CSR

To be effective and credible, I really believe that corporate and social responsibility must be part of a business and not an add-on. Every company has its own mission, to do business, and that must be done by respecting human rights and the environment. This is only possible if a company really understands what this …

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Companies based in Gujarat are quite conscious of their corporate social responsibility (CSR). Nearly 56% of the state’s companies have spent 2% or more of their net profits on CSR activities in fiscal 2015. As per data provided by the CRISIL Foundation, as many as 95 companies in Gujarat reported expenditures on CSR in their …

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that there should be a clear position on Tobacco Industry (TI) related Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and health issues. The nature of the product of the TI is harmful to smokers and those who are exposed to secondhand and third-hand smoke.   However, TI has been continually conducting activities contrary …

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Corporate Social Responsibility (i.e., being a good corporate citizen) has been a best business practice since the 1950s. For the biopharmaceutical industry, recent events, such as the drug pricing scandal involving Martin Shkreli, have once again brought CSR into the spotlight.   But one of our industry’s biggest and most well respected pharmaceutical companies, Merck …

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