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INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 CSR PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 DEFINITION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY................................................................................................ 4 CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY ................................................................................................................................................... 4 GROWTH OF CSR IN INDIA .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 OBJECTIVE OF A BUSINESS FIRM.................................................................................................................................................. 6 ECONOMICS AND CSR ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 BUSINESS ETHICS AND CSR........................................................................................................................................................ 8 The Rise in Ethical Consumerism .................................................................................................................... 8 Globalisation and market forces ..................................................................................................................... 8 Transparency in corporate activity ................................................................................................................. 9 EMERGING TRENDS IN CSR .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Private sector Enterprises ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Public Sector Enterprises .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Suggestions to Improve CSR activities in India..................................................................................................................... 12 CSR IN INDIA ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 CSR AT TATA GROUP .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Institutional Grants ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Grants .............................................................................................. 14 Individual Grants ........................................................................................................................................... 14 CSR AT HSBC .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 CSR AT OIL INDIA LIMITED ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 CSR AT ITC LIMITED ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 ITCs e-Choupal path breaking initiative (2000) ......................................................................................... 17 CSR AT HUL ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 WORKS CITED..................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
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1. Figure 1: The Business in Society .................................................................................................................................. 3 2. Figure 2: Relationship between different conceptions of Ethics and Economics ...................................... 9
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INTRODUCTION
The strategic imperative for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) continues to build as both the social need and the business case for corporate giving grow over time. From the early beginnings in the 1950s with the proposal that corporations should focus on more than just profit, CSR has developed into an integrated approach of social involvement. The initial attempts at philanthropy in the form of charitable donations for the sake of positive publicity have become programs that reach to the core business of corporations and involve all levels of employees. This exponential growth in CSR has come in response to increased accountability and heightened expectations from employees, customers and shareholders for corporations to start giving back to the community. Globalisation of the media has also meant that social issues all over the world are at the forefront of consciousness and environmental concerns have reached fever pitch with global warming awareness. In a survey of corporate executives from around the world, The McKinsey Quarterly found that 84 percent of CEOs believe that society now expects businesses to take a much more active role in environmental, social, and political issues than it did five years ago. (Thomas W. & Kees van der, 2009)
Different organizations have framed different definitions - although there is considerable common ground between them. My own definition is that CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. Take the illustration given in Figure 1 below:
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Companies need to answer to two aspects of their operations. 1. The quality of their management - both in terms of people and processes (the inner circle). 2. The nature of and quantity of their impact on society in the various areas. Outside stakeholders are taking an increasing interest in the activity of the company. Most look to the outer circle - what the company has actually done, good or bad, in terms of its products and services, in terms of its impact on the environment and on local communities, or in how it treats and develops its workforce. Out of the various stakeholders, it is financial analysts who are predominantly focused - as well as past financial performance - on quality of management as an indicator of likely future performance. (Mallen Baker, 2004)
CSR PHILOSOPHY
As corporations take on more ambitious CSR programs, the relationships they build within the community are becoming more meaningful, particularly with the charities they contribute to. However these relationships have also placed added pressure on charities to be more transparent in their accounting and feedback processes. In many cases they have failed to do this and it has led many large corporations to form their own corporate foundations to channel their CSR contributions. The challenge is now before charities to address these issues and build back the confidence in their ability to play an active role in the development of CSR worldwide.
Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large (Mallen Baker, 2004)
Companies make profits, unhindered except by fulfilling their duty to pay taxes. Then they donate a certain share of the profits to charitable causes. It is seen as tainting the act for the company to receive any benefit from the giving.
Business for Social Responsibility defines CSR as : Operating a business in a manner that meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, commercial and public expectations that society has of business. (Mallen Baker, 2004)
Companies make philanthropic donations through either company-sponsored foundations or direct giving programs. These are different in their relationship to the company and it is important to understand the difference. Although foundations are separate legal entities, they maintain close ties with the parent company and their giving usually reflects the company interests. They generally rely on regular contributions from the parent company as a percentage of profit. This means that the contributions fluctuate with the profit level of the company, so can be difficult to predict. On the other hand, direct giving programs are not separately incorporated and enable the corporation to deduct up to 10% (but more often around 1%) of its pre-tax income for direct charitable contributions. Whereas foundations must report annually to the tax department and are therefore accountable, direct giving programs require no public disclosure. As well as cash donations, in-kind support such as the donation of equipment, the use of corporate facilities or access to staff expertise are common forms of corporate giving. The difference between CSR and CP is therefore that while CP consists of mainly donations and charity, CSR involves a more involved approach of ongoing community involvement. Corporate philanthropy is often a component of a corporations broader social responsibility and includes cash gifts, product donations and employee volunteerism. So in fact, Corporate Philanthropy is one component of CSR.
