Social Responsibility: A Study on Some Management Institutes in Mumbai

Dr. Shamira Malekar Asst Professor – AMSIMR Joint Secretary and Founder Member - FEIL

Objectives

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To identify the level of importance of Social Responsibility (SR) in some higher educational institutes in Mumbai.

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To niche out the institutes with higher level of involvement

Scope of the research

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Study would highlight the various initiatives and SR activities undertaken by management institutions.

Very few empirical studies have been done on the SR projects of higher education institutes.

This takes us to the framework developed

Literature Review

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Bowen (1953)

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Jones (1980)

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Carroll (1991)

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Logsdon and Wood (2002)

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Elkington (2004)

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Rodríguez et al, (2006)

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Wagner (2004)

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McWilliams, et al. (2006)

The Empirical Research

* This design is Exploratory type * Snowball sampling method was used.

* A Study of 24 institutes providing education management

Questionnaire Description

      23 close ended questions describing five factors of SR namely: Creating social awareness Service to society Service to environment Encouraging students involvement towards SR Promoting Education

Results and Discussion

16 14 4 2 0 12 10 8 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Creating social awareness

Results and Discussion (Cont’d)

35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Service to society

Results and Discussion (Cont’d)

1 0 3 2 8 5 4 7 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Service to environment

Results and Discussion (Cont’d)

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Encouraging students involvement towards SR

Results and Discussion (Cont’d)

6 4 2 0 14 12 10 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Promoting Education

Conclusion and limitations of this study * The refusal rate of director’s, deans and registrar’s to complete the questionnaire was phenomenally high * Correlational and regression studies could be carried out on added information.

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References (Cont’d)

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