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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Social responsibility for corporations partly differs depending on where the corporation is located and the classification of the corporation (McWiliams and Siegel ,

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least , there are five categories of corporate social responsibility being practiced by corporations from the different parts of the world . One of the most notable categories of corporate social responsibility is responsibility towards the environment . The issue of climate change and the increasing garbage problem from across the globe has heightened the calls for more environmental awareness among corporations and for more business practices that secure and promote the environment instead of degrading it . For corporations under the manufacturing industry , waste products from their operations and composition of their traded goods are used as bases for categorizing the corporation and its goods as either environmental hazards or not . As far as corporate social responsibility is concerned , corporations are encouraged to engage into recycling measures and use raw materials that do not pose any significant threat to the environment

Another category for corporate social responsibility is employer-employee relations insofar as wages are concerned . Employers should essentially pay the proper wages to their employees in the legally prescribed timeframe . Incentives should also be given to employees as well as other benefits depending on the nature of their job . Employees who are constantly exposed to certain threats such as health hazards for workers in a steel refining company should be given due compensation and health benefits either in the form of monetary benefits or health security programs . Maintaining a healthy relationship between the employees and the employers is an important aspect of corporate social responsibility as it reflects the credibility of the corporation before the eyes of potential employees and the rest of the society

Internal work standards and ethics are also a part of corporate social responsibility . More specifically , cases of corruption in corporations adversely affect the performance of the corporation in many ways . If the corporation tolerates corruption within its premises , it can lead to serious doubts as to whether the corporation is also following the laws that govern the behaviors of corporations . It can cast doubts as to whether the corporation is paying the right amount of taxes prescribed by the law , or whether the corporation is accurate and honest in its financial reports to its stakeholders

The quality of the goods and services being provided by corporations is also a category in corporate social responsibility primarily because these are the things that the corporation sells to the buying public . If the corporation supplies defective goods and services while claiming a superior quality of what the corporation is offering , the fraudulent act can...