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Status Of Corporate Resposibility in India 2017
Corporate Responsibility Watch launched its first ever CSR in India Report in the year 2016 with the objective of providing an overall status of Business Responsibility. CSR in its original avatar was considered as responsible operations by businesses in their core business. In its new avatar, the Companies Act 2013, Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) initiatives are often talked about or undertaken as if they were something special, which is rather problematic. Separating responsibility from core business operations might reduce CSR to acts of philanthropy, as companies continue being irresponsible in their primary business activities. While aligning both aspects, compliance becomes a given when discussing CSR. It is detrimental for a company’s long term sustainability strategy to implement activities that have limited or no relationship to a company’s operations, as this exercise will have limited contribution in realising social, environmental and ethical business practices.
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Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility in India
India is a country of myriad contradictions. On the one hand, it has grown to be one of the largest economies in the world, and an increasingly important player in the emerging global order, on the other hand, it is still home to the largest number of people living in absolute poverty (even if the proportion of poor people has decreased) and the largest number of undernourished children. What emerges is a picture of uneven distribution of the benefits of growth which many believe, is the root cause of social unrest.
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Companies Act 2013 New Rules of the Game
The recently enacted Companies Act 2013 (the ‘2013 Act’) is a landmark legislation and is likely to have far-reaching consequences on all companies operating in India.
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Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin
Welcome to the 10th issue of the Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin. To assist all those following corporate legal accountability issues, we send this bulletin to highlight key developments, new cases profiled on our site, updates to existing profiles, and other news.
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Responsible Business Check Up
The Responsible Business Check Up is a gap analysis and benchmarking tool to help small organisations that want to develop a strategic approach to corporate responsibility, to integrate and improve responsibility through their operations. It provides a benchmark for organisations to evaluate their performance within the key areas of community, employees, suppliers, products & services and environment.
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Global Economy, Global Rights
A practitioners’ guide for interpreting human rights obligations in the global economy
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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework
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