“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou So many conversations I have with friends, family and colleagues center on this idea of colliding personal and professional passions, being more intentional about working with purpose and trying to find more joy in every moment. Across sectors, …
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Corporates should be socially sensitive and work as enablers of government, said entrepreneur and chairperson of IIMB Board of Governors Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, vouching strongly for corporate social responsibility. She was part of a panel discussion on ‘Creating greater business impact through enhanced CSR,’ at IIMBue- 2016, the institute’s annual leadership summit.
A vast majority of professional investors view investments in community action as an indicator of a corporate culture less likely to produce expensive missteps. A vast majority of professional investors view investments in community action and philanthropy not as a waste of money that could be returned to shareholders, but rather as an indicator of …
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Jack Ma’s Alibaba has been ranked in first place on a recent corporate social responsibility index measuring 110 well-known Chinese enterprises. The annual index, jointly developed by the Corporate Legal Research Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Political Science Institute of East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), noted that the gap …
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Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely that the law will yield effective results. The Companies Act 2013 requires large (above a specified threshold level) firms to spend 2% of their net profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects.
