Corporate Social Responsibility

Table of Contents:

1) Introduction………………………………………………………………………..(3)
1.1) Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)

2) CSR Issues…………………………………………………………………………(3)
2.1) Ethical issues.
          2.2) Employee rights
2.3) Environmental issues
          2.4)Service to society
3) Challenges in hospitality Industry in relation to CSR………………………….(6)
          3.1) Environmental issues
          3.2) Labour issues
4) Good CSR practices in hospitality industry……………………………………..(7)
          4.1) Apex Hotels
          4.2) Scandic Hotels
5) Advantages of good CSR practices in Hotels…………………………………....(9)
6) Motivational factors for applying CSR in hospitality industry……………….(10)
            6.1) Goodwill
            6.2) Recycling
            6.3) Environmental policies & Energy conservation
            6.4) Philanthropic activities & Community development
7) Good practices in Social Issues…………………………………………………..(13)
8) Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………(14)
9) Referencing………………………………………………………………………..(15)

Introduction:
Corporate Social Responsibilities- CSR gain popularity in last few years as an idea. On the other hand, corporate social responsibilities is not a new concept (Friedman, 1970), has come to the importance in early 1990’s. By applying CSR practices in company’s work place, companies are here to justify their existence in terms to the service to community, environmental sustainability rather than only engaging in profit making exercise (Crook, 2005). Companies are therefore has to behave as a good corporate citizen and behave in an ethical manner by taking the responsibility of the society and the environment t (Smith & Crane, 1992; Sparkes, 2002). There are so many dimensions to CSR. Corporate social responsibility is the working procedure of the company not only towards the stakeholders of the company their workers and the consumers but also towards the society, environment and even for the coming future generation and to help the...