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Social Responsibility Journal
Volume 3 Number 3 2007
69
Corporate Social Responsibility and Affirmative Action Program
Prashant Roy & Mohsin Alam
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the responsibility of the growing private sector in India towards society
and how it can contribute to the providing social justice in the Indian society.
Design/methodology/approach – Only doctrinal method of research has been adopted because of time constraints.
Findings – During the course of the research, the hypocritical approach of corporates was revealed, especially in the
context. On one hand, the corporates are resisting any legislation which would forcefully push them towards affirmative
action; but on the other hand no such initiative has been taken up by them to stop the government from doing so.
Research limitations/implications – Any sort of field study was impracticable.
Practical implications – At the time of writing, the government’s mood is swinging towards passing legislation to-persuade
the corporate sector to participate in providing affirmative action to the lower strata of the society.
Originality/value – This is one of the first researches in this area and not many people have actually written about CSR
and affirmative action put together.
Keywords Affirmative action, Social justice, Corporate social responsibility, India Politics
Paper type Research paper
Introduction- Why Affirmative Action in Private Sector
The Inevitability Argument
India’s ruling Alliance – The United Progressive Alliance’s1 (UPA) Common Minimum Program (CMP) in no uncertain
terms declares that the government would be serious about affirmative action in private sector.2 This may pose a serious
threat to the autonomy to the private sector in India, which feels that this is the perfect time to freely follow a policy of
growth and sees affirmative action as a pothole in this regard.3 Affirmative action has been implemented in USA, but the...