![B. Social Basis:
The social reason for CSR in the United States is wide and assorted. From an ethical humanist
point of view, organizations frequently utilize participation with CSR approaches to seem upright
and to identify with their groups. Notwithstanding, some religious gatherings especially those of
the Abrahamic convention tend to see socially mindful corporate conduct as a principle of their
confidence. Sets of principles declared by religious gatherings advance esteems normal
to CSR, for example, equity, common regard, stewardship, and trustworthiness.
Chronicled components may likewise add to the social acknowledgment of corporate social
obligation. For example, a few researchers place that CSR created as a reaction to the apparent
flippancy of organizations in the years going before the Great Depression. Others recommend
later social developments contributed more to the appropriation of CSR. Socio-political
conventions in the United States may likewise clarify a proclivity towards CSR teaching.
In the United States, organizations have ordinarily been given the opportunity to take part in
monetary action subject to the administration's supervision and oversight. Educator Freeman
watched that, [t]he business-government relationship in the U.S. has been established on the
standards of the 'guard dog,' i.e., it is the honest to goodness part of government to direct business
in people in general intrigue, and to authorize strict hostile to put stock in laws to safeguard
adherence to advertise standards. Such a demeanor is steady with CSR's mix of corporate and
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- 1. Responsibility in United States and United Kingdom Presented by: Abhinav Singh ( Roll no-002) Saraj Lalwani ( Roll no-035)
- 9. Activities conducted by the company as per the board’s approval must be in compliance with the CSR policy and its CSR committee decision. “Surplus obtained out of CSR projects or activities will not be considered as a part of the company’s business profit.” In addition to others, the following activities will be considered under CSR: Rural development projects. Healthcare and sanitation projects. Safe drinking water projects. Promoting education. Protecting natural heritage and culture. The following activities will not be considered under CSR: Contributions to political parties. Activities conducted for the benefit of employees and their families. CSR activities outside of India. It is important to note that companies may work together on CSR activities; provided they prepare separate reports for project expenditures. In addition, companies may execute their CSR works through a registered trust or society or a separate charitable entity, subject to certain conditions. Companies are allowed to spend 5% of their total CSR expenditure on manpower every year.
- 30. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A. Legislative Action. 1. Model Codes and State Legislation. Corporate social responsibility initiatives in the United States have been codified selectively, although the level of government that addresses CSR tends to have implications on how explicitly CSR principles are expressed. Model codes, state law, and federal statutes each take a different approach to the codification of CSR. At the bottom of the statutory hierarchy, model codes take a moderate approach in implementing CSR. For example, the American Law Institute (ALI) expresses a permissive view towards CSR in its Principles of Corporate Governance. Under the ALI model statute, corporate directors are allowed to make decisions with ethical or humanitarian purposes in mind and may dedicate a sensible measure of assets to open welfare and humanitarian purposes, regardless of the possibility that corporate benefit and investor pick ups are not improved.. Such actions are neither banned nor mandated.
- 31. States largely take a similar approach as the Principles of Corporate Governance. Simply put, state corporate law neither statutorily imposes a duty to maximize profits nor mandates profit maximization as the sole purpose of the corporation. In Pennsylvania, for example, corporate directors are permitted to consider the impacts of any activity upon any or all gatherings influenced by such activity, including investors, employees, suppliers, clients and creditors of the company, and upon groups in which workplaces or different foundations of the partnership are found Pennsylvania's statute represents the permissive approach because it gives directors the freedom to make unprofitable decisions, thus preserving the fundamental principle of corporate law, the business judgment rule.
- 32. B. Social Basis: The social reason for CSR in the United States is wide and assorted. From an ethical humanist point of view, organizations frequently utilize participation with CSR approaches to seem upright and to identify with their groups. Notwithstanding, some religious gatherings especially those of the Abrahamic convention tend to see socially mindful corporate conduct as a principle of their confidence. Sets of principles declared by religious gatherings advance esteems normal to CSR, for example, equity, common regard, stewardship, and trustworthiness. Chronicled components may likewise add to the social acknowledgment of corporate social obligation. For example, a few researchers place that CSR created as a reaction to the apparent flippancy of organizations in the years going before the Great Depression. Others recommend later social developments contributed more to the appropriation of CSR. Socio-political conventions in the United States may likewise clarify a proclivity towards CSR teaching. In the United States, organizations have ordinarily been given the opportunity to take part in monetary action subject to the administration's supervision and oversight. Educator Freeman watched that, [t]he business-government relationship in the U.S. has been established on the standards of the 'guard dog,' i.e., it is the honest to goodness part of government to direct business in people in general intrigue, and to authorize strict hostile to put stock in laws to safeguard adherence to advertise standards. Such a demeanor is steady with CSR's mix of corporate and political activity.
