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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
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YEAR: 2015-16
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L.S. RAHEJA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE
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INDEX
Sr. no. TITLE Pg. no.
Chapter 1
1 Introduction 1
2 Meaning 3
3 Characteristics 4
4 Advantage 6
5 Dis-advantages 8
Chapter 2
6 CSR: conceptual and theoretical framework 11
7 CSR: pyramid 13
8 CSR: dimensions 15
9 CSR: fundamental principles 16
Chapter 3
Toyota corporation
10 CSR: principles and policies 26
11 CSR: committee 29
12 CSR: policy position 30
13 CSR: organisation and structure 31
14 Summary 33
15 Conclusion 34
16 Bibliography 35
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INTRODUCTION
simplistic to the complex, and a range of associated terms and ideas (some used
investment, the triple bottom line, socially responsible investment, business sustainability and
performance so much that the concept becomes morally vacuous, conceptually meaningless,
and utterly unrecognizable (Orlitzky 2005); or CSR may be regarded as the panacea which
will solve the global poverty gap, social exclusion and environmental degradation (Van
Marrewijk 2003).
ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the
workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large.
The study aims to detail the various corporate social responsibilities undertaken by Dr.
Reddys lab for the welfare of public. The concept of social license is an abstract one, the
varying degrees of success with a range of concepts such as CSR, triple bottom line, and
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socially responsible investment. However, it is critical that corporations understand and
embrace this relationship with the broader society in which they operate.
behave ethically and contribute to economic development, while improving the quality of life
of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large.
Over the last years an increasing number of companies worldwide started promoting their
business through Corporate Social Responsibility strategies because the customers, the public
and the investors expect them to act sustainable as well as responsible. In some cases, CSR is
a result of a variety of social, environmental and economic pressures while some other cases
many large corporations, it is primarily a strategy to divert attention away from the negative
social and environmental impacts of their lives. It enables the company to leverage its
products, employee strength, networks and profits and up to some extent to create a
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MEANING
assess and take responsibility for the company's effects on environmental and social
wellbeing. The term generally applies to efforts that go beyond what may be required by
CSR may also be referred to as "corporate citizenship" and can involve incurring short-
term costs that do not provide an immediate financial benefit to the company, but instead
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
THE PUBLIC
CSR argues that corporations bear responsibility for the effect they have on other sectors of
society. The activities of corporations have an impact on individuals who don't work for them
and don't buy their products, though, for example, secondary economic impacts and
degradation of the natural environment. CSR acknowledges this, and attempts to make the
interactions between corporations and society positive and productive. This can be done by
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consulting with neighbors and citizens who are affected by corporate activities and by
striving for transparency in corporate pursuits so that the public knows what is going on.
The Environment
Increased knowledge on the part of the public about declining resources, toxic waste and
benign. The traditional view that the natural world is merely a source of materials and an
equally convenient dump for waste is being challenged from many quarters, and CSR is an
attempt by corporations to respond to these concerns. The sincerity of changes being made on
the part of corporations includes some serious efforts to achieve sustainability and other
efforts that are essentially "greenwashing," activities in which corporations put more effort
Clients
CSR challenges the traditional wisdom that the interests and needs of the clients of a
corporation will be adequately protected by the market itself. Because the free market has
marketing practices, CSR attempts to remedy this situation by installing practices into
corporate life that will monitor the interaction between corporations and their clients in an
attempt to ensure that nobody is being exploited or cheated. Consumer protection can be
enforced by the government or voluntarily pursued by companies, the latter course has clear
Staff and employees of corporations have a right to expect fair pay, safe working conditions
and meaningful work. CSR is one aspect of a transformation in the corporate world that
attempts to overcome archaic views of workers as mere means to an end on the part of
shareholders. Particularly in less developed countries that are often the sites of intensive
promote the rights of all workers and to ensure that corporations respect these rights and
make whatever changes are required to prevent the exploitation and mistreatment of labor.
ADVANTAGE OF CSR
study has found that stakeholder balanced companies showed four times
the growth rate and eight times employment growth when compared to
responsible can benefit -both by its enhanced reputation with the public, as
ability to attract capital and trading partners. For example, a 1997 study by
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shareholder returns in earning corporations a place a Fortune magazines
a large and growing market for the products and services of companies
costs. Tight labor markets as well the trend toward multiple jobs for shorter
training.
requirements are being given less scrutiny and freer region by both national
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and local government entities. In many cases, such companies are subject to
Easier access to capital: The Social Investment Forum reports that, in the
portfolios that use screens linked to ethics, the environment, and corporate
DISADVANTAGES OF CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility calls for organizations to consider the companys impact on
society and the environment as they conduct business. Though noble in principle and
profitable in some industries, CSR has a number of detractors who point out the
Shareholder Interests
increased reporting. In many cases, businesses hire additional personnel to manage CSR
initiatives. These actions come at a cost, and opponents point out that the money spent on
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CSR comes directly from shareholders pockets. Former investment banker and current
Tulane University professor Elaine Sternberg, one of the most vocal opponents of the effects
of CSR on shareholder profits, points out that CSR initiatives incur great cost with little
measurable return.
Corporate Reputation
While many businesses undertake CSR initiatives with the intent of bolstering their public
images, these initiatives can sometimes require a company to release information that has an
opposite effect. In 2003, for example, Coca-Cola released a damaging report about chemicals
found in its products as part of its CSR initiative. This report had an immediate short-term
the Utrecht Law Review, with sales dropping 40 percent in the two-week period following the
report.
Customer Cynicism
Some businesses recognize that socially responsible behaviour has a positive effect on their
customers opinions of the organization. After years of hearing how their favourite businesses
care about society and the environment, but seeing little obvious involvement from these
organizations, many customers have grown cynical of CSR reports. According to business
more than PR initiatives. For this reason, businesses often face a considerable obstacle
convincing their customers that their actions match their stated intentions.
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Competitive Disadvantages
Corporate social responsibility projects and initiatives require a shift in thinking for many
businesses, and some CSR processes can make the business more cumbersome to operate.
Wal-Mart subjects its suppliers to strict regulations on product quality and employee working
conditions, for example, which add production time and increase overhead for the suppliers.
Their competitors, meanwhile, can operate at lower costs and turn out products more quickly.
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Chapter2
More recently CSR has become focused on corporate behavior and policies and values. CSR
Corporate social responsibility of any company is based on the five elements. From the
products and services from time to time in the market to service the customers which
worthiness in the market and in the minds of the shareholders, customers and investors
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Today companies are not working for profit motive. To survive in the competitive
market every company need to focus in service rather than profit. That is profit through
service motive.
Community sense is, a company should be liable to the community and respects the
community needs and requirements and provides some good in terms of economic,
work of all the set of principles and procedures to protect the company from frauds and
other issues. For this the company need to abide the rules, laws and regulations framed
by the government.
Business is a process, its not a contract, and if it wants to survive in the market it
should consider the needs and wants of the various interest groups.
CSR: PYRAMID
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Economic responsibilities
Business organizations are formed as economic entitys to provide quality goods and better
services to societal members. The profit motive was established as primary incentive for
entrepreneurship. Business organizations were treated as the basic economic unit in our
society. Thus its major role was to produce goods and services that consumers needed and
wanted and to make an acceptable profit in the process. At some point the motive of getting
profits are transformed into a notion of maximum profits, and it has been an enduring value
ever since. All other business responsibilities are predicated upon the economic responsibility
Legal responsibilities
Business should not be only for profit motive while serving the society. At the same time
business is expected to comply and should abide with the laws and regulations promulgated
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by federal, state and local governments as the ground rules under which business must
operate. As partial fulfilment of the social contract between business and society, firms are
expected to pursue their economic missions with the framework of law. Legal responsivities
made businesses are having codified ethics and they co-exist with economic responsibilities
Ethical responsibilities
Al though the economic and legal responsibilities have ethical base about fair practice and
justice, ethical responsibilities embrace those activities and practices that are prohibited by
members of the society even though they are not codified in to law. Ethical responsibilities
frame those standards, norms, or expectations that reflect a concern for what consumers,
employees, shareholders, and the community regard as fair just or in keeping with the respect
or protection of stakeholders moral rights. In other sense, ethical responsibilities rare viewed
as newly emerging values and norms society expects business to meet, even though such
values and norms may reflect a higher standard of performance than that currently required
by law.
