The State of Play of CSR in Singapore

Given Singapore’s status as an economic powerhouse in the Asian region, it might be reasonable to assume that the level of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity would be proportionate. However, in frequent comparisons of CSR across countries, both academically and anecdotally, Singapore see...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Eugene K B
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/2
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_reports/article/1002/viewcontent/The_State_of_Play_of_CSR_in_Singapore.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
id sg-smu-ink.lien_reports-1002
record_format dspace
spelling sg-smu-ink.lien_reports-10022018-07-04T07:12:49Z The State of Play of CSR in Singapore Tan, Eugene K B Given Singapore’s status as an economic powerhouse in the Asian region, it might be reasonable to assume that the level of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity would be proportionate. However, in frequent comparisons of CSR across countries, both academically and anecdotally, Singapore seems to fall short. The understanding of CSR has not kept pace with the expectations and demands placed on business by the various stakeholders, including consumers and governments. It would be worthwhile to understand the reasons why this is so. The research has three objectives: - To examine the drivers of and impediments to CSR in Singapore; - To explore whether CSR is important for the future development of Singapore based enterprises, and Singapore generally; and - To propose how CSR can be made more relevant in the Singaporean context. Through exploring these questions, we hope to arrive at a more holistic understanding of how CSR is animated in Singapore, apart from purely economic motivations. And perhaps, we will be better able to account for the current ambivalence towards CSR that is prevalent in the private sector. 2011-07-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/2 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_reports/article/1002/viewcontent/The_State_of_Play_of_CSR_in_Singapore.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Lien Centre for Social Innovation: Research eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Social Policy
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
collection InK@SMU
language English
topic Social Policy
spellingShingle Social Policy
Tan, Eugene K B
The State of Play of CSR in Singapore
description Given Singapore’s status as an economic powerhouse in the Asian region, it might be reasonable to assume that the level of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity would be proportionate. However, in frequent comparisons of CSR across countries, both academically and anecdotally, Singapore seems to fall short. The understanding of CSR has not kept pace with the expectations and demands placed on business by the various stakeholders, including consumers and governments. It would be worthwhile to understand the reasons why this is so. The research has three objectives: - To examine the drivers of and impediments to CSR in Singapore; - To explore whether CSR is important for the future development of Singapore based enterprises, and Singapore generally; and - To propose how CSR can be made more relevant in the Singaporean context. Through exploring these questions, we hope to arrive at a more holistic understanding of how CSR is animated in Singapore, apart from purely economic motivations. And perhaps, we will be better able to account for the current ambivalence towards CSR that is prevalent in the private sector.
format text
author Tan, Eugene K B
author_facet Tan, Eugene K B
author_sort Tan, Eugene K B
title The State of Play of CSR in Singapore
title_short The State of Play of CSR in Singapore
title_full The State of Play of CSR in Singapore
title_fullStr The State of Play of CSR in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed The State of Play of CSR in Singapore
title_sort state of play of csr in singapore
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2011
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/2
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_reports/article/1002/viewcontent/The_State_of_Play_of_CSR_in_Singapore.pdf
_version_ 1770571619480109056