Quite a number of corporate social corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues were highlighted in the press in 2008. However, they might have slipped past readers as the CSR angle in the news was not explored.
This editorial, the CSR Digest’s inaugural piece, seeks to put together a report card on how businesses fared on the CSR front in 2008, based on press clippings and news reported during the year.
But first,
What is CSR?
In Malaysia, there is a growing understanding that CSR is no longer just an option, but a necessity (for example, see the International Business Report (IBR) 2008 compiled by Grant Thornton International). Furthermore, to spur businesses into action, the government has set aside RM100 mill in the recent Budget to go towards CSR through the Amal Jariah program, which was launched in 2007 in a bid to repair the homes of the hardcore poor.
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Posted on 12/12/2008
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