Week 7: Individual Social Responsibility

Individual Social Responsibility

Many of us know about CSR but how many of us actually look into individual social responsibility?

Do you feel good when you need help and there are always people there to help? I believed everyone loves to be cared and received help. But have you think of helping others when need? This is when individual social responsibility comes into the picture. It is all about doing good as how you want people to treat you will determine on how you treat others, Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we help each other instead of being self-centered?

Have you ever wonder how does CSR come about? This is because many people thinks that corporates care too much about profit. Therefore some individuals decided to promote social responsibility culture in the company.

In the world today, we are conscious of the quality and the price of our product that we have brought. But have we thought about how are such products produced? Why is it so cheap with good quality? More and more news reported that many products are manufactured through child labor or other inhumane conditions.

Therefore, more and more corporates are becoming more socially responsible to recover its image as most consumers would more likely to buy products that is produce advocate a good cause but in the same time they have to meet the demand of the consumers as well.

Therefore, if each and every one of is practices good individual social responsibility, the world would have been a better place filled with love and care instead of war and poverty. Also, a person who practices individual social responsibility primarily, has a mindset to contribute to the society and therefore always endeavors to have a positive impact on the society and environment.

It is alright if you are not rich and you can contribute back to the society by volunteering and by using your skills and talents to help others. While the rich like Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corporation can give back to society by donating to charities, etc. Therefore, there are many ways people can each practice individual social responsibility.

One must always remember that no matter how small the difference is, with each and every one of us doing a little, we can create miracles.

George Bernard Shaw mentioned, “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.”

So start to make a difference today! Be it how little we can do, we MAKE A DIFFERENCE. And if one starts the ball rolling others will follow. So do not look down on individual impact! It is as powerful.

In order to be the change you want to make, start with individual social responsibility and step by step you will see the difference!

Reference

Anonymous. (n.d.). What is social responsibility? Retrieved December 7, 2012, from http://www.imasocialentrepreneur.com/social-responsibility/