[H]ow much does CSR contribute to curb human rights abuses of the largest worldwide MNCs [(Multinational Corporations)]? This paper investigates this question using a novel dataset of 135 MNCs operating in several sectors over the period 1990-2006. We apply Probit estimations to our data and show that MNCs that have adopted CSR initiatives have higher probabilities of being involved in alleged human rights abuses, but such probability decreases over time, as they accumulate experience in CSR...The paper concludes by discussing the normative implications of this result and by suggesting directions for further research. [also refers to Union Carbide, Unilever, Unocal, Total, Coca-Cola]