Social Responsibility and Corporates: A Study of Selected Companies

The last half decade has witnessed a remarkable resurgence of attention among practitioners and scholars to understand the ability of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to address environmental and social problems. The purpose of this study is to explore the various definitions and descriptions of corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); elaborate upon development of CSR in India; study the theoretical concepts expounded by various researchers and study the development of current CSR practices in India. Corporate social responsibility is not just for specialist or large scale companies, all business leaders and managers of tomorrow must understand why they are engaged in CSR. A good number of articles, books, & periodicals are studied before preparing this paper.