Articles on Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility – Meaning, Need and its Evolution

The practice of CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility as a paradigm for firms and businesses to follow has evolved from...

The Business Need for Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR makes for eminent business sense as well when one considers the knock-on effect that social...

Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility allows organizations to do their bit for the society, environment, customers or for that matter stake holders....

Social Responsibilities of Organization Towards Employees

What is an organization without its employees? Nothing. Employees are said to be the true assets of an organization. Even...

Social Responsibilities of Organization Towards Customers

Let us go through some social responsibilities of an organization towards its customers. Treat your customers as kings and do...

Adopting CSR Leads to Increased Business Efficiency

In case corporations need some convincing to be done to adopt CSR, the model proposed by Young and Tilley (2006)...

Corporate Social Responsibility or Profits: The Debate

In recent years, CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility has become the latest buzzword among the companies. This refers to the...

What is Societal Marketing? Examples and Benefits

Societal Marketing is based on the principle of societal welfare. It emphasizes that an organization must make strategic marketing decisions...

Green Washing, Corporate Spin and CSR

As for superficial attempts to practice CSR, the term “green washing” gives an instance of how the aims of CSR...

The Practice of CSR around the World

The last article dealt with how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) evolved from its early beginnings in the 1950’s to a...

Role of the Media in Championing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

The articles till now have focused on how corporations need to embrace CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) as a business imperative....

Advocacy Groups and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

We have seen how corporations need to embrace CSR as a paradigm if the challenges of the 21st century have...

Practicing Socially Responsible Practices Internally

In previous articles, we have seen how companies need to adopt CSR as a business need and imperative. The role...

Examples of Companies with good Corporate Social Responsibility

In previous articles, we have discussed the pitfalls of companies not managing their CSR strategies appropriately resulting in poor press...

The Bhopal Disaster and its Aftermath as a Case Study in Misapplication of CSR

The previous articles in this module have discussed how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a business imperative is no longer...

The Practice of Corporate Governance is as Important as Social Responsibility

In previous articles, we have seen how CSR is practiced by companies and how the present times with their myriad...

Changing Times Need Changing Approach towards CSR

The world is changing before our eyes and whether one actively participates in that or is a bystander, the changes...

CSR and Corporate Governance: Two Sides of the Same Coin

In previous articles, we discussed how effective corporate governance is essential for a well functioning economy and how the practice...

What are Offshore Tax Havens and their Uses and Misuses ?

What are Offshore Tax Havens ? In recent years, there has been a lot of media interest in Offshore Tax...

Catch Them Young and Watch Them Grow: CSR Initiatives in Primary and Secondary Education

CSR Initiatives in Primary and Secondary Education CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives can extend to the realm of primary...

If We Do Not Change Direction, We Will End Up in the Same Place that the Crisis is Taking Us

Confronting a No-Growth Economy The main problem facing the global economy is that growth has stalled and excessive money printing...

United Nations Global Compact and its Implications for CSR Practice by Corporates

What is the United Nations Global Compact ? The United Nations Global Compact is a set of principles that encourage...

United Nations Millennium Development Goals and their Implications for Corporates

What are the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? The United Nations (UN) Millennium Development goals (MDGs) are a set of...

Unethical Practices and Sweatshops in Developing Countries

The Phenomenon of Sweatshops The global marketplace is driven by intense price competition as well as quality considerations. This means...

The Argument for Sweatshops

The term “sweatshops” has been used a lot by the American media or the media in developed nations at large....

Why Managers need to Wake up to the Century of Declines and Scarcity

From the Era of Abundance to the Era of Scarcity The era of abundance is over and we are entering...

How Inclusive Development by Engaging All Stakeholders is Essential for CSR

Resistance to Global Corporations and their activities In recent years, global corporations have realized that their activities across the developing...

The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: The Business Opportunity Description

What is the Bottom of the Pyramid and its Implications for Marketers Marketers around the world are discovering that there...

Stockholder Management vs. Stakeholder Management

The Dominant View: The Business of Business is Profits Ever since the modern corporation took shape in the form that...

Corporates and Charity: Two Sides of the Debate

The Philanthropy of the Mega Rich The recent announcement by Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder of Facebook, that he would give...

Corporate Social Responsibility in an Age of Negativity

Corporate Social Responsibility in an Age of Negativity We live in an Age of Unprecedented Negativity. Everywhere around us, we...

The Business Case for Sustainability: Why it Pays off to be Clean and Green

Why it Pays off to be Clean and Green and to Follow Sustainable Business Practices In recent years, there has...

Does Billionaire Philanthropy Work? Examining the Different Sides to the Debate

What is Billionaire Philanthropy and why it is in the News? Most of you would have read the news item...

What are Compulsory CSR Commitment Policies and Their Effectiveness and Pitfalls

What are Compulsory CSR Commitments and How They Work in Corporates In many multinational companies such as Goldman Sachs, SAP,...

Corporate Social Responsibility in Troubled Times and the Role of Business Leaders

What is the Responsibility of Business in These Troubled Times? It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that we are...

What Are Green Supply Chains and Why They Can Be a Game Changer for Sustainable Businesses?

What Are Green Supply Chains and what is meant By Net Zero and Carbon Footprint? With concerns over climate change...

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