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Ben Warner
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
November 22, 2007 - 12:37 PM
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I just returned from the Beyond GDP conference in Brussels www.beyond-gdp.eu . The discussion of CSR was part of a much larger conversation in how we measure progress outside of economics. I've captured my notes on this section of the conference on my blog, which you can access trhough my profile here, but the important aspect for this discussion is that any corporate effort or reporting technique, as long as it is a voluntary measure occurring without recognized standards governing what is being reported and how, gives the everyday person very little to go on.
However, with pressure (and it appears we may get some help from the European Parliament) to include social and ecological impacts as part of corporate reporting, if we can create a global framework/standards we may be able to make real progress. Currently we are making limited progress through socially responsible investors/asset management companies requiring a level of corporate social responsibility, and through public/consumer pressure.
We had a thoughtful, but passionate, discussion. I'd like to hear your thoughts about how we might create action around these issues.
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Konan Richmond
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
November 27, 2007 - 12:35 PM
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Corporate Social Responsabiltities mainly aim at repairing, or better lessenning the negative impacts great multinational companies cause to local inhabitants in the course of their functionning.
If we have to give some global orientations to this concept i personnally think it would be better to first set and enforce some principles or ethics that are to found any buisiness practice. This may be a great step in the global move towards social responsability, and limit the harms of the questioned firms upon community.
The possiblity of such orientations, although, doable is subject to many questions that need to be answered first.
Kouadio K. Richmond
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
November 27, 2007 - 10:14 PM
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BenWarner wrote:
However, with pressure (and it appears we may get some help from the European Parliament) to include social and ecological impacts as part of corporate reporting, if we can create a global framework/standards we may be able to make real progress.
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I fully agree that pressure should be made by regulatory institutions. Disclosure is the first practical step to assess social and ecological impacts of a corporation. On the environment side for instance, companies participating in the Carbon Disclosure Project have made huge progress during the past years. My concern is how can environmental policies be designed by current leaders without taking into account rigorous accounting measurement of environmental impacts such as CO2 emissions. Public listed companies in the world should be compelled to report following the guidelines of the GRI and the Global compact principles for instance.
The SEC in the US requires disclosure of some intangible values of companies and is quite advanced in this area. However ESG issues are far away of being included one day as a requirements.
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
November 29, 2007 - 04:33 AM
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its a good idea.But How many corporates will 'Give back' and How much should be defined and legalised.
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
December 2, 2007 - 10:40 AM
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CSR has evolved over the years and has tranformed from its pure philanthropy form to more direct involvement of companies in developing local communities and participating in social change and welfare. Like all concepts and theories CSR also is shrouded by much cyicism and skeptical vews. But CSR is here to stay and will undergo transformation and change. Much good has happened on account of this collaboration.
I am of the view that CSR is enlightened self-interest. Corporations depend of society for their long-term survival and sustanability. They cannot operate and prosper if the society is laden with social issues and problems. This will effect its functioning and profitability, not to mention its capacity to satisfy its customers and stakeholders. This inter-dependance is something which corporations are beginning to understand and accept. The methods ofexecuting participation is varied and so is the impact. However this is a positive trend and definitel;y should continue and be encouraged
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Martin Tairo M.
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GOVERNMENTS DISCOURAGING CSR
December 4, 2007 - 10:22 AM
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In developing countries, governments have not played their part in providing adequate infrastructure to investors, leaving them to do it at their own expense.
Other than discouraging investors, those who choose to incurr those costs are always left with very little to put into CSR anf thus communities are suffering due to this.
Everyone should play their role starting with the government.
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Martin Tairo M.
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
December 12, 2007 - 03:52 AM
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praphulg wrote:
its a good idea.But How many corporates will 'Give back' and How much should be defined and legalised.
