CSR

CSR is a continually evolving concept and as such the resources continue to expand. There are numerous documents produced across the world which add the discussion and debate on corporate social responsibility. Below we have included a certain number of documents which can be helpful in understanding CSR.

CSR in India

• Business responsibility for its social impacts: moving beyond CSR; On June 25, 2012
  Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/business-responsibility-social-impact-beyond-csr?newsfeed=true

• Collaborating for Change ; On June 12, 2012
  Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/business-ngo-collaboration-improving-society?goback=.gde_3873079_member_124533703

• Sustainable Development Vis-a-Vis Actual Corporate Social Responsibility, on March 24, 2012
  Link: http://www.indiacsr.in/en/?p=5611

• Corporate Social Responsibility in India: A long way to go , on June 13, 2012
  Link: http://asiaresearchnews.com/corporate-social-responsibility-in-india-a-long-way-to-go

• Ethics, Business and Society- Managing Responsibly ; First published in 2010
  Link: http://www.asiagsb.ac.in/research/pdfs/fr-58.pdf

• An Elephant in the room: Lessons for Corporate Sustainability from India, Saatchi & Saatchi, July 2012
  Link: http://www.triplepundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sustainablity-book-final-1.pdf

• CSR - Towards a Sustainable Future A White Paper KPMG IN INDIA, 2008
  Link: http://www.in.kpmg.com/pdf/CSR_Whitepaper.pdf

GOI Input on CSR
Private Sector

• Annual Business Responsibility Report (ABBR), on April 18, 2012
  Link: http://www.webtel.in/Image/40_11726_annual_business_responsibility_report_abbr_.pdf

• National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental & Economic Responsibilities of Business, July 2011
  Link: http://www.nfcgindia.org/pdf/National_Voluntary_Guidelines.pdf    

• Teri Business Council for Sustainable Development
  Link:http://bcsd.teri.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=435

Public sector

• Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Department, Guidelines on Sustainable Development for the year 2012-13, On February 24, 2012
  Link: http://dpe.nic.in/sites/upload_files/dpe/files/SD_Guidelines_030312.pdf

• Speech of Dr. M. Veerappa Moily Union Minister for Corporate Affairs, “Corporate Social Responsibility – Public Sector Perspective”, On February 1, 2012
  Link: http://www.iica.in/images/Minister_Speech2.pdf
  
  

Mining Sector

• Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) for Indian Mining Sector, November 2011
  Link:http://mines.nic.in/writereaddata/filelinks/2155afeb_FINAL%20REPORT%20SDF%2029Nov11.pdf

Other

• National Policy on the Voluntary Sector, May 2007
  Link: http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/ngo/npvol07.pdf

• Ten Points Social Charter- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, On May 24, 2007
  Link: http://www.financialexpress.com/old/latest_full_story.php?content_id=165194

CSR-related Subjects
Affirmative Action

• Affirmative Action Policy for SCs/ STs ASSOCHAM, January 2011
  Link: http://www.assocham.org/policies/Code-of-Conduct.ppt

• CII Code of Conduct for Affirmative Action
  Link: http://www.continentalcarbonindia.com/pdfs/CI-Code-of-Conduct-for-Affirmative-Action.pdf

• The Ambedkar Principles: Principles and Guidelines to Address Caste Discrimination in the Private Sector, Revised version September 2009
  Link: http://www.indianet.nl/pdf/ambedkarprinciples.pdf

CSR Hub

• The CSR Hub provides access to corporate social responsibility and sustainability ratings and information on nearly 5,000 companies from 135 industries in 65 countries.)
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences CSR Hub
  Link: http://www.tisscsrhub.org/
  Link: http://www.csrhub.com/

Human Rights

• Dalit Discrimination Check, 2008
  Link:http://www.idsn.org/fileadmin/user_folder/pdf/New_files/CSR/Dalit_Discrimination_Check.pdf

• International Consultation on Caste-Based Discrimination, Bethan Cobley, December 2011

Others

• Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in India - Assessing the UN Global Compact’s role, February 2007
  Link:http://www.die-gdi.de/CMS-Homepage/openwebcms3.nsf/(ynDK_contentByKey) /ENTRBMDUB/$FILE/Studies%2026.pdf

• Organizational Accountability at the Workplace- Requirements (Indian Standard), September 2007
  Link: http://www.standardsbis.in/Gemini/scoperef/SR16001.pdf
  Note: More information on below PiC link
  Link:http://www.picindia.org/system/files/Indian%20Standard%20on%20Workplace%20Standard.pdf

• Catalytic Philanthropy in India, FSG and ISB, February 2012
  Link: http://www.fsg.org/tabid/191/ArticleId/582/Default.aspx?srpush=true

• Maid in India, SOMO and ICN, April 2012
  Link: http://www.indianet.nl/pdf/MaidInIndia.pdf

• Responsible Finance: A Catalyst for Responsible Business, GIZ, March 2012
  Link: http://www.giz.de/Themen/en/SID-097BA60D-274ED950/dokumente/giz-2012-responsibe-finance-en.pdf