Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

Instead of CSR, we should have PSR (personal social responsibility).

The flavor of the week in Rio is sustainability indexing for corporations, by way of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

But there are strong arguments in favor of CSR as well.

Employee figures are mainly taken from official company's websites.

Finally, CSR can be simply a matter of advertising.

UNCTAD could look at economic development as part of CSR.

Total shareholder return (TSR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) often seem completely divorced from each other.

This is difficult for SMEs, because they operate in isolation and therefore find it difficult to integrate into global trade and to access fast growing export markets.

Nonetheless, the policy framework needed to facilitate CSR.

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He gave further examples of his company's commitment to CSR.

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UNCTAD was particularly well positioned to discuss the proper role of international investment and trade agreements in the development dimension of CSR and the link between responsible business and CSR.

There is also an added advantage in replacing CSR with PSR there is virtue in diversity of approaches to altruism.

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Finally, the discussion turned to some of the legal consequences of firms' participation in CSR initiatives.

These services are grouped together in a dedicated programme for the promotion of CSR and business partnerships.

IFPMA and its member organisations (as well as individual corporations) do carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

And then we can visualize this data like a network, like a social network.

A further set of issues related to the impact of CSR practices on FDI and trade, and on national policy responses, including the CSR friendliness of a business location.

Each will consider his or her CSR view the best.

In this context, the issue of CSR as a protectionist advice to hinder free trade was also aired.

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A further concern related to the question of the social responsibility of firms and how this could be operationalized through appropriate management systems.

Mr. Didier Philippe, Director, CSR and Micro Enterprise Acceleration Program, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Hewlett Packard

In addition, the importance of ensuring corporate social responsibility, including with regard to the rights of workers, was stressed.

The European Union welcomed the ongoing international debate on corporate social responsibility, business ethics, accountability and transparency.

8. Stresses the importance of good corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, and encourages the Global Compact Office to continue to foster responsible business practices and to promote the sharing of best practices and positive action through learning, dialogue and partnerships

One discussant said that the essence of CSR was the promotion of human decency in business.

Young people are committed to the principles of corporate social responsibility, as well as setting up environmental enterprises such as ecotourism and the wider adoption of green technologies.

Beginning with intersectoral actions, involving combined and cooperative work among governments, companies and civil society, the network is formed in a regional field to enable the inclusion of local communities in the sustainable socioeconomic development.

What are the lessons that can be learned from the area of corporate social responsibility, both in terms of approaches and in terms of disseminating best practices?

One can also argue for PSR on the grounds that asking for CSR becomes a way of passing the buck evading personal responsibility for doing good.

He welcomed the proposal for promoting a better understanding of international investment issues and noted the plan to facilitate and enhance positive corporate social contributions.

Other important issues included Corporate Social Responsibility and a development oriented coherence between national development strategies and decisions emanating from international financial institutions.

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

28. Recognizes the need for strong partnerships with civil society organizations and the private sector in pursuit of poverty eradication and development, as well as for corporate social responsibility

In 2013, European University awarded the Corporate social responsibility award to Make A Wish Foundation Spain in 2012 as well as the FC Barcelona Foundation.

corporate actors have a positive role to play in stimulating the economic development of host countries and in supporting social and environmental development and the competitiveness of local enterprises.

These small movements tend to spread from person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources.

33. Recognizes the need for strong partnerships with civil society organizations and the private sector in pursuit of poverty eradication and development, as well as for corporate social responsibility

NEW YORK Increasingly, corporations are under pressure, often from activist non governmental organizations, to take on specific corporate social responsibility (CSR) obligations.

But the fact that CSR is being demanded, and occasionally conceded, does not ensure clarity about either its rationale or the ways in which it should be undertaken.