Corporate Social Responsibility and Education in India

Abstract

Today, education faces the rising challenges of standardized testing, strained budgets, teacher retention, and global workforce competition. Businesses have begun to take a more targeted approach in their corporate social responsibility programs and are seeking to impact areas that have a correlation with their own business goals. For many businesses, education is an important part of their plans, since the needs exist in all geographic areas, across all subject areas, and for all kinds of people. The bottom line is that educational outreach efforts have the capability to make a real and lasting difference for all players involved

  • Page Number : 13–22

  • Published Date : 2013-03-25

  • Keywords
    Corporate Social Responsibility, Profit maximization, Profit Optimisation, Socially Responsible Investment, CSR in India

  • DOI Number
    https://doi.org/10.15415/iie.2013.11001

  • Authors

    • Abha ChopraDAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
    • Shruti MarriyaDAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh

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