Philanthropic responsibilities
Philanthropy encompasses those corporate actions that are in response to the society
expectation that businesses to be good corporate citizens. That is actively engaged in various
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the arts, education, or the community. Therefore, philanthropy is more discretionary on the
businesses part even though there is always the societal expectation that businesses provide it.
The CSR of business entails the fulfilment of the firms economic, legal ethical and
philanthropic responsibilities. The CSR firm should strive to make a profitable value, obey
CSR: DIMENSIONS
Owners and shareholder s is the key people for success of any business organization, they are
the one who invest for an organization so it is essential to work together for the benefit of an
organization. Employees are the one who works for an organization so, maintaining a sound
environment in an organization is very much essential therefore they can work hard for the
benefit of their clients. Consumers are the key people for the success of any business
organization; organization should take some necessary feedback from them. It would help
them in the future for better performance. Organization cannot go beyond the rule of the
government so they should cooperate with government to follow the rules and perform their
activities.
Corporate social responsibility plays an important role to enhance the brand image and
reputation of the business firm. It (CSR) helps to improve sales and customer loyalty. It also
enables to attract and retain employees. The corporate social responsibility is deliberate to
provide each business with a far greater ability to create sustainable development. Corporate
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social responsibility is linked with sustainability. The attraction towards corporate social
responsibility for many businesses is that it can help to increase sustainability without
creating any negative effects. In the present era corporate social responsibility has occupied
very important place in the plans and strategies of the business organizations.
Each business entity should formulate a CSR policy to guide its strategic planning and
provide a roadmap for its CSR initiatives, which should be an integral part of overall
business policy and aligned with its business goals. The policy should be framed with the
Core Elements:
The companies should respect the interests of, and be responsive towards all
people, society at large etc. and create value for all of them. They should develop
mechanism to actively engage with all stakeholders, inform them of inherent risks and
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2. Ethical functioning:
Accountability. They should not engage in business practices that are abusive, unfair, corrupt
or anti-competitive.
Companies should provide a workplace environment that is safe, hygienic and humane and
which upholds the dignity of employees. They should provide all employees with access to
training and development of necessary skills for career advancement, on an equal and non-
discriminatory basis. They should uphold the freedom of association and the effective
redressal system, should not employ child or forced labour and provide and maintain equality
employment.
Companies should respect human rights for all and avoid complicity with human rights
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Companies should take measures to check and prevent pollution; recycle, manage and
reduce waste, should manage natural resources in a sustainable manner and ensure optimal
use of resources like land and water, should proactively respond to the challenges of climate
change by adopting cleaner production methods, promoting efficient use of energy and
Depending upon their core competency and business interest, companies should
geographical areas, particularly in the vicinity of their operations. These could include:
education, skill building for livelihood of people, health, cultural and social welfare etc.,
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Implementation
Guidance:
Enterprises
Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) for CPSEs in April, 2010 which have been issued
ethical.
expected to cover even its routine business operations and activities. CPSEs
externalities.
(iii) In the revised guidelines CSR and Sustainable Development have been
clubbed
Sustainability policy
Sustainability
activities undertaken by them under such a policy should also have the
activities and move towards the higher end of their slabs of budget
allocation.
(vi) Loss making companies are not mandated to earmark specific funding for
CSR and Sustainability activities. However, they must pursue CSR and
and processes, which do not involve any financial expenditure. They may also
collaborate with the profit making CPSEs and assist them in ingenious ways
letter and in spirit will be covered under CSR and Sustainability activity.
(viii) The unutilized budget for CSR activities planned for a year will not
lapse and will, instead, be carried forward to the next year. However, the
CPSEs will have to disclose the reasons for not fully utilizing the budget
allocated for CSR and Sustainability activities planned for each year. The
unspent amount will have to be spend within the next two financial years,
(financial
and activities can rightfully stake a claim for attention before others. Such
ameliorate the impact of its commercial activities. For this reason, CPSEs must
(x) CPSEs are expected to take initiative to promote welfare of employees and
labour
components.
(xi) Although CPSEs may select their CSR and Sustainability projects from a
vast range
of available options, priority should be accorded to activities pertaining to (i)
weaker sections of society and the backward districts of the country, and (ii)
communities and also in the backward regions so that avenues are created for
would include SC, ST, OBC, minorities, women and children, BPL families, old
(xii) It is mandatory for CPSEs to take up at least one major project for
for its Backward Region Grand Fund (BRGF) Scheme, and one major project
Sustainability within the organizational culture and ethos. The philosophy and
the core values of all the CPSEs, be imbibed by the employees at all levels and
it should permeate into all the activities, processes, operations and transactions
expected to produce goods and services that are safe and healthy for the
consumers and the environment, with reduced cost to the company in the long
run.
