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Mar 15 2017March 12, 2017

Corporate social responsibility was seen as additional tax

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the idea of mandatory corporate social responsibility spend, though initially resisted, has taken off well and it will contribute to doubling of rural population’s income. “Conventionally, corporate philanthropy was lesser known in India. But looking at the past 2-3 years, it has begun well as an institutionalised mechanism,” Jaitley …

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Mar 14 2017March 12, 2017

Porn with purpose: why retrofitting social responsibility never works in business

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Pornhub’s sexual wellness centre feels disingenuous because it contradicts its core business, yet businesses should care about their purpose. It’s not surprising to see a porn company facing criticism from broader society. What is surprising is when society criticises their business activity rather than their content. That’s exactly what happened recently when Pornhub, the world’s …

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Mar 13 2017March 9, 2017

Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility in India: How Is It Working?

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The American Bazaar foresees exciting things for India’s philanthropic sector, based on a report called “India’s CSR: Taking Singles instead of Hitting Sixers,” which analyzes the latest trends in Indian philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The new report analyzes “one of the world’s most interesting experiments to promote private philanthropy—the CSR requirement in the …

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Mar 11 2017March 9, 2017

NGOs highlight need of CSR funds in rehabilitating street kids

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The need to mobilise corporate funds to meet the challenges in rehabilitating street children was emphasised during a critical discussion involving various stakeholders, including NGOs. Mobilisation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds will help address the issue comprehensively and in a more structured manner as compared to time-bound international donor grants, said Luke Samson, director …

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Mar 10 2017March 9, 2017

Dividing Lines: Corporate governance – Lessons for the future

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A friend of mine, once a brilliant organisation theorist, told me three things threaten ethics in India. “First”, he said, “is the word sustainability.” He cynically claimed it is the last refuge of scoundrels, as nationalism was once. The word “sustainability” is seen so superficially, merely as an engineering exercise that the links to …

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