oCsr Synopsis

Corporate social responsibility

History:

The history of today’s CRS theory has a long and wide spreading background. Despite the concept of CSR being growing, manifested and flourished in recent times, the late 1800s (industrial revolution) is considered to be the beginning of CSR concept and practice, when creating more productive employees were the main concern for promising business. One might argue to differentiate the social and business reason behind.

Carnegie, Cadbury and Lever were among the many individuals who utilised company assets to improve the conditions of nineteenth century workers. Throughout the twentieth century, companies such as Norsk Hydro would take responsibility for social conditions in their, often isolated, company towns. According to management historian Daniel A. Wren, there were criticism of the emerging factory system in Great Britain, particularly regarding the employment of women and children, and these same issues occurred in the America as well. Reformers of both countries perceived the factory system to be the source of numerous social problems, including labour unrest, poverty, slums, and children and female labour. Wren depicted the industrial betterment/welfare movement of this early period as an uneven mixture of humanitarianism, philanthropy and business acumen. He points to industrialists such as John H. Patterson of National Cash Register as one executive instrumental in setting the course for the industrial welfare movement.

We can perceive the evidence of CSR practice mostly in developed countries, which might be initiated in the United States and conspicuously engaged and extended as concerning formal business organisational norms in Europe. However, nowadays, an escalating awareness to CSR policies and practices is noticeable in countries in Asia.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):