How does linking diversity management within the wider CSR agenda and strategy of the organisation afford the opportunity for the greater promotion of social justice approaches to diversity management? What are the potential organisational and structural constraints that may derive from such agenda?

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

? CSR, as it is most commonly understood today, incorporates aspects that are seen
as crucial to sustainable development; however, in its broader sense it includes all
aspects of social responsibility.
? Consequently, CSR includes a social, ecological and economic dimension. In
other words, organisations operate within a social and physical environment (as
well as an economic one) and should demonstrate responsibilities towards such
environments. Business performance should be generated by taking into account
social issues (such as social equalities) as well as issues of environmental
protection. Inter- and intra-organisational social justice is paramount for an
organisation which wants to operate as a responsible corporation. Students can
take into account various examples; worthy of consideration is inter- and intra-
generational justice (this is an example of age diversity, students can relate CSR
to other forms of diversity such as gender and ethnicity, etc.)
? If people’s differences are no longer cause for positive or negative, conscious or
subconscious discrimination but are seen as intangible assets within a company
that need to be fostered, another step is taken towards being socially as well as
economically sustainable in the long run.
? Political and economic/financial arguments are often reported as examples of
constraints preventing organisations from achieving a more encompassing CSR
agenda.