beef tallow led to public uproar. Vedanta was found violating environmental laws with far-reaching adverse impacts for tribal communities settled in Niyamgiri and other examples of failure in corporate governance continued. The Prime Ministers Social Charter called for inclusive growth & affirmative action from the corporate sector. In December 2009 voluntary CSR guidelines were issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs . Subsequently the Indian public sector was issued a set of policy guidelines by the Department of Public Enterprises which also linked to CSR and the Millennium Development Goals. One significant guideline in the public sector policy is that companies need to put at least 5 % of their Profit after Tax (PAT) into CSR. Although India has over a million NGOs (non governmental organisations) and a vibrant civil society, very few are engaged in CSR per se and the trend has sometimes been an adversarial relationship fuelled by mutual suspicion. Many companies set up their own Foundations, often run by an employee of the company, and work with civil society was minimal coming within the realm of project implementation than partnership. Management focused education is gradually seeing the writing on the wall and many institutions which target future managers at a young age are introducing compulsory credits for CSR. However, presently less than 50 Indian companies report on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) while a voluntary movement for accountability within the NGO sector called the Credibility Alliance has over 600 member organizations. Mining Companies in India today are, in particular, at the eye of a storm with local communities up in arms against inequitable practices that lead to poor human rights, destruction of the environment, pollution of rivers, lack of mine closure standards, etc. Displacement from ancestral lands, uprooting of livelihoods, inadequate compensation and equity are some of the issues that increasingly take away the social license to operate. India has 37.2% of its population as per the Planning Commission living below the poverty line, an agrarian and water crisis, income disparities and lack of access to basic necessities, therefore as country it requires calls for action from all stakeholders including the corporate sector which can respond with not just financial resources but also with strategies, tools & management techniques that can address development priorities in the country. (Joseph, 2010)
The major internal reason for forming CSR policy was the realization by the management and the owners of the direct correlation between the economical results of the companies activities and their image, behavior patterns towards personnel, partners, society in general and the environment. Image can be a tool of commercial success. Such hierarchy of aims and means is leading towards basing CSR policy building not on eternal ethic principles, rooted at the Christianity, but on opportunistic ethics, public opinion. Of course, there are companies, which perceive or at least declare healthy development of a company as a living body, the wellbeing of all stakeholders, society in general and the environment as priority objective. (Sergei Lukin, 2001)
businesses are likely to have stronger CSR programmes to mitigate the risk of reputation in crisis. The bad press that followed Nike for years after its infamous sweat shop and human rights controversy compelled it to champion the cause of CSR. A more recent example is that of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, which brought much public ire to British Petroleum (BP) besides the plethora of lawsuits that tainted the companys name. (Suvi Dogra, 2011)
There are many opponents of the offshoring model on the basis that it relies on the exploitation of workers in developing countries to achieve economic advantage for large corporations. Some companies use CSR methodologies as a strategic tactic to gain public support for their presence in global markets, helping them sustain a competitive advantage by using their social contributions to provide a subconscious level of advertising. Global competition places particular pressure on multinational corporations to examine not only their own labour practices, but those of their entire supply chain, from a CSR perspective.
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An impending crisis in Indian economy led the Rajiv Gandhi and Narashima Rao governments to dismantle the license raji and introduce much-needed economic reforms in the country, which marked the beginning of the economic liberalization and the free market economy in India. The major impact of these economic reforms has been the increased presence of transnational corporations in the country and transformation of Indian businesses into large global enterprises. In this scenario, there is an increased focus on the social role of these private enterprises by both the proponents and opponents of liberalization in India. However the post-liberalization phase has seen a fundamental shift from this philanthropy-based model of corporate social responsibility to stakeholder- participation based model. The change is evident in the statements about corporate social responsibility being made by Indias leading industrial groups like the TATAs, over the years, the nature of the company's involvement with the community has undergone a change. It has moved away from charity and dependence to empowerment and partnership and the consistent transformation in their corporate social responsibility practices in the last decade. With the shifting of the corporate social responsibility paradigm to a stakeholder centric approach, practices at the ground level have also undergone a radical transformation. The focus has been on initiatives that are people-centric with active community participation at all levels. Further, the corporations themselves have moved away from the charitable initiatives like giving financial grants or sponsorships to providing products and services in a manner that would make a real difference in the target communities.
