Archive for 'Corporate Social Opportunity'
The Three Magical – And Misused – Letters: CSR
Posted on 19. Jan, 2008 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
I must warn you not to allow your actions to be guided by ill-digested information or slogans and catch-words. Do not take them to heart or repeat them parrot-like. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, during an address at Islamia College, Peshawar, April 1948 As discussions on CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR) regress, the need for understanding the beautiful concept of CSR [...]
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Whose Ethics? Importance of LDC’s Participation in CSR
Posted on 18. Jan, 2008 by Flavia Thome.
The ethical values and standards that a business incorporates determine to an increasing extent, its stature in society, and play an imperative role in maintaining and encouraging public trust and confidence in its products and services. In this sense, businesses are playing an intrinsic role in our lives, and it is only logical that we [...]
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Responsibly Yours
Posted on 17. Jan, 2008 by Zohare Ali Shariff.
At a recent fundraiser in the city, one of those somewhat surrealistic evenings replete with Caesarian trappings that the excitement seekers gather at, the scion of an industrial empire outbid other birds of the feather to become the proud owner of a dress that a certain lascivious actress had worn in a hit film of [...]
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The Neo-Pakistani Incubator
Posted on 16. Jan, 2008 by Salman Abedin.
Each region of the world has its common problems, and yet people in each country have found their own indigenous solutions to the issue of how small businesses should and can grow into mid-sized and then larger businesses. Various models exist including bank financing, micro credit ala Grameen, Venture Capital (VC) and cooperative enterprises like those [...]
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Essential CSR
Posted on 15. Jan, 2008 by Glenn Schloss.
A long-running debate about the purpose of business has exposed some of the differences between Western and Asian approaches to corporations. While the Western model has long focused on creating shareholder value, companies and governments in South Asia, including Pakistan, have tended to agree – but also emphasise their contributions to development of societies, economies [...]
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The Rise And Rise of CSR
Posted on 12. Jan, 2008 by Michael Hopkins.
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today. (Evan Esar) What has happened to CSR since I started working on the subject over ten years ago? My involvement with CSR was stimulated by the feeling that the public agencies with which we had worked ” ILO, UNDP, World [...]
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The Renaissance Brand & Its CSR Implications
Posted on 12. Jan, 2008 by Adrian Saker.
For any company entertaining the idea of implementing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme in their business, the main barriers to adoption have always been the high startup costs and inadequate return on investment; but perhaps we should reframe the question and consider the cost of not doing so. With the rise of consumer expectations for [...]
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Reshaping Lives
Posted on 12. Jan, 2008 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
Khaliq shares his personal and professional passions Passionately responded Zouhair A. Khaliq, CEO Mobilink, when TBL asked him how he feels about CSR. It is part of where we come from and a part of our religion to look after our environment and our people, he continued. If you look at it from the corporate perspective, when [...]
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Serious or Just a Trendy Fad?
Posted on 05. Jan, 2008 by Ivor Hopkins.
Are you a Sceptic or a Convert do you see CSR as an expensive waste of time, a trendy option or a serious business activity? The eight fad tests: 1. Simple: Fad concepts are easy to understand and communicate and tend to be framed with labels, buzz words, lists and acronyms. CSR has a fountain of labels and acronyms [...]
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