Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) has become the key issue in company-society relations. CSR has taken a position of the core pillars of Hyundai Motor as the company strives to establish a new Sustainable Business Management System based on its five primary business principles.
Hyundai Motor Company does not see itself as a mere profit-making entity. It is a Contributing member of global society based on the responsible corporate citizenship. It is one of the main purposes to make a better world in close cooperation with all people and groups, including stake holders, employees, customers, shareholders, suppliers, and local communities in the world.
Specifically in April of 2007, Hyundai Motor announced its socially responsible management plan to fulfill its responsibility to global society.

Hyundai Motor socially responsible management covers three conceptual areas : economic responsibility, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility.

Corporate social responsibility covers three areas: trust-based management, environmental management, and social contribution.
For trust-based management, we will focus on enhancement of labour relations, mutually beneficial cooperation with suppliers, ethics management, and transparent management. As for environmental management, we will proactively respond to global trends and regulations related to the environment. For social contribution, we plan to enlarge our capacity and obtain expertise to effectively carry out global social contribution projects and participate in volunteering programs to contribute to development of local communities.

In 2007, a year dedicated to global social contribution, Hyundai Motor Company prepared its infrastructure to execute corporate social responsibility , as well as social contributions. It established the 'Hyundai Motor Global CSR Network' with primary production and sales subsidiaries around the world, and will establish a network covering all its subsidiaries worldwide, by continuously extending the network. Hyundai also laid foundations by promoting global CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities, and by developing and opening the 'Global CSR Web site' for information exchange.)