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The first perceptible change has been the introduction of a host of innovative programs and schemes in several areas like education, healthcare, rural development, environment protection, protection of artistic and cultural heritage and disaster management that are customized to meet the specific needs of the target group and corporations devote not only financial resources but expertise, manpower, products and services for the successful implementation of these schemes: Lupin India Ltd, Indias third largest manufacturer of pharmaceuticals has started a project for providing sustainable development in 154 villages across Rajasthan. The scheme instead of providing for piece-meal assistance that does not lead to effective alleviation of poverty or adequate development is designed as a holistic action plan that includes an Agricultural Income Generation Scheme, land cultivation and fruit plantation programs, fodder preservation schemes, sericulture and water-recycling programs, establishment of medical and educational centres, adult literacy programs and credit schemes. Cipla, another Indian pharma major has found a novel approach to fulfil its corporate social responsibility obligations by offerering to sell a cocktail of three anti-HIV drugs, Stavudine, Lamivudine and Nevirapine, to the Nobel Prize-winning voluntary agency Medicine Sans Frontieres (MSF) at a rate of $350, and at $600 per patient per year to other NGOs over the world. This offer has to led to an significant decrease in the prices of these drugs worldwide increasing the accessibility of these drugs especially in the developing countries. Ranbaxy, one of Indias major pharmaceutical firms operates seven mobile healthcare vans and two urban welfare centres that reach over a lakh people in various parts of northern and central India as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has set up a fully-equipped computer training laboratory for children from the Society for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped and Research Centre, in Pune for imparting basic computer knowledge. NIIT has launched a highly popular hole-inthe-wall scheme where it places a computer on a public wall in urban and rural areas so that neighbourhood children can learn computer basics using the play-way method. Bharat Electronics Ltd built cyclone proof houses for the victims of the super cyclone in with the help of the victims themselves so that the houses are built according to their needs. Ion Exchange has founded a profitable venture for environmental protection through water treatment, a forestation and organic farming
have been widely acclaimed for their disaster management efforts. While the situation in the private sector seems satisfactory, there is fierce debate on the social role of the Indian public sector in the post-liberalization phase especially in the light of the twin processes of privatization and the dismantling of monopoly/quota regimes. There is a need for extensive research especially in form of empirical studies to address the questions related to this issue. (Visalaksh & Mahapatra, 2002)
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CSR IN INDIA
Several major CSR initiatives have been launched in India since the mid-1990s. Nearly all leading corporates in India are involved in corporate social responsibility programmes in areas like education, health, livelihood creation, skill development, and empowerment of weaker sections of the society. Notable efforts have come from the Tata Group, Infosys, Bharti Enterprises, ITC Welcome group, Indian Oil Corporation among others. The 2010 list of Forbes Asias 48 Heroes of Philanthropy contains four Indians. The 2009 list also featured four Indians. India has been named among the top ten Asian countries paying increasing importance towards corporate social responsibility disclosure norms. Tata Group an India-based indigenous multinational enterprise with a unique 140-year old commitment to the community is the pioneer in India for CSR activities. Despite the 2008-2009 global recessions, the Tata Group topped the economic value creation charts. In 2008-2009, the Group had grossed US$70.8 billion in revenues. 64.7 per cent of the Groups revenues were now coming from outside India. (Oana Branzei, 2010) Although corporate India is involved in CSR activities, the central government is working on a framework like CSR Credits for quantifying the CSR initiatives of companies to promote them further. Moreover, in 2009, the government made it mandatory for all public sector oil companies to spend 2 per cent of their net profits on corporate social responsibility. Today, CSR in India has gone beyond merely charity and donations, and is approached in a more organized fashion. It has become an integral part of the corporate strategy. Companies have CSR teams that devise specific policies, strategies and goals for their CSR programs and set aside budgets to support them. For example, organizations like Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, and Hindustan Unilever Limited, adopt villages where they focus on holistic development. They provide better medical and sanitation facilities, build schools and houses, and help the villagers become selfreliant by teaching them vocational and business skills.
INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS
The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts have pioneered several leading institutions, the first of their kind, in India, and in doing so have created centres of excellence in several fields particularly medicine, science and education. Institutions supported from the trusts include: (Tata Sons, 2010)
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Indian Institute of Science, Karnataka Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Maharashtra Tata Memorial Centre, Maharashtra Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Maharashtra The Tata Agricultural and Rural Training Centre for the Blind, Gujarat National Centre for the Performing Arts, Maharashtra
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Karnataka Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Karnataka Centre for Study of Science, Technology & Policy, Karnataka Tata Medical Centre Trust, West Bengal Tata Education and Development Trusts, Maharashtra
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
The Trusts provide merit and need-based educational assistance as well as medical grants to deserving individuals. Medical The increasing costs of medical treatment places a huge burden, especially on those from the economically weaker sections of society. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and JRD Tata Trust extend financial assistance to meet the cost of medical treatment, with the JRD Tata Trust mainly focussing on the relatively younger age group, who with such medical assistance can go on to live a better quality of life. Education and Travel The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust gives financial assistance for education by way of : General education grants for studies in India after taking into account factors such as academic record, fees and the economic background of the family Scholarships for undergraduate studies in India Study in Urban and Rural Community Development Travel grants are given to meet the cost of pursuing studies overseas as well as for presenting papers at conferences, undergoing advanced training, research and exchange programmes. Institutional Grants The bulk of these are in the areas of Rural Livelihoods and Communities and Education. Within Rural Livelihoods and Communities, the Trust focuses on key initiatives within two broad areas: Land and Water Development Microfinance In most of the thematic areas, the Trust focuses its grants on well-defined initiatives. Some of its key initiatives are Central India Initiative (CInI), Himmothan Pariyojana, Kharash
Vistarotthan Yojana (KVY), Drought Proofi ng in West Rajasthan, Reviving the Green Revolution, Sukhi Baliraja Initiative (SBI), Drinking Water Initiative, District Education Initiative, Roopantaran, etc Endowment Grants The Trust has developed and used endowments to sustain mission-driven institutions that influence positive change in society. It has a formal endowment strategy with well-set norms and clearly defined criteria that enable it to identify and appraise deserving institutions. Small Grants These cater to the needs of small, welfare-oriented organisations, and those needing support to implement innovative ideas. They are also given to large organisations that need funding for strategic planning, focused research activities, or strengthening internal systems.
CSR AT HSBC
HSBC Holdings is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales. With its headquarters in London, the HSBC group operates in five regions: Europe, Hong Kong, the rest of Asia-Pacific including the Middle East and Africa, North America, and South America, hence called the worlds local bank. The case deals with the CSR initiatives at HSBC and how these activities are viewed as complementary to the nature of businesses at the bank. Nigel Pate, Senior Manager of the 'HSBC in the Community' program, said, "Through Green-Works we found an innovative solution to ensure that our furniture will be put to good use. Our partnership has led to the opening of Green-Works' Silvertown warehouse, which in turn had created local jobs, and training and development. We are delighted that such a good social enterprise is now expanding on a national level." The final destination of the office equipment discarded by HSBC was Gambia where the equipment was distributed to schools, hospitals, and a wide range of non-government organization projects under the President's Award Scheme. Though the cost of disposal of the furniture through the Green-Works option was 10% higher than the landfill option, the company went ahead with it as it was in line with their values and principles on environmental management and social responsibility. Main areas of their commitment are community, environment and education comprising many projects supporting charities and volunteering programmes along with sponsoring. Some of their activities include Sponsorships in the areas of the arts and sports include the "HSBC World Women's Match Play Championship" and the "HSBC World Match Play Championship". Education Initiatives concentrate on providing education to disadvantaged children, to give young people around the world opportunities for education and success. Through direct funding or employee volunteering HSBC provides practical and financial support to young people. Education projects include among others "Helping children off the street", "Empowering Schools to Excel". Since 2002 HSBC funds the TEAK programme which supports students from lowPage 15
income families in gaining access to top high schools. Environment: The company recognizes the danger of climate change and contributes to environmental sustainability through its "Investing in Nature" partnership through which HSBC supports three leading charities Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Earthwatch Institute and WWF. Water Aid Splashes Out in Africa and Asia WaterAid, a UK based charity is dedicated to provide water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people in Africa and Asia. HSBC supports them with donations and money raised by employees.
