CORPORTATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

For decades, a certain level of mistrust has been floating around, between businesses and the society. The society questions whether the economic benefits, provided by those businesses, are not leaving any negative consequences on the local community, the society, or even on the environment. Today that issue is still very dominant, and one of the most controversial: corporate social responsibility. Opinions about business's social responsibilities lie mainly between two extremes. At one extreme, there is …

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