CSR Practices in the Emerging Economies of Asia

Corporate social responsibility is a management strategy implemented in companies throughout developing countries in Asia. In the forefront is China, which is now becoming a CSR global brand by impacting society and the environment. India is fast catching up to the race where business law forces business to invest in CSR practices. Pakistan and Bangladesh are now members of the global economy, and the industries in respective countries have realized that sustainability enhances their corporate image. The change in the emerging economies is from public awareness and accountability for corporate contribution to society. The chapter put forward the CSR practices by companies in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and China.

Wellness Through Volunteering

Beginning in 2004, long before the CSR Act 1 ushered a new spirit in corporate contribution in social development, iVolunteer has worked with over 100 leading Indian and multinational companies across a range of volunteering types from one-time episodic volunteering to more recently virtual volunteering. Our programmes have the potential to engage a range of employee motivations to volunteer. In this article, we examine the perceived notions about volunteering impact on well-being and if it can make a difference to work life? We share our experience over the years and will examine the impact of volunteering on wellbeing and positive mental health of the volunteers. There are almost no known Indian studies that explore this in detail. Individual companies do report higher satisfaction among employees who volunteer, regarding their work life. The article will draw upon insights from the HR community as well as from those executing volunteering in corporates in addition to some conclusions that we will draw based on some research studies. We hope to provide some possible ways forward for corporates to play a part in greater citizen engagement while creating pathways for mindful volunteering benefitting their employees both from a work and a societal perspective. The aim is to create a strong action plan to increase volunteering to both serve a social purpose and sustain the same by drawing out the positive impact that it can have on the individual.

PENINGKATAN KINERJA SISTEM E-LEARNING DALAM PERSPEKTIF UNIVERSITAS 4.0 MENGGUNAKAN KERANGKA IT BALANCED SCORECARD

Bina Darma University (UBD) as one of the university based information technology currently has been assisted by the use of IT in implementing its strategy. University 4.0 is a university that makes students as a learning center and assisted by the use of IT. UBD in conducting learning has been assisted by e-learning which is one of the benchmarks of 4.0 University perspectives. E-Learning implementation assists the learning process by students and lecturers. The performance of the e-learning system has not been measured. Measurements are performed to improve the quality of e-learning systems in the 4.0 university perspective. To perform analysis used the IT framework Balanced Scorecard consisting of four perspectives namely Corporate Contribution/Business Contribution, User Orientation, Operational Excellence and Future Orientation. The result of this research is an improved analysis of quality and strategies to improve the quality of e-learning systems in the 4.0 university perspective.

ANALISIS MANFAAT SISTEM INFORMASI PENERIMAAN MAHASISWA BARU DENGAN METODE IT BALANCED SCORECARD

Proses bisnis Penerimaan Mahasiswa Baru (PMB) merupakan proses bisnis awal yang selalu dilakukan setiap tahun oleh universitas untuk mendapatkan mahasiswa baru. Banyak universitas telah memanfaatkan Teknologi Informasi (TI) untuk mendukung proses tersebut. Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta juga telah menggunakan SI/TI untuk menjalankan proses PMB. Meskipun dinilai akan banyak memberikan manfaat namun belum pernah dilakukan penilaian secara formal tentang manfaat dari sistem PMB berbasis TI tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis manfaat dari sistem informasi PMB dengan menggunakan metode IT Balanced Scorecard (IT BSC). Penelitian dilakukan dalam beberapa tahap yaitu tahap pengumpulan data, analisis data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Proses pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan teknik kuesioner, wawancara, dan observasi langsung. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sistem informasi PMB UAJY belum sepenuhnya dapat dirasakan manfaatnya untuk mendukung organisasi. Dari keempat perspektif IT BSC yang diukur kinerjanya, manfaat baru dapat dirasakan pada perspektif Corporate Contribution sedangkan pada ketiga perspektif yang lain belum dapat dirasakan manfaatnya.

ANALISIS KINERJA SISTEM INFORMASI DENGAN METODE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF BALANCED SCORECARD (STUDI KASUS PADA PT PLN LANGSA)

This evaluation is crucial to develop a better understanding on whether the new Information System is applicable in supporting the staff duties and work responsibilities.This present study is aimed atevaluating the performance of the Information System based on the end-user’s point of view. This research is a descriptive-quantitative field study. In the data analysis, the framework of Information Technology of Balanced Scorecard was used to the secondary user-level respondents (in total of 19 staff consists of 15 managers, assistants, supervisors and experts) which and consists of four perspectives; they are namely, Corporate Contribution, Stakeholder, Operational Excellence, and Future Orientation. The user satisfaction rate was categorized as low, medium and high level. Based on the analysis, the satisfaction rate as per the ITBSC are as follows: low at 10.5%, medium at 84.2% and high at 5.3%. In general, it was found that user satisfaction rate from the perspective of the secondary user (managerial) 92.8% from the expected rate.Keywords: Information Technology of Balanced Scorecard,user satisfaction, evaluation of information systems.

Systemic Effects of Campaign Spending: Evidence from Corporate Contribution Bans in US State Legislatures

In this paper, I examine the systemic effects of campaign spending, looking at outcomes at the level of the legislature rather than the individual seat. Using a difference-in-differences design, I show that state-level corporate campaign contribution bans have a large effect on electoral outcomes at the legislature level. A 1 percentage-point increase in the Democratic (or Republican) party’s share of all contributions in an electoral cycle is estimated to increase its share of the legislature by roughly half a percentage point. Policy outcomes as well as campaign finance reforms occur at the legislature level; understanding the systemic rather than individual-level effect of campaign spending is therefore directly relevant. Aggregating estimated effects of individual-level campaign finance would not produce this same estimate owing to spillovers and other strategic dynamics. Taken together, the analyses suggest that contribution bans have important electoral effects and thus point to the systemic effects of campaign spending.

Business Sharing its Progress with Villagers Towards Developing Model Villages

In a developing country like India, village-centric development is very critical for improving Human Development Index of the country. In this direction, corporate contribution assumes significance for rehabilitation and resettlement of project affected people and overall intervention under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. Since India is a country of villages, CSR has to be more sensitive towards the economic, social and cultural needs of rural society of the country. In this paper, it is proposed to gear all interventions for promoting model villages. Model village presents a credible vehicle for bringing about sustainability of a village community unit. A model village must have three significant components of infrastructure development, livelihood promotion and provision of services. Infrastructure development must cater to creating basic physical as well as social infrastructure like approach road, school building, community centre and social capital. Promotion of livelihood includes skill training, self-employment, employment opportunities and village enterprise development, while provision for services for the villagers includes health care, education, sanitation, recreational and other community services. Model village plan envisages a self-contained village community at the apex of all the pillars of sustainability, namely, livelihood, infrastructure and services. The future of Indian economy and the prospect of industry are going to depend largely on building sustainable and self-maintained smallest self-governing units called model villages.