scholarly journals CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE WORKERS IN TEA INDUSTRY OF ASSAM – A CASE STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THREE COMPANY BASED INDUSTRY

Author(s):  
Horen Goowalla

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) defined as “the ethical behavior of a company towards the society,” manifests itself in the form of such noble programs initiated by for-profit organizations. CSR has become increasingly prominent in the Indian corporate scenario because organizations have realized that besides growing their businesses, it is also vital to build trustworthy and sustainable relationships with the community at large. This is one of the key drivers of CSR programs. Though India is one of the fastest growing economies, socio-economic problems like poverty, illiteracy, lack of healthcare etc. are still ubiquitous and the government has limited resources to tackle these challenges. This scenario has opened up several areas for businesses to contribute towards social development. Companies have CSR teams that devise specific policies, strategies and goals for their CSR programs and set aside budgets to support them. Corporate Social Responsibility means the way in which  business firms integrate environmental, economic and social concerns into their culture, values, strategy, decision making and operations in an accountable and transparent manner and therefore, leading to better creation of wealth, an improved society and better  practices in the business organization. The research study has been undertaken by selecting three tea estates of Jorhat District of Assam, out of the total tea estates 135(Annual Report2013, Published tea Board of India). These tea estates are considered only Company based, tea estates for the study. This paper is about how Tea Industry performs their Social Responsibility towards their workers. Research is based on the three Tea Gardens industry i.e. how they fulfill their task towards the benefit of Society. In this paper,  an attempt has been made to highlights how the companies based tea industries have introduced many workers welfare activities, social development programmes, better working conditions,provide better medical and sanitation facilities, sports and cultural activities in order to improve  their standard of living of employees.

Author(s):  
Paul Mtasigazya

This paper sets out to examine the neglected research area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the Mining Companies in Tanzania, and was guided by the following specific objectives: 1) to examine tax payment compliance of the mining companies in Tanzania; 2) to explore the extent to which mining companies donate local communities services in Tanzania; 3) to investigate the compliance of environment management Act of 2015; 4) to explore the challenges facing Tanzania in enforcing CSR of the mining companies. A case study design was used and the methods of data collection were interviews and documentary reviews. 74 respondents were selected by the author through purposive sampling. The findings revealed that there is poor practice of CSR due to none compliance of the mining companies on paying tax, environmental pollution in Tighthe river in north Mara, inadequate compensations to the relocated local communities in Tanzania as well as low contribution of mining companies to the National economy that have turned the Country into resource curse. Also, it was noted that some challenges such as weak legal enforcement and lack of government stake in the mining companies resulting into myth of mining companies’ social responsibility in Tanzania. It is therefore concluded that the government should increase its stake in Mining Companies as it is in Botswana and also establish comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for effective and efficient CSR in Mining sector in Tanzania.


Think India ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
N. Tejmani Singh ◽  
Chinglen Pukhrabam Singh

In the fast changing business scenario, business ethics and value based education form the foundation of a civilized society. This will find a focus in Training Programme under topics Corporate Social Responsibility in the light of The Companies Act 2013. They need to recognize the need to create organizations where ethical decisions are not undermined but are encouraged and promoted. They turned vibrant and actively functional as local governance modules. To realize the Government of Indias mission and Modis mantra of development Make in India, corporate sectors should spend Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) money which is 2% of net profit currently on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. State Government should facilitate field visits by Embassy officials of those countries who issued travel advisories to their nationals against visiting states in the northeast region of India. In response to the demands of this new social system, NGOs begin to wonder what a responsible organization is like, as an exercise of assumption of its responsibilities. For the third sector, the starting point of social responsibility is the coherence between the values and the social proposal being done from their action fields: cooperation for development, social, human aid or environment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-545
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusrizal

State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have a very important role in the implementation of the national economy in order to realize the welfare of the people. SOEs are seen as having a strategic role in fostering and developing private and cooperative businesses. The government through its regulations has mandated SOEs to participate in assisting the government in implementing the development policies that have been outlined, this is as mandated in Article 88 of Law no. 19 Year 2003 on SOEs, which in the article instructs SOEs to set aside a parcel of their net benefit for the reason of cultivating little businesses and cooperatives as well as cultivating the community around the company. The existence of the provisions of Article 88 means that SOEs are not only looking for profit, but also must play an active role in developing and fostering small businesses and cooperatives, so SOEs will have the responsibility Corporate social responsibility that can be sued is the same as other private companies in Indonesia.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Pisay Souvansay

<p>Corporations play a significant role in social and economical development globally. They play a significant role in supporting and boosting economic growth and local development as they provide job opportunities, contribute to infrastructure development, and generate income and wealth in societies. However, corporations also bring some negative impacts. Corporations, in particular those in extractive industries, can create a wide range of harmful effects and hazards to human health and livelihoods as well as to the environment. The negative impacts have attracted significant attention from related parties and prompted corporations to take a great deal of care in managing their impacts. As a result, companies are trying to improve their business strategies and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of these strategies by which companies try to differentiate themselves from others and to mitigate their negative impacts.  CSR has gradually emerged over many decades and recently became a focus of discussion among businesses and other stakeholders. However, the consensus on the definition of CSR is still limited. Various definitions of CSR have been created based on the interests, perspectives and expectations of different organisations.  This research explores the different understandings and perspectives of different groups of people around the way private sector is implementing CSR in Lao PDR, focusing on a foreign mining company as the case study. The research will also identify how these perspectives and expectations impact the strategies of CSR, especially regarding to rural development and poverty reduction in Laos.  The results of this thesis show that CSR is relatively a new concept in Laos but it is increasingly significant with the government and businesses themselves both paying more attention to CSR concerns. There is still unclear and common understanding among key stakeholders namely, government, business and other related stakeholders such as communities and other organisations. Fulfilling the legal obligations seems to be sufficient for the business and the government to claim that they are CSR companies while the community and other organisations expect corporations to do more than what only in the contract. In order to promote and encourage CSR to be effective and efficient, mutual understanding needs to be created, negotiated and agreed among keys stakeholders.</p>


