A presentation on corporate responsibility and how it impacts everyone.

1. CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
How does it affect us?
By: Baily Dilliha

2. WHAT IS CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY?
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not a legal requirement
• A choice made by businesses to better society
• Companies that practice CSR may:
• Make environment conservation efforts
• Have high ethical standards
• Encourage green innovation
• Donate/contribute to charities

3. WHO IS AFFECTED BY CSR?
• Everyone is affected by a company’s CSR Including:
• Shareholders
• Employees
• Customers
• The community
• The government
• And many more!

4. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
STANDARDS
• CSR standards are beyond what law requires
• A business decides to/not be socially responsible
• Businesses set the standards they follow
• Consumers hold businesses to those standards
• CSR helps to better society

5. WHY SHOULD A BUSINESS BE
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE?
• It is the ethical thing to do
• Most businesses practice some CSR
• More and more consumers care about businesses ethics
• This trend is aided by information available online
• People can access information quickly and easily
• Social responsibility efforts can show in consumer searches
What business doesn’t want some good publicity?

6. HOW DO WE KNOW IF A COMPANY IS
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE?
• Companies make their efforts known
• They want to show their good side
• Many businesses incorporate CSR in
marketing
• See Fig. 1. for an example of CSR at Kohl’s
Fig. 1. “Corporate Responsibility at Kohl's.”

7. ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
• Being environmentally conscious is a
form of CSR
• Being environmentally responsible:
• conserves resources for generations to
come
• Impacts everyone on the planet
• Can be costly upfront but save money
long term
• See Fig. 2. for sustainable energy
efforts at Amazon
Fig. 2. Sustainable energy at Amazon “Our Planet.”

8. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
IN COMMUNITIES
• Corporate social responsibility can be community work
• Some companies have volunteer programs
• These programs can involve:
• Helping feed those in need
• Providing a service with no fee
• Mentoring or tutoring
• Cleaning trash/litter from the community

9. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND ETHICS
• CSR extends past business interests
• These efforts go beyond legal requirements
• CSR alleviates some ethical problems with businesses
• For example:
• Pollution is unethical and bad for the planet
• A business practicing CSR may
• Make recycling efforts
• Seek to offset carbon emissions
• Promote environmental cleanup

10. ECONOMIC CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• Economically responsible CSR:
• Improves business practices and
sustainability
• Sustainable business is good for everyone
• Businesses seek more efficient methods
• Resources are preserved
• Communities see benefits
• See Fig. 3. from Coca-Cola’s water
conservation efforts
Fig. 3. Water conservation “Sustainable Business.”

11. HOW DOES CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AFFECT US?
• Companies that practice CSR aim to:
• Improve the environment
• Better the community
• Pursue sustainable business practices
• Corporate social responsibility
• shows that a business cares
• Improves the lives of people involved
• Helps preserve limited environmental resources
• Corporate social responsibility affects everyone

12. WORKS CITED
“Corporate Social Responsibility.” Ethics Unwrapped, McCombs School of
Business, 12 Dec. 2018, ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary
/corporate-social-responsibility. Accessed 14 June 2021.
Fig. 1. “Corporate Responsibility at Kohl's.” Kohls, corporate.kohls.com/
corporate-responsibility. Accessed 14 June 2021.
Fig. 2. “Our Planet.” US About Amazon, Amazon, 21 Sept. 2020,
www.aboutamazon.com/planet. Accessed 14 June 2021.
Fig. 3. “Sustainable Business.” The Coca-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola
Company, www.coca-colacompany.com/sustainable-business.
Accessed 14 June 2021.