🌿 Community Corporate Social Responsibility (CCSR) guidelines

“Capitalism – in its purest form- entrepreneurship, even among the poorest of the poor – can succeed, but those who make money must give it back to society, not just sit on it as if they could hatch their eggs”. – Richard Branson

Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) represent vital economic dimensions in contemporary public discourse. Addressing the challenges associated with social, environmental, and rural economic growth necessitates innovative strategies to tackle these complex issues effectively. There is an urgent demand for more targeted concepts, methodologies, and techniques to confront the pressing challenges related to business and human rights, including the need to mitigate worker safety risks, address the vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers in local communities, develop comprehensive data on population and village dynamics, establish effective village planning and CSR mechanisms, and enhance the resolution of human rights disputes.

At the core of the business and human rights dilemma lies the governance gap created by globalization, which has significantly widened the divide between the reach of economic power and society’s capacity to manage its detrimental effects. This gap permits misconduct to occur without sufficient sanctions or remedies. The fundamental challenge is to narrow and bridge this divide.

The intricate relationship between the influence of norms and the regulations governing power raises critical questions: How can human rights norms be effectively integrated into village and corporate practices to encourage transformative business behaviors? How can we cultivate these practices to ensure their continued growth and sustainability?

In 2022, we developed a Community Corporate Social Responsibility (CCSR) guide based on studies conducted in various locations in Indonesia, presented in the Indonesian language. This guide offers a framework for implementing a multi-stakeholder collaborative approach at the village level to address the aforementioned questions. Conceptually, it synthesizes rural planning and development theories with an appreciative approach emphasizing village assets and strengths, the protect, respect, and remedy framework, and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
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cc: Fakhrizal Nashr Saskia Tjokro Gita Syahrani Ratna Hartien