Author(s):  
Banyu Arma Supija ◽  
Lalu Ahmad Rahmat ◽  
Yulanda Trisula Sidharta Yohanes

Creating a positive image in society, companies can conduct CSR programs. Poverty categories are understood in various ways including: Picture of material shortage, Overview of social needs, Descriptions of lack of income and adequate wealth. The meaning of "adequate" here varies widely across the sections of the Problem Formulation How Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) PR Program PT Indonesia Power UJP PLTU JeranjangIn Reducing Poverty (A Case Study In Taman Ayu Village Village Gerung Subdistrict West Lombok)? " this research is to know Corporate Social Responsibility Program (CSR) PR PT. Indonesia Power UJP PLTU Jeranjang In Reducing Poverty (Case Study Of Taman Ayu Village Subdistrict Gerung West Lombok) In this research using descriptive qualitative research method called naturalistic method because the research is done on natural condition (natural setting), which means in accordance with facts and data that exist in the field. The results of the research are: Informants who serve as representatives of society and companies provide a lot of information ;, Description of research results indicate that the existence of support CSR implementation by the Company and Benefits Reduce Poverty by the Government of Taman Ayu Village, it is known that between theory and result is very significant. Suggestion given in this research are: PT. Indonesia Power continues to implement CSR Program as an effort to improve corporate image, CSR implementation to be improved, Village government and community continue to support and provide opportunities for sustainable CSR programs.Keywords : CSR and Poverty


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Noorwahid Sofjan

Since the CSR discourse has been widely discussed, the debate about the concept of CSR as an expression of moral responsibility and sensitivity to the social and environmental world has received resistance from some circles. The reason is that some people are trying to avoid CSR obligations. This paper talks about how the discourse and thinking about CSR struggles. Is CSR a voluntary activity for the company or is it an obligation (mandatory)? Then the authors describe the Indonesian context of CSR. And before the conclusion, the author tries to describe a case example of a CSR program run by a company in Indonesia and tries to analyze it from a human security perspective. As a result, from a human security perspective, the concept of CSR in Indonesia is still a problem. The cause, scholars are still trapped in efforts to formulate a detailed definition of CSR. As a result, practically the CSR program has not been seen as a humanitarian program. And it is still limited to a technical matter of fulfilling the company's procedural obligations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Noorwahid Sofjan

Since the CSR discourse has been widely discussed, the debate about the concept of CSR as an expression of moral responsibility and sensitivity to the social and environmental world has received resistance from some circles. The reason is that some people are trying to avoid CSR obligations. This paper talks about how the discourse and thinking about CSR struggles. Is CSR a voluntary activity for the company or is it an obligation (mandatory)? Then the authors describe the Indonesian context of CSR. And before the conclusion, the author tries to describe a case example of a CSR program run by a company in Indonesia and tries to analyze it from a human security perspective. As a result, from a human security perspective, the concept of CSR in Indonesia is still a problem. The cause, scholars are still trapped in efforts to formulate a detailed definition of CSR. As a result, practically the CSR program has not been seen as a humanitarian program. And it is still limited to a technical matter of fulfilling the company's procedural obligations.


Author(s):  
N. Tejmani Singh ◽  
Chinglen Pukhrabam Singh

In the fast changing business scenario, business ethics and value based education form the foundation of a civilized society. This will find a focus in Training Programme under topics Corporate Social Responsibility in the light of The Companies Act 2013. They need to recognize the need to create organizations where ethical decisions are not undermined but are encouraged and promoted. They turned vibrant and actively functional as local governance modules. To realize the Government of Indias mission and Modis mantra of development Make in India, corporate sectors should spend Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) money which is 2% of net profit currently on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. State Government should facilitate field visits by Embassy officials of those countries who issued travel advisories to their nationals against visiting states in the northeast region of India. In response to the demands of this new social system, NGOs begin to wonder what a responsible organization is like, as an exercise of assumption of its responsibilities. For the third sector, the starting point of social responsibility is the coherence between the values and the social proposal being done from their action fields: cooperation for development, social, human aid or environment.


Author(s):  
Irene Samanta

Nowadays one of the main effort of firms is to implement the concept of the business of business is the social contribution to the society. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an effort to achieve positive results for corporate performance. The present research examines the effect of CSR activities on the employees of a company. This research is a case study on a multinational company. A total of 30 supervisors and 176 employees were examined. CSR programmes have a strong influence on employees’ behaviour as regards their organizational commitment, intention to stay, positive word-of-mouth reports, job performance and CSR championing behaviour.


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