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State of corporate social responsibility in Afghanistan / Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : Afghanistan Institute for Civil Society (AICS), [2017].Description: 97 pages : charts ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HV555. A3.
Contents:
Contents: About AICS—About Ludin consulting, LLC—Acknowledgements—Summary—Introduction—CSR in the region—CSR in Afghanistan—Research findings—CSR impacts and compliance in Afghanistan—Future potential for CSR in Afghanistan—Conclusion.
Summary: Summary: “In their 1970 published articles titled “The Social Responsibility of Business is to increase its profits” (Friedman) and “ the Myth of Corporate Responsibility” (H. Manne), Friedman and Manne “believed that corporate executives have only one obligation, which is to make as much money as possible for their stockholder”. Over the years, this view was mostly rejected, and the role of a business in society was defined as ‘socially responsible’, in the sense that it owes duties not only to its shareholders (to whom its profits may accrue), but also to its workers, clients and the community in which it develops its…”—(page 11).

Cover title.
“USAID ; AICS ; Counterpart International”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: About AICS—About Ludin consulting, LLC—Acknowledgements—Summary—Introduction—CSR in the region—CSR in Afghanistan—Research findings—CSR impacts and compliance in Afghanistan—Future potential for CSR in Afghanistan—Conclusion.

Summary: “In their 1970 published articles titled “The Social Responsibility of Business is to increase its profits” (Friedman) and “ the Myth of Corporate Responsibility” (H. Manne), Friedman and Manne “believed that corporate executives have only one obligation, which is to make as much money as possible for their stockholder”. Over the years, this view was mostly rejected, and the role of a business in society was defined as ‘socially responsible’, in the sense that it owes duties not only to its shareholders (to whom its profits may accrue), but also to its workers, clients and the community in which it develops its…”—(page 11).

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