Corporate Social Responsibility Realities and Expectations

Abstract

The corporate community in India has been under severe criticism for its indifferent attitude towards the problems of the common man. Its actions, by and large, have proved to be inappropriate to the solution of social problems. This paper empirically examines these criticisms by subjecting a sample of 251 respondents with varied degrees of experience to a questionnaire survey. The findings indicate that corporate actions are perceived to be predominantly pure profit maximizing followed by calculative behaviour.