I. J. of Business & Management Research
Research Article
Environment & Human Right- A Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective
Author(s) : Aditya Sharma * and Abhijit Chaturvedi
Publisher : FOREX Publication
Published : 30 March 2016
e-ISSN :2347-4696
Page(s) : 36-41
Abstract
This paper deals with the environmental problems and the human right which is to be kept in mind for the future generation, right to live in a clean and healthy environment. It focuses on the link between the environment and human. Sir Griffith Taylor came up with a concept of neo determinism which is also called as the dichotomy between determinism and possibilism. The concept of determinism says that initially the human was bound by the nature and that it worshipped the nature because the human feared the nature. On the contrary, possibilism explains how the human interpreted the nature and came up with hazardous means to conquer it. That is why he focused on the theory of cooperation between humans and the environment they live in and to learn from each other and check on the activities of each other. This paper also gives importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) which encourages the businessmen to work ethically and contribute to economic development simultaneously and to implement the concept of sustainable development in order to preserve and conserve for our future generations Further it will deal with the policies and the steps taken to control environmental pollution and to protect the basic human rights with a corporate perspective in the form of CSR.
Keywords: Environment, Environment, corporate social responsibility, corporate social responsibility
Aditya Sharma *, Research scholar, Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam; Email: adityasharma0006@gmail.com
Abhijit Chaturvedi, Research scholar, Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam,; Email: abhijit1997.5@gmail.com
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Aditya Sharma and Abhijit Chaturvedi (2016), Environment & Human Right- A Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective. IJBMR 4(1), 36-41. DOI: 10.37391/IJBMR.040106.