CSR practices and Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring the connections in Indian context

IF 1.8 Q3 BUSINESS
Jayadev Satapathy, Tattwamasi Paltasingh
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There was a growing realization that Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are overarching, ambitious, complex, and less impactful. Consequently, the 193 member countries of the United Nations (UN) came out with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a well-thought-out global development agenda in the year 2015. By involving the private sectors in the designing of SDGs, UN has rightly identified their potentials in offering solutions to the most relevant sustainability challenges. SDGs came into force in January 2016 across the globe when corporate social responsibility (CSR) was already legalized in India. There has been a whooping investment of approximately Rs. 15,000 crores by nearly 20,000 companies every year under CSR in the country. However, it is argued that the contributions to SDGs are not substantial. Based on review of relevant literature, the current paper makes a modest attempt to explore the connections between CSR and SDGs in contemporary India. Further, it critically examines how CSR in India contributes to SDGs. The paper also analyses the underlying reasons for the inadequate engagement of CSR with SDGs. Despite CSR practices in India having linkage with the SDGs, the outcomes are not as per the expectation as a number of firms operate with less involvement and strategic efforts.

企业社会责任实践与可持续发展目标:探讨印度背景下的联系
人们日益认识到,千年发展目标是包罗万象的、雄心勃勃的、复杂的,但影响力较小。因此,联合国193个成员国在2015年提出了经过深思熟虑的全球发展议程——可持续发展目标(SDGs)。通过让私营部门参与可持续发展目标的设计,联合国正确地发现了私营部门在为最相关的可持续发展挑战提供解决方案方面的潜力。可持续发展目标于2016年1月在全球生效,当时企业社会责任(CSR)已经在印度合法化。在印度,每年有近2万家公司在企业社会责任下投资约1500亿卢比。然而,有人认为,对可持续发展目标的贡献并不大。本文在回顾相关文献的基础上,对当代印度企业社会责任与可持续发展目标之间的联系进行了适度的探讨。此外,它还批判性地考察了印度的企业社会责任如何为可持续发展目标做出贡献。本文还分析了企业社会责任与可持续发展目标接触不足的根本原因。尽管印度的企业社会责任实践与可持续发展目标有联系,但结果并不像预期的那样,因为许多公司的参与度和战略努力都较低。
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期刊介绍: Business and Society Review addresses a wide range of ethical issues concerning the relationships between business, society, and the public good. Its contents are of vital concern to business people, academics, and others involved in the contemporary debate about the proper role of business in society. The journal publishes papers from all those working in this important area, including researchers and business professionals, members of the legal profession, government administrators and many others.
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