Corporate social responsibility is more than just putting up foundations for the less fortunate, financing community projects or sponsoring events to highlight the importance of preserving the environment. It is more of a company's or an organization's self-imposed obligation to consider the interests of the environment, the customers, the employees, business partners and the general public in the way they conduct business.
The obligation of this goes beyond what the laws require and is a major factor, aside from profits or dividends in making corporate decisions. Some companies even mention "social responsibility" in their Vision Statements.
To show their corporate social responsibility for the environment, most companies support the principles of sustainable development or the proper balancing of the use and preservation of the environment and its resources. Whether the support is really practiced or just some lip service is determined when profits is at stake. Some companies hire public relations professionals to drum beat their corporate social responsibility efforts.
Unlike charitable contributions, corporate social responsibility should be like a total commitment to support a variety of interests for the greater majority. A company or business organization may be serious and consistent supporters of proper environmental management, but if its employees are not treated well and do not even get some of the benefits mandated by law, then it neglects its social responsibility towards its most important asset.
No matter if that company or organization has done so much for the environment, its reputation as socially responsible may be put in question because of the way they treat their employees.
Actually, the treatment of their employees is one of the most common corporate social irresponsibilities. The lack of social responsibility is evident in the following situations in the work place:
* Poor working conditions: This happens in both the economically-poor or rich countries. This refers to the poor sanitation, poor ventilation, pollution and other health hazards in the work place. Some machines don't have any safety guard and a lot of work related accidents happen.
* Below-minimum and delayed wages: This usually happens where there is a high rate of unemployment and the government regulating bodies fail to do their jobs. Workers accept below minimum wages for lack of better opportunities.
* Various forms of harassment from superiors or co-workers*, Child labor*, Gender discrimination* and Lack of work-related training. Corporate social responsibility towards the employees is the best and most rewarding kind of social responsibility, because it does not only inspire them to do more, but it is like having an equal number of public relations promoters. An employee who feels proud of the treatment he or she gets can't help but tell other people about it.
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