culture and its CSR. Conclusion - IKEA and Starbucks are “living proof” that a company can be successful while treating its employees and the community of suppliers and associates with respect and dignity and while making this world a better place.

This research seeks to improve the understanding of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its advantages in the shipping sector. Recently, an improved emphasis on CSR, which incorporates environmental and social concerns into economic considerations of firms, can be found in business management and marketing literature. This is mainly because of people’s increased awareness in regards to the negative consequences of corporate activities such as increased environmental pollution and gaps between the rich and the poor. According to the previous literature, it has been revealed that responsible actions by companies can generate positive outcomes in terms of financial and time aspects, but more importantly, intangible equity of the company, including improved corporate reputation, image as well as brand. As the regulation is intensifying in regards to environmental and social responsibility in the shipping sector, shipping companies are trying to engage in CSR to gain competitive advantages. While the reputation and image of shipping companies play essential roles for developing sustainable maritime transport, few studies have been conducted for how the CSR of shipping companies influence the shipping companies’ reputation and image relative to other industries. In this regard, this study aims to investigate the effect of the corporate social responsibility on corporate reputation and image of shipping companies on the basis of an exploratory study in the Republic of Korea. This research would be beneficial to both academics and practitioners for developing useful CSR strategies which could promote the public’s recognition of the shipping sector.

해상공사 현장에서 용선한 부선 안전관리의 책임 소재와 관련한 논란과 법적 문제가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 일반적으로 해상공사 에 투입된 부선의 용선계약은 소위 ‘선원부 선체용선계약’의 형식으로 계약이 이루어진다. 우리 상법 제5편 해상편에서는 정기용선계약이나 선체용선계약을 규정하고 있지만 여기에 명시된 내용으로는 해상공사에 투입된 부선의 안전에 대한 책임소재가 불분명하다. 또한 이로 인하 여 실제로 사고 발생 시 그 책임소재에 관한 논쟁이 발생하고 있으며 실무에서도 그 책임소재가 불분명하여 서로 책임을 전가하는 현상이 나 타나고 있고 그로 인한 유사 사고의 위험성이 높은 상황이다. 그러나 부선의 관리를 맡고 있는 선두는 법적으로 자격요건이 정해진 바가 없으 며 평소의 업무 내용을 고려해 볼 때 선두에게 해기사로서의 전문적인 판단을 요구하는 업무를 요구할 수 없다. 또한 해상공사 현장에 투입된 부선은 장비임대차계약 또는 선체용선의 형태로 건설공사에 투입되었으므로 용선자의 공사현장 안전관리 조직의 관리대상이므로 용선자가 부선을 안전하게 관리하여야 하는 주의의무가 있다. 따라서 선체용선한 부선의 사용 중 손해가 발생한 경우에는 기본적으로는 선체용선자의 책임이 된다.