Benj_nissim\'s social-responsibility Bookmarks on Delicious - Mo. Arguments against corporate social responsibility. By Mallen Baker: Last updated 23 May 2008 If the arguments for a socially responsible approach were widely accepted, nobody would even using the label "CSR" because everyone would be doing it.
Those of us who spend our time marshalling the case for would do well to spend a little time hearing the case against, and considering what should be the response. Of course, one of the challenges in considering cases "for" and "against" CSR is the wide variety of definitions of CSR that people use. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotes a vision of business accountability to a wide range of stakeholders, besides shareholders and investors.
Key areas of concern are environmental protection and the wellbeing of employees, the community and civil society in general, both now and in the future. The concept of CSR is underpinned by the idea that corporations can no longer act as isolated economic entities operating in detachment from broader society.