working with industrial community and other methods of industrial social work

1. INDUSTRIAL SOCIAL WORK-
WORKING WITH INDUSTRIAL
COMMUNITY AND OTHER
METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK
Vishal A
II MSW
Nanjil catholic college of arts & science
kaliyakkavilai

2. Working with Industrial
community
Community organisation
 community organisation is a process
of identifying community resources, is
being utilized by many industries.
 Social workers in industrial settings
make referrals to specific agencies in
the community which are specialized
in solving individual and family
problems

3.  Social workers are also used as
consultants to help business plan, co-
ordinate and integrate their total
services in working with employee,
particularly in relation to social
services and humanitarian interests.

4. Roles of industrial social worker
working with industrial
community
 As a social worker help industries to
understand the community, utilize its
resources and benefit the community
as their own organisation.
 They also assist executives to
understand community problems,
legislations and community resources.

5.  Community consciousness and
community development are
becoming famous and meaningful to
both management and labour as a
result of the skills and services of the
professional social worker.

6. Corporate Social
Responsibility(CSR)
 Businesses that practice corporate social
responsibility aim to improve
communities, the economy or the
environment.
 corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a
term used to describe a company’s
efforts to improve society in some way.
These efforts can range from donating
money to nonprofits to implementing
environmentally friendly policies in the
workplace

7. contribution for CSR
 Rules of Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) are in force in India since April 1,
2014. According to these rules, companies
which have an annual net worth of Rs.500
crore or annual income of Rs.1000 crore or
an annual profit of Rs. 5 crore, are required to
spend on CSR activities. This expenditure
should be at least 2% of the average profit of
three years. According to the CSR rules, the
provisions of the CSR are not applicable to
Indian companies only, but it is also
applicable to the foreign company's branch in
India and the project office of the foreign
company.

8. Companies With the Best CSR
Reputation
These multinational corporations have
changed the way how business
operates. Their CSR strategies have
helped them build a name for
themselves and contribute hugely to
society.

9. IKEA
 The Swedish-house multinational group
that designs furniture has been actively
involved to create safe places for
children in conflict zones. Their initiatives
include –
 Let’s Play for Change to enable
children to “play and develop, even in the
most difficult circumstances.”
 Brighter Lives for Refugees for which
they have donated “€30.8 million to help
the UNHCR bring light and renewable
energy to refugee camps across Asia,
Africa and Middle East.”

10. COCA-COLA
 Coca Cola focuses on empowering
young women entrepreneurs. Their
#5by20 program aims to bring 5
million women into the company as
bottlers or distributors by 2020. Their
other programs are centered around
providing clean drinking water and for
the development of the disadvantaged
youth

11. LEVI’S
 For Levi’s, just one thing matters- Is the
jeans contributing to water scarcity?
Since the inception of their Water<Less
program in 2011, they have saved more
than 1 billion litres of water. They have
reduced the usage of water for
manufacturing for some of their styles by
96 percent. They have also worked to
support people with HIV/AIDS and
decrease their contribution to climate
change.

12. LEGO
 Although new to this field, Lego
already ranks as number 1 on 2017
Global CSR RepTrak. Lego’s aim is to
use sustainable materials in all its
products and packaging by 2030.
They have decided to manufacture
some of their products from plant-
based plastics this year

13. GOOGLE
 Google is the world’s largest corporate
buyer of renewable power. In 2017,
they reached their target of 100
percent renewable energy in their data
centres and offices. They also provide
Google Ads Grants to nonprofits to
advertise for free using Google Ads.

14. microsoft
 Microsoft started its CSR initiatives
back in 1983. Being in the game for a
long time, they still rank as one of the
most “giving” organizations. Their
Microsoft Philanthropies works with
nonprofits, public and private agencies
to empower people as well as local
communities.

15. Examples of Corporate Social
Responsibility in Action
Corporate social responsibility comes in many
forms. Even the smallest company impacts social
change by making a simple donation to a local
food bank. Some of the most common examples
of CSR include:
 Reducing carbon footprints
 Improving labor policies
 Participating in fairtrade
 Charitable giving
 Volunteering in the community
 Corporate policies that benefit the environment
 Socially and environmentally conscious
investments

16. Application of others methods of
social work in industry.
1. Social work research
2. Social welfare administration

17. Social work research
 Research, the process of finding fact and
truthis being utilized by social workers in
Industrial settings.
 Focus is on a variety of problems.
 The aim is to help business or industries,
understand realities in employer and
employee relationship, their problems
and actions that may be taken to
alleviate them including studying the
relationship between supervisors and
employees with the goal to improve
these for the benefit of all.

18. Social welfare administration
 Social welfare administration is a
process of translating social policies
into services.
 In industry it is an attempt to translate
industrial social policies and goals into
actions.