- 33. -US companies are not as heavily regulated as those in other developed nations, and corporate responsibility is not addressed as a regulatory compliance issue but rather from a social and moral choice perspective. -In the US, the notion of a triple-bottom-line approach to business success has always been a voluntary one. So while stakeholders’ expectations that companies adopt more sustainable business practices that benefit people and society in addition to profits are growing, the truth remains that companies are not obliged to participate. -Aligning with, or perhaps because of, noncompulsory corporate responsibility practices, corporate activities encompassing corporate responsibility in the US go beyond environmental, legal and workplace issues to ones that best enhance a company’s external reputation. Philanthropy and employee engagement – aka employee volunteerism – are key areas of a company’s corporate responsibility platform. -US companies have had the luxury of defining and interpreting their own view of responsible business within the context of their own company. Subsequently they have been able to measure and promote activities with greater freedom than their international counterparts.
- 34. Changing attitudes towards CSR In United States Of America Historically, corporate responsibility activities within a corporation have been led by a single department responsible for reporting, implementing initiatives and communicating activities within areas such as philanthropy, volunteerism and environmental affairs. Today, responsibility is increasingly embedded into core business functions and decisions, such as supply chain, transportation, engineering and marketing. Corporate responsibility experts are increasingly serving as resources for those functional decision-makers. Cramer says: “Companies are moving beyond philanthropy endeavors to look at corporate responsibility as a driver of innovation and competitiveness.”
- 35. Corporate Social Responsibility In United Kingdom In UK both government and private sectors have well understood and adopted the CSR in their practice. Government is not only helping private organization on adopting CSR practices in their daily activities but government itself has set out CSR policies and carried out them in its day to day activities. The government has itself leaded as an example by reducing Government’s waste generation, water use and greenhouse gas emission. In UK the different department of ministries and departments take of the CSR issues of which they are related. For example The Department of Energy and Climate Change takes issues related to climate change and sets out goal and policies for tackling the problem of climate change. Similarly The Department of Health’s Public Health Responsibility Deal encourages business and other sectors to contribute to healthier nation in the areas of food, alcohol, physical activity, health in the workplace and behavior change. (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2011)
- 36. UK government is actively involved in managing CSR reporting as well. It has recently published Guidelines on Environmental reporting which is used as a reporting guideline by all UK listed companies and also can be used by non-listed companies as well though it is voluntary to them. (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, 2013) KPMG survey of Corporate Social Reporting 2013 shows a very data in CSR reporting in UK big companies. 91% of the companies did CSR reporting in 2008 in UK, when the EU average reporting was 51%. Similarly in 2011 all of the companies surveyed had done CSR reporting making the reporting rate 100%. In year 2013 the reporting rate dropped to 91% again though the EU average reporting rate is 73% in 2013. The assurance of CSR reports by UK companies is increasing in very slow rate. The assurance rate is increased by 1% in every survey done by KPMG. The assurance rate was 55% in 2008, 56% in 2011 and in 2013 it was 57%. Although these figures are not fascinating these figures are well above the average EU assurance rate of 20% in 2008, 41% of 2011 and 40% of 2013. (KPMG , 2013)
- 37. What’s driving CSR in the UK? Increased scrutiny from stakeholders and demand from the public for greater transparency is putting pressure on companies to become more socially and environmentally responsible. Across the world, CSR and broader business objectives are becoming more aligned. The findings suggest that the benefits of adopting more environmentally and socially sustainable business practices are becoming ever more tangible, for example through tax relief on charitable activity or lower energy bills due to efficiency measures introduced. Despite the overall recognition of cost benefits, it's interesting to see that British businesses seem far more reactive in their approach to CSR and are largely responding to stakeholders' needs.
