Course

Unit I

Understanding CSR – Evolution, importance, relevance and justification. CSR in the Indian context, corporate strategy. CSR and Indian corporate. Structure of CSR – In the Companies Act 2013 (Section 135); Rules under Section 13; CSR activities, CSR committees, CSR policy, CSR expenditure CSR reporting.

Unit II

CSR Practices & Policies – CSR practices in domestic and international area; Role and contributions of voluntary organizations to CSR initiatives. Policies; Preparation of CSR policy and process of policy formulation; Government expectations, roles and responsibilities. Role of implementation agency in Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Effective CSR implementation.

Unit III

Project Management in CSR initiatives – Project and programme; Monitoring and evaluation of CSR Interventions. Reporting – CSR Documentation and report writing. Reporting framework, format and procedure.

Evaluation Pattern

*CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports.

REFERENCES:

1. Corporate Governance, Ethics and Social Responsibility, V Bala Chandran and V Chandrasekaran, PHI learning Private Limited, New Delhi
2. White (2005) Challenges in evaluating development effectiveness: Working paper 242, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton.
3. UNDP (nd) Governance indicators: A users Oslo: UNDP
4. Rao, Subbha (1996) Essentials of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Mumbai, Himalaya
5. Rao,S.L.(2009)HumanResourceManagement,New Delhi, Excel Books,