tailieunhanh - Corporate social responsibility and environmental protection

India has a history of having a compassionate attitude towards environment. But with the passage of time the ethical values towards society have degraded as a result of which judiciary intervened so as to protect the environment. A concept known as corporate social responsibility emerged in the light of right to pollution free environment and the constitutional duty to protect and improve the environment. In order to realize the constitutional objective of protecting environment the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility was recognized in the legislative enactments. The paper introduces the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Constitutional al commitment towards environment protection. Judicial decisions bring into light the conception of Corporate Environment Liability by streamlining the defaulting institutions. India is a welfare state. But with the passage of time Indian government has adopted liberalization, privatization and globalization. Public sector has slowly shifted to private one. Therefore, the new concept of Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR] means a corporate sector shall perform such welfare function towards society which is necessary for maintaining the social interest of the society. | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION . Venkateshwar. Rao ABSTRACT India has a history of having a compassionate attitude towards environment. But with the passage of time the ethical values towards society have degraded as a result of which judiciary intervened so as to protect the environment. A concept known as corporate social responsibility emerged in the light of right to pollution free environment and the constitutional duty to protect and improve the environment. In order to realize the constitutional objective of protecting environment the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility was recognized in the legislative enactments. The paper introduces the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Constitutional al commitment towards environment protection. Judicial decisions bring into light the conception of Corporate Environment Liability by streamlining the defaulting institutions. India is a welfare state. But with the passage of time Indian government has adopted liberalization privatization and globalization. Public sector has slowly shifted to private one. Therefore the new concept of Corporate Social Responsibility CSR means a corporate sector shall perform such welfare function towards society which is necessary for maintaining the social interest of the society. In the words of Carroll and Buchholtz the corporate social responsibility encompasses the economic legal ethical and philanthropic expectations placed on the organizations by the society at a given point of time. According to Browin . social responsibility is defined as the obligation of a businessman to pursue those policies to make those decisions or to follow those lines of action which are desirable in terms of objectives and values of the society. Some scholars have defined CSR as a social commitment of a businessman or a social obligation or moral or ethical responsibility or a corporate social philanthropy. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi business