2.3 Social Responsibility of Business

• The meaning of business social responsibility
• The need for social responsibility
• Social responsibility activities of a business
• Responsibility to different stakeholders
• Challenges of carrying out social responsibility
• Designing and implementing a social responsibility activity

• justify the need for social responsibility of a business in society
• examine the social responsibility activities of a business in the community
• analyse the challenges faced by businesses when carrying out social responsibilities
• design and implement a social responsibility activity in the school
• appreciate the need for business social responsibility in society and the environment

“Why is business social responsibility important?”

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1. The need for social responsibility, and its activities
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   What business social responsibility means, why it matters, to whom a business is responsible, and the activities that express it - with the challenges of carrying it out.
2. Designing and carrying out a social responsibility activity
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   Putting social responsibility into practice: surveying to find needy learners, planning and mobilising resources, and carrying out a real activity in the school.
3. Responsibility to customers and employees
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   The daily duties a Kenyan business owes buyers and workers: honest goods and measure, and fair, safe work without child labour.
4. Community and environmental responsibility
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   What a Kenyan business owes the place it occupies: decent local impact, and no poisoning of air, water or land.
5. Responsibility to the government and the owners
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   Honest tax and licences, no bribes, and honest use of the owners' money - including paying suppliers on time.
6. Judging social responsibility in Kenya
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   How to tell genuine CSR from greenwashing, using Kenyan programmes and the arguments for and against social responsibility.