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Companies can lead by example
By Rita & Umesh Anand
IT is a decade since the law on corporate social responsibility was passed in 2013. This is a good time ...
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Going from trusteeship to electoral trusts
By Sanjaya Baru
MAHATMA Gandhi called it trusteeship. It is based on the idea that the wealthy have an obligation to society and ...
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Spends have been rising, but why so skewed?
By Madhukar Shukla
THE making of corporate social responsibility mandatory in 2013 marks a major milestone in the history of Indian business. This ...
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Don’t settle for corporate crumbs, change the system
By Arun Maira
FIFTEEN years ago, Umesh and Rita Anand asked me to write a book explaining ‘civil society’ to leaders of business ...
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Ready for CSR 2.0? Five ideas for shifting gear
By R. A. Mashelkar
CORPORATIONS have an impact and touch lives in different ways when they use corporate social responsibility or CSR as a ...
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Upgrade shopfloors, give workers more than a job
By Rajiv Khandelwal
WHEN the pandemic led to a nationwide lockdown, leaving millions of workers in the unorganized sector stranded in cities, several ...
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Check out a non-profit and then allow it to function
By Ratna Vishwanathan
IT has been extensively documented that companies which exhibit socially responsible behaviour tend to be more successful than companies with ...
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Partnership and strategic giving are what work best
By Santanu Mishra
IN the initial days of the Smile Foundation, we were convinced that there had to be a working model and ...
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Investing in heritage keeps the past alive with returns
By Ratish Nanda
INDIA prides herself on being an ancient culture with diverse beliefs. A rich built heritage is a reminder of this ...
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Ethics begins where the law ends for a business
By Jagdeep S. Chhokar
INDIA has had an ancient tradition of philanthropy. The tradition of constructing places of worship, and lodging for pilgrims and ...
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How a company earns is as important as its CSR
By Kiran Karnik
CORPORATE Social Responsibility (CSR) is being overtaken in boardrooms and in top corporate management circles by the new buzz-concept: Environment, ...
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From philanthropy to co-creating change
By B. Muthuraman & Sourav Roy
IT was 1996 and Tata Steel had set in motion a strategy for long-term growth with plans for a new ...
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