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Corporate Social Responsibility ( Csr )

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Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is difficult to define because it relates to so many different types of businesses and organizations. In the Exploring Management textbook, it broadly describes CSR as “the obligation of an organization to serve its own interests and those of its stakeholders” (Schermerhorn & Bachrach, 2016, p. 38). Then CSR is broken down into two differing viewpoints, Classical view and the Socioeconomic view. Classical view is concerned about the maximization of profits. On the other hand, Socioeconomic is centered around the society and how business or corporations positively impact society (Schermerhorn & Bachrach, 2016, p. 39). CSR has to be tailored to each organization for the company to understand the true meaning of it and how it affects the company as a whole. When companies make decisions they should think about the three P’s people, profit, and planet. How will this affect people and the society as a whole? Will this idea/invention bring economic benefits to the company? Lastly, how does the product or company affect the planet (Schermerhorn & Bachrach, 2016, p. 39)? Originally companies were not concerned or did not know the social impacts the company could have on the people and/or the environment hence the classical view. Now people have realized that “businesses should balance the pursuit of profit with genuine contributions to the public good” (Schermerhorn & Bachrach, 2016, p. 39). There is a

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