Explaining The Corporate Social Responsibility Movement
This concept is not a new one by any means. One can attest to this by what Charles Dickens wrote about in his story, “A Christmas Carol,” in 1843. Everyone is familiar with the plot…
Category: Social Responsibility
Amish Life – Maintaining Social Responsibility
As the world began to shift from an economy reliant on agriculture to one of industrial influence, so too did daily interaction among human beings. Community life that once hailed the virtues of work ethic…
Corporate Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility – Do Companies Know the Difference?
I recently attended a marketing event where the speaker’s panel consisted of various company executives from the mining industry. In addition to their mining operations a majority of these companies had retail outlets. Since the…
Health Literacy: A Strategic Marketing Asset And Corporate Social Responsibility
Health literacy can be defined as people’s competencies to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make health decisions in everyday life. It helps individuals make healthy choices in times where the boundaries between work…
Domiciliary Care and the Synergy Between Enlightened Self Interest and Social Responsibility
Introduction How would managers of businesses or business owners answer the question: why are you in business? Would their answer differ depending upon who was asking the question? Would any be bold enough to answer…
Corporate Social Responsibility in India – An Empirical Research
Introduction: India has become one of fast growing economies of the world. It is growing at the rate of 9 per cent p.a. As an emerging market all are looking at India from an international…
Social Responsibility Begins at Home
Talk to anyone about a company’s social responsibility and some of the first images that come to mind are the rain forest in Brazil, with the associated need for conservation, and the sweatshops in the…
Corporate Social Responsibility and HR Implications
As we see every day companies spend huge amounts of money trying to be socially responsible. My first consideration is concerned about why companies are “socially” and “ethically” active and what are the main issues…
You, Your Business & Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility is defined as “the obligation of organizations to take an active part in improving society.” You are probably familiar with Tom shoes and that when you buy a pair of Toms they…
Corporate Social Responsibility For a Restaurant
Corporate Social Responsibility suggests that a business should be accountable for its activities in society in the form of societal, legal, and environmental aspects. This modern line includes three key features: getting sustainable returns at…