Comments on: Lehman Brothers: Why Real Business Leaders Do CSR

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:38:56 +0000

Tamara .. I think you hit the nail on the head :)

CSR is about ensuring there in a “humane” aspect to all business dealings. Stop counting the beans, start counting the lives. That’s the real bottom line.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:23:59 +0000

This is an interesting post. All companies should care about the ‘humane’ quotient while dealing with their employees and their clients. This is because being professional does not mean being devoid of all ‘humane’traits.

The CSR approach is a wonderful gesture towards building long term relationships with clients and customers. It heralds a much awaited change in the overtly profit-oriented corporate arena.

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:38:15 +0000

Hi CSR Jobs — thank you for the comment! I guess there is no beginning or end to CSR … There was the old refrain “no tax without representation” .. I hear an echo of this in the currently garbled chant of “no rewards without the risk”, aimed at $multi million CEOs. Interesting times, as the Chinese would observe.

BTW, I hope you managed to check out the subsequent post about the ISSP (http://www.corporate-eye.com/2008/09/kick-ass-sustainability-professionals-reach-critical-mass/) … probably right up your street!

By: Corporate Social Responsibility Jobs

Corporate Social Responsibility Jobs — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:41:52 +0000

I like your thoughts in the last paragraph: “So when corporate leaders start to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility they need to weigh those words very carefully and examine exactly what they mean.” Indeed. Where does CSR start and end?

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:24:05 +0000

Hi there .. good to hear from you, thank you for getting in touch.

CSR is usually translated as Corporate Social Responsibility but is generally taken to refer to all of a business’ green endeavours. Personally I prefer the phrase “sustainability” because it embraces much more and is less open to discussion about its meaning. This may be the first time I’ve ever used the term “CSR” without knocking it, simply because I was talking specifically about the social effects :)

For more details, please read http://www.corporate-eye.com/main/blog/a-quibble-of-acronyms/

In the meantime CSR is not necessarily a corporate buzzword. Most businesses seem to think it’s something being foisted on them that they could well do without.