This
article presents the role of Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) in multinational organizations. CSR is defined
as the voluntary commitment to improve community wellbeing
by utilizing discrete business practices. Triple bottom
line, which includes the economic, social and environmental
bottom line is the new strategy to implement CSR.
For
many years, community development goals were philanthropic
activities that were seen as separate from business
objectives, not fundamental to them; doing well and
doing good were seen as separate pursuits. But I think
that is changing. What many of the organizations that
are represented here today are learning is that cutting-edge
innovation and competitive advantage can result from
weaving social and environmental considerations into
business strategy from the beginning. And in that process,
we can help develop the next generation of ideas and
markets and employees.
Today,
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of the
top priorities in multinational organizations. It is
a social obligation of the corporate towards the society.
Businesses are in business for profit generation, and
society is one of the stakeholders. Benefiting the society
is one of the responsibilities of businesses. CSR is
a concern not only for the managers of a company, but
also of its investors, employers and stakeholders. This
article tries to explain the best and most innovative
practices to be a good corporate citizen and increase
the returns on investment for social causes as well
as some examples of companies practicing CSR.
CSR
is no longer viewed as an obligation; instead, many
corporations believe that social causes support the
objectives of the corporate. Due to tremendous pressures
that companies are facing to improve their bottom line,
it is becoming difficult to fulfill the expectations
of good corporate citizens. There are several ways of
contributing to the society, but each method has its
own merits and demerits. Therefore, a company must choose
a social issue that suits its business objective. |