Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Country, India

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My thanks go out to all who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.

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ABSTRACT

The concept of corporate social responsibility is gaining importance nowadays. It calls upon businesses to follow ethical practices while dealing with employees, suppliers, dealers, customers, etc. Unfortunately, not all the companies are equally committed towards their social responsibility. After discussing the various changes, the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) has undergone since its inception, this paper focuses on a relatively new proposal by the United Nations (UN) called 'Global Compact' (GC) and 'Millennium Development Goals' (MDGs) to reshape Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a tool for national and international development and its applicability in the Indian context.

TABLE OF CONTENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTii

DECLARATIONiii

ABSTRACTiv

TABLE OF CONTENTv

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Background of study1

Rationale1

Problem Statement2

Aims & Objectives2

Research questions2

Significance3

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Concepts of responsibility and obligations5

Attitude of the Youth towards Corporate Social Responsibility in India6

Who Decides?7

Ethical Commitment7

CSR & Decision Making8

Corporate Social Responsibility and Developmental Issues in India9

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY11

Literature Search11

Reliability (If Using Questionnaire)11

Limitations and Suggestion for Future Research12

CHAPTER 04: ANTICIPATED RESULT13

REFERENCES15

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Background of study

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is also known as corporate responsibility and corporate citizenship, responsible action, responsible action constant (SRB), or the performance of social institutions. It is a form of the report of the companies and organization has been incorporated into the business model. Ideally, the policy of corporate social responsibility is a compact, self-regulation and the mechanism by which the work would monitor and ensure their commitment to the law and ethical standards and international rules. The development of the businesses in claiming the responsibility by the impact of its activities on the environment, consumers and workers, local communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public domain.

Furthermore, it proactively works in strengthening the public interest, by encouraging the growth and development of society, and voluntarily on the Elimination of practices, which are acting as damaging the public domain, regardless of legality. Corporate Social Responsibility is essentially the inclusion of socially responsible companies to deliberate the public interest in the resolution company's decisions, and in honour of the triple bottom line: people, planet and profit (Wartick, 2008, 758-69).

Rationale

The practice of corporate social responsibility is a subject of debate and criticism and widespread. Proponents argue that there is strong demand for the issue of social responsibility ...