Corporate Social Responsibility (Blog 2)
Definition to Corporate Social Responsibility Jamali (2015) explains that CSR is the obligation for business organisations to impact the society in which they operate beyond the singular motive of pure profit maximization and further she emphasise the role of HRM in the development of internal CSR initiatives by claiming that the nature of the organisation’s CSR objectives has impact on the role of HRM in developing these objectives. Sahlin-Anderson (2006), considers CSR as a global trend incorporating business corporations, states, international organizations and civil society organizations Human Resource is a strategic partner in an organisation and as such, can help drive the formulation of the CSR strategy. This is the case especially in companies where CSR is positioned in HR department and thus the HR manager has a key role when it comes to CSR strategy development (Strandberg, 2009). According to Cohen (2010), HR can leverage CSR strategies to deliver greater benefits for the bu...