alternative fuels such as ethanol blender petrol, biodiesel, hydrogen and hydrogen-CNG mixture to reduce dependence on precious petroleum products and secure the nations security. To promote community development, Indian Oil has undertaken a number of initiatives such giving scholarships, allocation of funds etc. The community development unit of Indian Oil identifies various deserving causes for allocation of funds from the community development budget and involve various grassroots level organisations like local gram panchayats, district administration, NGOs and social workers whenever necessary. To ensure that the benefits of the programmes flow directly to the identified groups, fund utilisation is closely monitored and whenever necessary the corporation directly executes projects. To promote all sided development of the society , Indian Oil also offers sports scholarships to upcoming players and potential/ talented players. Indian Oil also supports art, culture, music and dance under the banners of Indian oil sangeet shabha, Indian oil art exhibitions. It has also worked towards better education in India by encouraging special scholarships among girl students and disadvantaged groups hence trying to reduce dropout rates in higher secondary levels. (Tridiv Hazarika)
lower costs for the farmer. The e-Choupal initiative also creates a direct marketing channel, eliminating wasteful intermediation and multiple handling, thus reducing transaction costs and making logistics efficient. (Bidwai Shreeniwas V) Launched in June 2000, 'e-Choupal', has already become the largest initiative among all Internetbased interventions in rural India. 'e-Choupal' services today reach out to over 4 million farmers growing a range of crops - soyabean, coffee, wheat, rice, pulses, shrimp - in over 40,000 villages through 6500 kiosks across ten states (Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerela and Tamil Nadu). (ITC Limited) The three major global environmental milestone achieved by ITC are carbon positive, water positive and solid waste recycling positive. The other Millstones achieved are in areas-eg- echoupal, social & farm forestry, watershed development, womens empowerment, livestock development, primary education (Bidwai Shreeniwas V)
CSR AT HUL
Hindustan Unilever is involved in number of CSR initiatives in India. The main objective of Project Shakti of Unilever is creating rural entrepreneurs. It trained 13,000 underprivileged Indian women distribute the companys products to 70 million rural consumers. The company is working with womens self-help groups to teach selling and book-keeping skills and build commercial knowledge. The women who participate in this programme are, by and large, able to double their household income. Shakti has also allowed Unilever to increase its reach to 30% more of Indias rural population since its inception in 2000. The company is joined in its efforts by some 300 groups, NGOs, banks and various government entities allowing it to take part in strategic public private partnerships. (Dr. G. Muruganantham, London 2010)
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CONCLUSION
The concept of corporate social responsibility is not new in India. Right from the pre-independence times, the Gandhian model has been in practice. Many family owned businesses continue to engage in philanthropic activities. However with the passage of time and increased privatization and globalization, the stakeholder model is gaining more importance. Hence, corporate responsibility is becoming an integral part of the business strategy. Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani, who is also the richest Indian, feels that CSR needs to evolve into Continuous Social Business. The purpose of any business cannot be only profit. Profit for the shareholders is important. But unless entrepreneurs have a larger purpose and businesses that change lives of millions of people, a sustainable business cannot be created. (Press Trust of India, 2011) The CSR policy of most companies is formulated in very general terms and does not contain explicit commitments. According to companies, CSR has to be tailor-made and their code of conduct is not a contract. Stakeholder involvement has become common practice among most large MNCs, but is hardly developed among SMEs. NGOs approaches do not always receive companies approval. According to companies, NGOs are mainly single issue oriented and focussed on media attention. In some instances companies have been confronted with representatives of local communities which were less concerned with general interests but more with their own gains. Contribution to socioeconomic development plays an important role in the Indian context. Companies are expected to contribute both to community development (responsibility at local level) and to have an added value to the economic development of the country (responsibility at macro level). These aspects are not incorporated in the CSR. A CSR policy should not only be communicated top-down but should be supported by a credible stakeholder assessment and dialogue as well as clear implementation measures. (Consultancy and Research for Environmental Management (CREM), February 2004) Basically, from economic point of view, this activity is not feasible especially if there is an intense competition, since firms have to sacrifice its profit. In addition, CSR activity is not only feasible, but also desirable from the economic point of view, in terms of cost.
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