The document discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR) concepts and practices of Microsoft in India. It defines CSR as a business's commitment to contribute to economic development while improving quality of life of the community. It outlines Microsoft's global revenue and employee size. It then describes Microsoft's CSR projects in India focusing on education, skills development, gender equality, use of technology for social good, and disaster relief. Specific CSR programs discussed are Partners in Learning, YouthSpark, Project Saksham, and the Connect IT program.

1. BY- SUMAN & MONISHA

2. CONCEPT OF CSR ENCOMPASSES:
 Triple bottom line
 Corporate citizenship
 Philanthropy
 Business responsibility
 Corporate sustainability

3. "Corporate Social Responsibility is the
continuing commitment by business to
contribute to economic development
while improving the quality of life of the
workforce and their families as well as
of the community and society at large.”
WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT:

4. the CSR Rules under Section 135 of the
Companies Act, 2013, the CSR Committee
mentioned the Guiding Principle as follows:
"CSR is the process by which an organization
thinks about and evolves its relationships with
stakeholders for the common good, and
demonstrates its commitment in this regard by
adoption of appropriate business processes
and strategies. Thus CSR is not charity or mere
donations. CSR is a way of conducting
business, by which corporate entities visibly
contribute to the social good. Socially
responsible companies do not limit themselves
to using resources to engage in activities that
increase only their profits. They use CSR to
integrate economic, environmental and social
objectives with the company's operations and
growth ."

5. TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

6. WHAT CONSTITUTES CSR?
Projects or programs relating to activities
specified in schedule VII to the act.
 Eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition
 Promoting education, gender equality
 Protection of national heritage, art and
culture
 Ensuring environmental welfare

7. FOR WHOM IT IS APLLICABLE?
Clause 135,Companies Act 2013 &Companies
Rules 2014 [CSR policy]
The CSR rules now mandate that companies
with a
 net worth of Rs.500 crore or
 revenue of Rs.1,000 crore or
 net profit of Rs.5 crore
 should spend 2% of their average profit in
the last three years on development-related
activities.

9. IMPLEMENTATION:
 Company can implement directly, i.e. its own
non-profit organization.
 Through independently registered non-profit
organization.
 Pooling their resources with other companies.
 CSR activities undertaken in India, in a form of
project or programme is considered.

10.  A brief outline of the company's CSR Policy,
including overview of projects or programs
proposed to be undertaken..
 The composition of the CSR Committee
 Average net profit of the company for last three
financial years
 Prescribed CSR Expenditure.
 Details of CSR Spent during the financial year.
 In case the company has failed to spend the 2%
of the average net profit of the last three
financial year, reasons for it..
REPORTING:

11. FALIURE to disclose in the boards report:
 Minimum fine of 50,000 up to 25 lac rupees
To the company.
 Every officer in default- imprisonment of
3 years.[apart from fine]
 Defaults where no penalty is indicated-
 One time fine up to Rs10000
 Rs1000 per day in case of continuous
default.

12. AWARDS:
GLOBAL/NATIONAL Golden
Peacock Global Award for
Excellence in Corporate
Governance 20-Aug-2016
Awards presentation during the
LONDON GLOBAL CONVENTION 2016
Incorporating 16th International
Conference on CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE & SUSTAINABILITY
On 17 - 19 October, 2016 in London (UK)

13. COMPANIES IN CSR

14. MICROSOFT
INTRODUCTION:
“Worlds most admired companies” among top 50 largest
companies in USA.
Microsoft revenue reaches US$86.83 billion in 2014.
Microsoft net income was estimated at US$ 22.07 billion.
Operating globally there are 1,28,750 employees work in 150
countries.( June 2014)
Microsoft is globally known for Microsoft windows operating
system and Microsoft office suite of products.

16. CSR PROJECTS OF MICROSOFT
• Promoting education and digital inclusion including training of
teachers to use technology for better educational outcomes.
• Skilling, employability and entrepreneurship: provide digital and
vocational training and job placement support for youth (especially girls
and women), facilitate young people to start their own micros
enterprises and small businesses.
• Women and girl empowerment: participation of girls and women in
jobs, science and technology careers and other activities to promote
gender equity.
• Technology for Good: Helping NGOs to use technology to magnify the
social change and impact through donating software and services,
improving access to hardware, sharing knowledge and building
capacities of NGOs to leverage technology for social good and provide
innovative technology solutions
• Disaster response: Supporting humanitarian relief and disaster
management efforts in areas effected by natural calamities through our
partnership and grants to national-level disaster response NGOs like
Oxfam, assisting in rehabilitation work around provision of shelters, safe
and clean water, medical aid and ensuring sanitation in the relief
facilities.

17. CSR PROGRAMS OF MICROSOFT
• Partners in Learning – Project Shiksha: Started in 2003, the
program aims to accelerate IT literacy and enhance the classroom
environment among government schools across the country.
• YouthSpark – Project Jyoti: in partnership with NGOs the
program equips youth from marginalized background on basic IT
skills, spoken English, personality development and then helps
place them in appropriate jobs or start their own enterprise.
• Project Saksham: gives impetus to the National Mission of
Education through ICT. The common goal is to build connectivity
and a knowledge network among and within institutions of higher
learning in the country.
• Digital Saksharta or the Digital Literacy Curriculum: is a free
online program to enable people with digital literacy to help them
employ the edge of computing in everyday life.

18. Employee Giving and Volunteering Program- complements the
efforts of the Indian government for Education, through direct
contributions and participation by Microsoft employees. The amount
contributed is matched by Microsoft.
Software Donations - Microsoft India has donated over 300 crore
rupees in software products to eligible NGOs. As part of this
initiative, Microsoft recently made its latest Cloud product Office365
available as a donation to eligible nonprofits.
Connect IT Program - launched in 2009, the program builds the
capacities of the NGOs to integrate and use technology to achieve
their development projects.
Disaster and Humanitarian Response - Microsoft Group in India
has been at the forefront of generating assistance for natural
disasters like the Uttarakhand flash-floods, J&K and Assam more
recently.