The growing field of Corporate Social Responsibility – Toronto Star
Gone are the days when a company set up shop in a community, paid its taxes, complied with the law and nothing more\
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a hotly growing field — one that recent MBA grad, Peter Myers, believes is in particular demand within the mining industry.
“CSR has the most impact in the mining industry because when something goes wrong,” says Myers, “it’s the most damaging to the community and to the corporation.”
Myers is hoping that his MBA degree from the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University with a specialty in mining and corporate social responsibility, a one-of-a kind course introduced by the university last January, will give him an advantage in his search for a full-time position.
CSR is more than buying paintings from local artists or building roof-top gardens. Gone are the days when a company set up shop in a community, paid its taxes, complied with the law, adhered to government regulations and nothing more, says Ryerson University professor Kernaghan Webb, founding director of the Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility.
