Corporations implement social responsibility policies to positively affect society and the environment.
A company shows corporate social responsibility when it shapes its policies to have a positive impact on society and the environment. Accomplishing this means developing policies, daily operating procedures and corporate activities with social responsibility goals in mind. As an additional measure, some businesses publicly disclose how far they have advanced toward these goals.
Community
Some corporations engage the community in their efforts to promote social responsibility. Activities businesses promote that allow for public interaction, such as safe-drinking events or applying a donation to a community charity when consumers purchase certain brands of food, require community involvement for success. While such activities achieve a social responsibility objective, they also advance the company's brand and image.
Resources
A corporate social responsibility activity that helps society and the environment is the efficient use of natural resources to create a company's products. A corporation can both profit and be socially responsible through methods such as recycling. Policies that require the controlled use of natural resources reduce the possibility of environmental overuse, which can lead to problems such as deforestation and soil erosion.
Products
Creating environmentally-friendly products is another way companies can show corporate social responsibility. These products usually have a less negative impact on the environment because they are made from recycled materials or are biodegradable, meaning they break down naturally and are absorbed naturally and harmlessly into the ground.
Employees
Corporations also can act in a socially responsible way toward employees. When a corporation takes responsibility for all of its work environments, domestic and abroad, it can ensure the safe and proper treatment of all employees. Employers also can discourage discrimination in work environments through hiring policies geared toward diversity. A simple but effective corporate social responsibility activity is viewing employees as assets, not expenses, As You Sow says.
