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QUESTIONNAIRE ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPANIES
 
 
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Remark:
In this survey, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined as "the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society". To fully meet their social responsibility, enterprises "should have in place a process to integrate social, environmental, ethical human rights and consumer concerns into their business operations and core strategy in close collaboration with their stakeholders".

 
 
 
* 1.Which of the following best describes the industry sector your company is operating?
[Please check any that apply to your company]
 
Finance, securities and insurances
 
Food and consumer packaged goods
 
Textiles and clothing
 
Utilities, oil or gas
 
Life Sciences and pharmaceutical manufacturing
 
Wholesale trade
 
Industrial manufacturing
 
Transportation and transportation services
 
Automotive
 
High tech and consumer electronics
 
Construction and building materials
 
Education and training
 
Retail
 
Tourism
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
 
* 2.How many people work in your company?
 
<10
 
10-50
 
51-100
 
101-250
 
>250
 
 
 
* 3.In which country is your company located?
 
 
 
* 4.Does your company have explicit CSR and Environmental policies?
 
Yes, CSR policy.
 
Yes, Environmental policy.
 
No CSR and Environmental policy.
 
 
5. How integrated are the following areas of CSR in your company’s operations?

Please rate the level of your company in the scale of 0 (‘no involvement’) to 5 (high involvement)
0 1 2 3 4 5
* Governance, transparency, and dialogue with clients and stakeholders.
* Policy towards employees (e.g. on health and development).
* Principles of responsible business.
* Partnership with the community.
* Social responsible investment.
* Environmental protection (e.g. on climate change and recycling).
* Other
 
 
 
* 6.Which of the following CSR guidelines and principles is/are adopted by your company? [Please check any that apply to your company]
 
United Nations Global Compact.
 
Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
 
United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
 
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises .
 
ISO 26000 Guidance Standard of Social Responsibility .
 
ILO Core Conventions and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (Instruments of the ILO).
 
ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises on Social Policy(ILO MNE Declaration).
 
Global Reporting Initiative.
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
 
* 6.1. Which of the following problems your company has recently faced?
 
Employee safety.
 
Children work.
 
Irregular work.
 
Women rights.
 
Overtime.
 
Fair pay.
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
 
* 6.2. Which of the following measures has your company adopted to reduce environmental impact?
 
Energy saving.
 
Waste recycling.
 
Mobility management (carpooling, car sharing).
 
Sustainable packaging.
 
Develop of environmental friendly product.
 
Management of environmental system.
 
Use of renewable resources.
 
Water reduction.
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
 
* 6.3. Which are concrete actions towards community in which your company operate?
 
Cash contributions (direct donations, social sponsorship, matching employee donations)
 
Time (employee volunteering during paid working hours, etc)
 
In-kind (donations of product, contributions of used office equipment or furniture, use of company premises for community events, or other services)
 
Organize conference on CSR
 
Management overheads (community affairs staff salaries, running costs & overheads, communicating the community programme to relevant audiences.)
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
 
* 6.4. For greater transparency to the market in which you operate, which of the following practices your company has set up?
 
Clear information about products or services.
 
Investigation about client’s customer satisfaction.
 
Registration of complaint by costumer.
 
Supply chain control.
 
Involvement and awareness of customers and suppliers on issues of CSR.
 
Code of conduct for suppliers.
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
7. What incentives would encourage your company to implement CSR practices?
Please check any that apply in order of IMPORTANCE: from 1(lower) to 5 (higher) importance
1 2 3 4 5
* Government incentives (e.g. financial, …)
* Ethical motivation of top management
* Promote corporate image
* Free/subsidized counseling/training on CSR practices
* Pressure from consumer protection agency and media
* Award schemes
* Availability of graduates with CSR Understandings.
* Other
 
 
8. Please rate the impact of the following problems to the development of initiatives in the field of CSR in your company?
Please check any that apply in order of IMPORTANCE: from 1(lower) to 5 (higher) importance
1 2 3 4 5
* Lack of knowledge and corporate skill
* Lack of government support
* Lack of human resources
* Lack of CSR oriented graduates in the labor market
* Lack of specific rules and legislations on CSR
* No business benefits expected from CSR
* Luck of funds to cover the high implementation cost
* Little impact on social and environmental business
* Lack of employees’ motivation
* Unavailability of technology
* Lack of time
* Other
 
 
 
* 9.Which of the following activities do you want to realize in the next years? [Please check any that apply]
 
Hire trainer/consultant to help your company deal with CSR in a strategic way.
 
Make CSR-related experience and skills as a criterion in selecting new employees.
 
Dedicate specific working hours of staff to CSR related activities.
 
Participate CSR counseling programs.
 
Other please specify
 

 
 
 
* 9.1. If you will hire a trainer/consultant, your company believes that the service should be provided:
 
Free of charges.
 
For a subsidized fee.
 
For a market-based fee.
 
Other please specify
 
 
 
 
* 10. In terms of CSR, what kind of knowledge or skill you want a university graduate should be equipped with? [Please list them in order of priority]
   
 
 
 
* 11. What is your opinion whether or not higher education failed to equip future leaders with CSR-relevant skills?
   
 
 
 
* 12. What role do you consider higher education (universities) should play in creating sustainable leaders?
   
 
 
 
* 13.The University of Dubai and Dubai Chamber will organize a regional forum (from 10th to 11th November, 2013 at the Dubai Chamber) on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This will be a forum of the business and academic community of Middle East and Africa (MEA) under the theme “Unleashing the Impact of Responsible Management Education: Could Business Schools offer a Road Map for a Sustainable MEA Region?".
Will your company be willing to participate in this forum?
 
Yes, as sponsor.
 
Yes, just as participant.
 
No (please specify your reasons:
 
 
 
 
* 14. Please use the below box for any additional information you would like to provide us with.
   
 
3rd PRME MENA Regional Forum - 2013
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