In contemporary world, corporate sector’s contribution in generating wealth and employment is increasing. In doing so, they are bringing in unprecedented onslaught on the climate, environmental sustainability and living conditions of human beings. In this background, do you find that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is efficient and sufficient enough to fulfill the social roles and responsibilities needed in the corporate work mandated? Critically examine.
What the examiner wants
Critically examine whether CSR is efficient and enough to meet companies' social and environmental responsibilities.
Demand-wise check
- 1Positives: mandatory CSR (Section 135), funds for health, education, environment≈35 words
- 2Limits: concentrated in a few states, CSR as charity not responsibility, greenwashing, does not address core business harms (pollution, labour)≈35 words
- 3Beyond CSR: ESG reporting (BRSR), responsible business conduct, stakeholder capitalism≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Only praising CSR
- No data
Draw this
- Pyramid: legal → ethical → philanthropic responsibility (Carroll)
Value addition
- DataCompanies spent over ₹30,000 crore a year on CSR in recent years, concentrated in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka.National CSR Portal, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- RuleSEBI's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) is mandatory for the top 1,000 listed companies.SEBI
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