(xv) 5 per cent of the annual budget for CSR and Sustainability activities has
through questionable means is resisted; and, position and situations that give
and with accountability, public sector companies can gain and reinforce the
their CSR and Sustainability policies and agenda, and motivate them to pursue
Public
Enterprises (DPE) in April, 2010, all profit making Central Public Sector
activities which are aligned with their Business strategy and to undertake them
in a project mode. CPSEs are mandated to spend their funds on CSR projects
selected by them with the approval of their respective Boards. All profit making
for CSR activities. CSR Budget is fixed for each financial year and this fund
of CSR work undertaken by the CPSEs, including Maharatna CPSEs and the
number of persons benefited therefrom, is not maintained centrally in the
Navratna CPSEs on total funds allocated for CSR and the funds utilized for the
year 2010- 11 and 2011-12 is given in the Annexure-II. CPSEs are free to take
TOYOTA CORPORATION
Toyota Company was founded in the year 1867 to create automobiles, head
quartered in Aichi, Japan. The company is famous for its quality and customer
satisfaction.
activities that we carry out in each country and region based on our
guiding principles.
Toyota comply with local, national and international laws and regulations
as well as the spirit there of and the company conducts its business
maintain sound relationships with its stakeholders through open and fair
accordance with the letter and spirit of each countrys privacy laws.
CSR policy towards employees
Company respects its employees and believe that the success of its
child labour.
Through communication and dialogue with employees, the company
build and share the value mutual trust and mutual responsibility and
work together for the success of employees and the company. Company
work with them through long term relationships to realize mutual growth
by honoring the culture, customs, history and laws of each country and it
constantly search for safer, cleaner and superior technology that satisfy
Company has established 4 committees as sub committees under the main CSR
are
environment policy
The committee is deliberating and issuing reports on the issues listed below:
environmental issues.
VISION
CORPORATION
TOYOTACORPORATION
BODYGROUP
TOYOTAAUTO
YEAR POLICY,
DEPARTMENTAL POLICY
TOYOTA
DAILY BUSINESS
BASIC MAP
CSR department to promote Toyota CSR initiatives
In June 2010, the risk management committee was formed under the CSR
Originally organised under the CSR and environmental affairs division, the CSR
Meeting as the bodies responsible for raising corporate value, and implements
CSR into management and to raise corporate value. Discussions previously held
incorporate the value that Toyota provides with regard to a variety of social
corporate value.
SUMMARY
Since business and society have been interdependent. This relationship between
shape and fragrance and provides honey for the wellbeing of the society. The
business history is replete with evidences to believe that business grows and
develops only where society thrives. On the contrary, business dies when the
society condemns and rejects it. No business can survive without societal
Business can help by defining itself by explaining what it is and what it isnt.
From this stand point:
The boundaries to corporate social responsibility are conceptual. A
companys primary responsibility is to its shareholders, to its owners.
The boundaries are ideological. A company is not a government. It is not
elected. It has no popular mandate. It mustnt confuse its role with the
role of others.
The boundaries are practical. A company has limited resources, limited
expertise and limited reach. A company is not a panacea, a cure at all.
Conclusion
Corporate social responsibility is todays trending topic in corporate world.
Since business and society have been interdependent. This relationship between
honeybee, which take the nectar of a flower without the flower being losing its
shape and fragrance and provides honey for the wellbeing of the society. The
business history is replete with evidences to believe that business grows and
develops only where society thrives. On the contrary, business dies when the
society condemns and rejects it. No business can survive without societal
Toyota clearly understands that the future of any organization is based on three
sub systems of complex global system nature, socio political and global
prevention initiative which reduces co2 emission and prevents global warming
considered way of driving that reduces the amount of co2 emissions. The
company is taking care of all parties like shareholders by providing them value,
for employees by providing them healthy and safe work environment and
economic benefits, for society by providing quality and innovative products for
government by abiding the rules and regulations. Because of its CSR activities
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