ae76089192d0a96cdb-485120241028092242309 chitu:chitu chitkarauniversitypublications@chitkara.edu.inWEB-FORM Issues and Ideas in Education IIE 23207655 23208805 10.15415/iie https://iie.chitkara.edu.in/ 10 21 2020 10 21 2020 8 2 10.15415/iie.2020.82 https://iie.chitkara.edu.in/2020/vol-8-no-2-2020/ School Management’s Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): An Exploratory Study Department of Management and Commerce, Garden City University, Bangalore-560049, India Chinmaya Prakash https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3375-6918 Shubha Chandra Department of Management and Commerce, Garden City University, Bangalore-560049, India Background: In recent years, the importance of school as a stake-holder in CSR activities is gaining recognition. Companies channel financial and human resources into developing schools. School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) plays an important part in the management of Primary schools in Karnataka and as such should have a role in CSR activities. Purpose: This exploratory study attempted to answer the following questions- (1) How aware are SDMC members of CSR and its role in schools (2) what is their perception of CSR in their schools? (3) Do rural and urban SDMC members differ in their perception of CSR Methods: Sample consisted of SDMC members from 50 rural and 50 urban Government run primary schools in Bangalore Educational districts. 100 SDMC members, one from each school, were interviewed using a semi structured information schedule developed for this study. Results: Management is not very clear about the nature of CSR support . However, 75% of them perceive CSR as beneficial to their schools. Rural subjects have a more favourable perception of CSR impact and they differ significantly from urban counterparts in rating ‘ how CSR has benefited students’ (t = 2.052). Conclusions: SDMC members do not clearly distinguish between support provided under CSR and support received from other sources. Overall, CSR is seen as beneficial to school by supplementing government support and helping the management. Rural schools seem to benefit more from CSR support. Though SDMC is supposed to monitor the developmental activities of the school, they are not often consulted by companies about the requirements for the school. Involving SDMC in planning, executing and monitoring would enhance the efficacy of CSR programmes. 09 21 2020 09 21 2020 67 76 10.15415/iie.2020.82007 https://iie.chitkara.edu.in/2020/school-managements-perception-of-corporate-social-responsibility-csr-an-exploratory-study/