Corporate social responsibility: A critical appraisal

Sanjay Dixit *

Ex-Research Scholar, Department. of Law, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(02), 421–429
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.2.0253
 
Publication history: 
Received on 01January 2023; revised on 10Februay 2023; accepted on 13 February 2023
 
Abstract: 
India is the first Country in the world to make Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandatory, the New Companies Act 2013 in April 2014. Businesses can invest their profits in areas such as education, poverty, gender equality and hunger as part of any CSR compliance. The objects on which there can be charitable spending are specified in a schedule, the purpose being to assure that charity is directed to good social causes. For this purpose, a Corporate Social Responsibility Commitee has to be constituted. CSR is similar to Mahatma Gandhi's trusteeship principle. CSR has played an important and Influential role in corona and disaster relief work. There are also some problems regarding CSR In India such as lack of transparency, political interference, non-reach of help to the weak and backward classes, lack of right participation, and non-availability of well-organized NGOs, etc. All these need to be taken care of by the company and the gonernment transparency can be made more affective by seeing the importance of ensuring the role. 
 
Keywords: 
Corporate Social Responsibility; Trusteeship; Green Washing; Philanthropic; Socio-economic
 
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