- 39. Top five CSR drivers in the UK UK respondents, drawn from senior executives from all industry sectors in mid-market businesses, cited the following as the key drivers of corporate social responsibility: - Client/consumer demand (62%) - Recruitment/staff retention (49%) - Cost management (48%). -Public attitudes/building brand (44%)
- 40. Companies Listed In United Kingdom for the purpose of Research On Corporate Social Responsibility. Mondi Plc:- Mondi is a worldwide bundling and paper Group which has generation offices over 30 nations. It employees around 24,400 individuals. The key operation of the group is located in Central Europe, Russia, the Americas and South Africa. Their operations are fully integrated across packaging and paper value chain from the management of its own forest and the production of pulp and paper to the conversion of the packaging paper into corrugated packaging, industrial bags and other different products. Mondi has published 100 page long separate sustainability report that includes companies principles in CSR and also the different activities that the company has undertaken in 2013. The company has identified seven different key sustainability aspects which are applied in all operations owned and managed by the company. The seven aspects includes: sustainable forestry, environmental performance, climate change, product stewardship, corporate citizenship, global employment, and occupational health and safety. The report also gives the detail description of the stakeholders of the company as well. The company had set up sustainable development commitments that are targeted to be fulfilled by 2017. The report also tables commitments and also the progress made in those commitments. The company’s performances in 2013 are listed separately in the report. The report highlights that the company is using 61% of the fuel from renewable sources and similarly it has been able to reduce the landfilled waste by 7%. The company has also mentioned about the shortcoming in its activities and areas where it needs to improve under observation topic.
- 41. Anglo American Plc- Anglo American Plc is one of the world’s largest mining companies. It’s headquarter is in the UK and it is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. The mining portfolio of the company consists of iron ore and manganese, copper, nickel, niobium, phosphates, platinum and diamond and many other metals. The main activities of Anglo American are exploration of mineral deposits and mining, processing and smelting of metals. It also provides technical skills as well as well as research and technology development in mining and mining related technology. It operates in different countries of in Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Asia and Australia. Total number of permanent employees and contractors is 158,900. Its operating income in 2013 was 6,168 million dollar in 2013. (Anglo American , 2014) Anglo American Plc has published separate Sustainable Development report in 2013. In the first page of the report company has reported about its commitment on workforce diversity. It shows that the company is very committed on promoting workforce diversity. According to the CSR report of the company by the end of 2013 23% of the managers were women and at the same time 16% of the overall workforces were also women. And nearly 91% of the company’s permanent workforce is represented by work councils, trade unions and other similar bodies. As a signatory of UN Global Compact Anglo American is committed to the labor rights principle provided in International Labor Organizations core conventions. Another important pillar of the company’s value outlined in the report is Safety and Health. In safety part of the report information regarding the management of safety in its operation, strategy and management approach on safety and other safety related issues are presented in the report A very detailed data on different indicators and indices of safety, heath, environment, and human resource, social and economic parameters is given at the end of the report.
- 42. Corporate social responsibility in the UK vs the US: Notwithstanding the corporate administration differences examined, another striking contrast between these two Anglo-Saxon markets is the more prominent consideration being paid by the two organizations also, institutional financial specialists in the UK to issues of long haul social and ecological chance. There are a few conceivable clarifications for this expanded consideration in the UK to CSR issues. Solomon et al . (2004, 557) recognize three particular ones: a general increment in concerns about morals in British society. -Figure below delineates the more prominent exchange of corporate social obligation in the UK in respect to the US by looking at the quantity of articles in which that expression has showed up in driving daily papers in every nation: both the Financial Times furthermore, the London Times presently compose about CSR around each other day, while the New York Times and Wall Street Journal never do.
- 43. Figure:Articles referring to corporate social responsibility in four major English and American newspapers
- 45. CONCLUSION United Kingdom is so a long ways in front of the US with regards to CSR. Furthermore, not simply from those in England who have a somewhat better state of mind when it comes than CSR. In the US organizations concentrate, regularly on what they do in the group – their groups. How you associate and how you bolster them. UK tend to concentrate more on how you maintain your business capably – it's about operations and how you function. The effect is essential to both, yet in the US you take a gander at your group and their needs first and the way you work in your group may have a remark with the way you work, yet does not need to. In UK you concentrate on your part in the public eye through your operations and the effect you have, and after that you enhance these.