As Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been practiced in many different ways, this book tries to present Asian context by investigating how CSR activities has been impacting people on the ground. The book provides case studies from China, South Korea, India and Indonesia, disclosing the ugly face of CSR. The biggest problem with CSR is not that it has limitations, nor is it concerning its questionable ability to sufficiently address the problems it intends to ameliorate. Rather, it is the fact that it takes people to a completely wrong direction. For many large corporations, CSR is primarily a strategy to divert attention away from the negative social and environmental impacts of their activities. In the Asian context, CSR mostly involves activities like adopting villages for what they call a ‘holistic development’, in which they provide medical and sanitation facilities, build school and houses, and helping villagers become self-reliant by teaching them vocational and business skills.
 

See Also 

Bill: The Companies Bill, 2011

Report: Report by the Standing Committee on Finance (2011-12) on the Companies Bill, 2011

Feature: Mining for people

Feature: 2% for social work

Report: State of green business 2012

Report: Audit of Corporate Social Responsibility of Coal India Ltd

Guidelines: National voluntary guidelines on social, environmental & economic responsibilities of business

Report: Undisclosed risk: corporate environmental and social reporting in emerging Asia

Report: Corporate Responsibility Survey 2011