Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility
What you will learn
- Explain the triple bottom line and stakeholder theory.
- Identify ESG social topics tied to HR.
- Define greenwashing and its effect on credibility.
- Design a volunteering program and a report that follows a recognized framework.
CSR is no longer a side charity activity; investors, customers, and job candidates ask about it. HR plays a direct role because many of its indicators concern employees: safety, diversity, training, and working conditions.
Key concepts
| Triple Bottom Line | Measuring performance socially, environmentally, and economically: people, planet, profit. |
|---|---|
| Stakeholder Theory | The organization is accountable to everyone affected by its operations, not only shareholders. |
| ESG | Environmental, social, governance. The social dimension covers labor practices, safety, and diversity. |
| Greenwashing | Misleading environmental claims not backed by real programs or data. |
A successful volunteering program
A tech company ties its volunteering program to its digital education mission, gives employees two paid days a year to train students, and measures beneficiaries and participation. Mandating weekend volunteering or focusing on publicity would spoil the program.
What matters on the exam
- Emissions and waste are environmental, board independence is governance, labor practices are social.
- A credible sustainability report follows a recognized framework like GRI with consistent, measurable indicators.
- Publishing only positive data or changing indicators yearly hurts credibility.
Quick check
Answer in your head first, then reveal.
What is the triple bottom line?Reveal the answer
People, planet, profit.
A company claims environmental commitment with no real programs. What is that?Reveal the answer
Greenwashing.
To whom is the organization accountable under stakeholder theory?Reveal the answer
Everyone affected by its operations.
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Sources
Used to verify the facts. The writing is original to Passuit.