corporate social responsibility - what do you think?

• speck

  2 Feb 05, 06:34

  noting the current interest and growing attention on corporate social responsibility - the argument on the need for companies to be more socially responsible and fulfil obligations beyond the bottomline - a few of us NTU Communication Studies undergrads are conducting a study to find out employees' perceptions on what responsibilities a company should bear.....
  
  thus, if you are a working executive and would like to have your voice heard ...please do help us complete a very short online survey of 3 questions at...
  
  http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home2000/s7915299d/index.htm
  
  your few moments are precious, who knows, it might just change the world...
  
  
  
  thanks...
• Typhoon

  2 Feb 05, 19:52

  The irony of it all.
  
  While some forumers here are perfectly content to kpkb long and hard about the evils of the PAP, worthwhile topics like this one barely get a once over.
  
  Such is life.
• crazy monkey

  2 Feb 05, 20:04

  Originally posted by speck:
  noting the current interest and growing attention on [b]corporate social responsibility - the argument on the need for companies to be more socially responsible and fulfil obligations beyond the bottomline - a few of us NTU Communication Studies undergrads are conducting a study to find out employees' perceptions on what responsibilities a company should bear.....
  
  thus, if you are a working executive and would like to have your voice heard ...please do help us complete a very short online survey of 3 questions at...
  
  http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home2000/s7915299d/index.htm
  
  your few moments are precious, who knows, it might just change the world...
  
  
  
  thanks...[/b]

  why not ask the employers and ministers wat is their social responsibility ?
  
  
• kmkm

  3 Feb 05, 00:13

  I think CSR is spending for SOCIAL reasons under the guise of a good CORPORATE citizen without a real sense of RESPONSIBILITY for shareholders' money...
• lwflee

  3 Feb 05, 00:43

  Originally posted by Typhoon:

  The irony of it all.
  
  While some forumers here are perfectly content to kpkb long and hard about the evils of the PAP, worthwhile topics like this one barely get a once over.
  
  Such is life.

  Because the function of a government and a corporate body is different. The coporation's main function is profit making; this should not be so for a government.
  
  Also, i do not think this situation qualifies as "ironic".
  
  
• sgdiehard

  3 Feb 05, 13:22

  Originally posted by speck:
  noting the current interest and growing attention on [b]corporate social responsibility - the argument on the need for companies to be more socially responsible and fulfil obligations beyond the bottomline - a few of us NTU Communication Studies undergrads are conducting a study to find out employees' perceptions on what responsibilities a company should bear.....
  
  thus, if you are a working executive and would like to have your voice heard ...please do help us complete a very short online survey of 3 questions at...
  
  http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home2000/s7915299d/index.htm
  
  your few moments are precious, who knows, it might just change the world...
  
  
  
  thanks...[/b]

  Whose interest was it in CSR? Whose attention on CSR is growing?
  Corporations are going to places where costs are cheapest, where they can squeeze the most, ... they lay off when there are signs where profits are likely to be less,.....they close and move to places which are cheaper (leaving behind thousands jobless),.... contribution to society only if it suits their purpose.
  
  All these are done in the name of globalization, higher return to shareholders, outsourcing, nothing is said about RESPONSIBILITY to the societies......and the government said nothing can be done...