Question

As a current and future leader in a nonprofit organization, and based on A. Carroll’s article, choose and explain two corporate social responsibility expectations you feel nonprofits will face and be expected to meet, e.g., protecting the environment.

Answer 1

Corporate social responsibilities of nonprofit organizations:

The most common CSR activities were focused on environmental impact & sustainability efforts.

• We can take the example of a community outreach coordinator at a sexual health non profit organization expressed that their primary focus was on prevention of HIV/AIDS.
• Other practices which are environmental friendly like printing on both the sides of paper to avoid wastage of paper & reducing the power consumption of the printers are some of the activities adopted by majority of nonprofit organizations.
• There are also organizations that focus on providing quality programs & services as a part of their CSR. This kind of quality programs focus on providing tips on healthy eating habits, fitness, exercises etc.
• Some other expectations from nonprofits include providing free medical checkups in their area or throughout the country relating to pregnancy checks, for testing diseases like HIV/AIDS etc.
• Some nonprofit organizations also visit many corporate & discuss about workplace safety, importance of cultural diversity to the employees of the organization.
• Nonprofit organizations are also expected to clean places like temples or any other religious place in order to keep the premises of the deity neat & clean.