Those who work tirelessly to make money should be left to decide how much of it to give back to the society. Thats why its 'Corporate Social RESPONSIBILITY'
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
December 14, 2007 - 11:19 AM
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The Abuse of CRS
Corporate Social Responsibility as defined by the authour of the above-tittled subject is acurate and explicit. However it is important to state that some multi-national companies who understand what CRS should be as practised in the developed countries fail to implement such operations in developing countries such as Nigeria. They often attach their CRS activities to advertising whereby expectation is high over the return on investment. Most of the multinational companies operating here are guilty of this and the government has done littel or nothing at correcting this odds.
some also enslave their workers by putting in operation abnormal and unconventional working hours with little or no pay. The take-home packages of these workers can not take them to their various homes!
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
January 7, 2008 - 01:11 PM
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To him who much is given much is expected. Because Corporates gain much in my view they should give much. Noone succeeds without the assistance and support of someone else and its important that corporates reflect on the direct or indirect contribution of people to their success, most importantly their workforce and the communities in which they are based. I think its really time for big corporates and SME's to consider more creative ways of giving back especially in developing communities. Its not always about money, sometimes its just about giving your time.
This post was edited on: 2008-01-08 at 01:28 PM by: Ness
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Suraya Asmal
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
January 8, 2008 - 03:27 PM
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I agree that it's not always about money; but it almost always is. Most people in developing countries employed by Multi National Corporations are exploited.
In my opinion, education is key - scholarships can be set up by these companies to allow people access to opportunities to quality education.
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Karanja Kenneth
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
January 14, 2008 - 02:53 AM
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Corporate social responsibilty is an important tool which can be used to advance the state of the society mostly in the developing countries. However, without good-will from the corporates, then it can also be used (intentionally or unitentionally) to promote the corporates products. I cite an example from Kenya, where a local brewing company had to put 'alcohol promoting information' in a hospital as a condition for funding the hospital. This did not go well with some partners involved in the project. I think CSR should be alienated from the corporates marketing goals. It should be purely responsible social responsibilty.
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
January 23, 2008 - 06:34 AM
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Is about time African Leaders make it a point to order every corporate entity who wants to do busuness in their countries to set aside a percentage of their profit to help the society. Corporate social Responsibility has now been turned into an advertising gimic.
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CHIDIEBERE
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
January 24, 2008 - 05:38 PM
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CSR is about being good corporate citizenship; it is about compensating the society, including the environment for the gains the organisation has accrued, whether in human or material resources. In developing countries, it is commonplace for most multinational corporations to just abide by the legislative mandates such as corporate tax and pay lip service to CSR. The catastrophe that exists today in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria where kidnapping of foreigners is everyday reality is partly due to negligence of corporate social responsibility and attendant anger on the side of the inhabitants of this region. No one would be happy unemployed, homeless when in your backyard crude oil worth billions of dollars is mined. I believe multinational corporations need to step up to the moral responsibility of improving the lot of the inhabitants of areas from which their fortunes flow.
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Davis
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
February 14, 2008 - 01:48 PM
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It is sad that our leaders have allowed themselves to be manipulated by this corporate bodies because of the penny they give them during elections. Its about time Governments in developing world thought of funding political parties. If this is done, politicians will not succumb to the little dollars given them by this organisations. Africa, tends to see corporate social responsibility as a gift rather than a responsibility.
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Re: Coporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries
February 14, 2008 - 11:47 PM
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The Philippines after the Marcos dictatorship has developed a very sophisticated network of NGOs, claimed to be even more systematic than many developed countries. This compensates for the ineptitude of some government units and the society as a whole in providing for the welfare of the destitute.
Corporate Social Responsibility on the other hand is no mere buzzword in the business circle. It is real but not as dynamic as one wishes it to be. Companies in the country need to do more in pursuit of their double bottom line. It is a mere marketing ploy for many firms to engage in public service and herein lies the challenge for the business community to genuinely be open to providing for the needs of the disadvantaged...and beyond that, endeavor on the much greater cause of sustaining natural capital of which many companies exhaust without commensurating.
This post was edited on: 2008-02-14 at 11:49 PM by: jayron18
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