2. Corporate Social
Responsibility
corporate social responsibility (CSR),It refers to a
company linking itself with ethical values,
transparency, employee relations, compliance with
legal requirements and overall respect for the
communities in which they operate.

3. Corporate Social Responsibility in
Bangladesh
CSR concepts and practices in Bangladesh have a long history
of philanthropic activities from time immemorial. These
philanthropic activities included donations to different
charitable organizations, poor people and religious
institutions. Till now, most of the businesses in Bangladesh
are family owned and first generation businesses.

4. Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) & its
practice of Bata Bangladesh Ltd.
Company Background:
The Bata Shoe Organization was
founded in 1894 by Czech businessman
Tomas Bata in the city of Zlin, what was
then Czechoslovakia.
In Bangladesh, Bata started its
operation in 1962.
Currently Bata Shoe Company
(Bangladesh) Limited operates two
manufacturing facilities – one in Tongi
and the other in Dhamrai.

5. Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)
of Bata Bangladesh Ltd
• Bata Children’s Program (BCP): Bata has a BCP project which
deals with the helpless children (orphan, street children, etc.).
• On 19.05.2011, Bata Bangladesh Ltd. organized a training
program on product knowledge, customer service, etc. of four
apprentices from ‘Maer Achol Shelter’, Mirpur, Dhaka (a
concern of Street Children’s Partners, France). They are
working in different stores now and will get job in Bata.
• On 21.05.2011, Ms. Nicole Voillat, Director, Bata Children’s
Program (BCP) Foundation recently visited Bata Bangladeh and
handed over a television to ‘Maer Achol Shelter’ for recreation
of children.

6. • Bata Bangladesh Ltd. donated 40 pairs of
Bata school shoes for poor students of
the Geramara Govt Primary School of
Sherpur.
• The national cricket team of Bangladesh
is doing good day by bay and Bata
Bangladesh Ltd. is the official clothing
sponsor of Bangladesh Cricket Team.
• Bata Bangladesh Ltd. with other social
organizations play a role to raise social
awareness in Bangladesh like, eve
teasing, anti-smoking, etc. factors.

7. Future activities (CSR)
• BataVillage: To contribute in society and it’s employee Bata
Bangladesh Ltd. has plan to setup BataVillage in Bangladesh like other
countries of the world.
• Different NGO (Non Government organization): Bata shoe
organizations will try to link with Assistance for social organization
and development (ASOD) to create awareness of the hardcore poor
people of the Monga affected areas on locally available resources,
services and their rights for realizing their entitlements.
• Blood donation: Blood is the valuable things for every people. It is
also a great virtue. Following this concept they are motivated and will
try to arrange blood donation project to active their hand.

8. Our Suggestion to extend CSR in Bangladesh
• Tree plantation project
• Student scholarship
• Social awareness raise through advertisement
• Senior Citizen

9. Conclusion
The business organizations must have ethical responsibility as they are
doing business, including production, management, and services and
so on. Without ethics, it would be danger to the human. Ethics is
simply the rules that say what is right and wrong, as defined by a
particular reference group or individual.