Corporate social responsibility of Infosys 2014.

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2.  What is Corporate Social Responsibility ?
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organizations
consider the interests of society, based on the impact of their activities
on customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the
environment, for all aspects of their operations.
 Components of CSR
Responsibility Expectation Example
Economical Required Maximize sales,
minimize costs etc.
Legal Required Obey laws and
regulations
Ethical Expected Do what is right, fair
and just
Philanthropic Expected Being a good
corporate citizen
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3.  Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility .
 Conclusion
In brief therefore CSR means contributing to the society meaningfully,
while working towards the profit motive of the company.
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4.  About
• Infosys (formerly Infosys Technologies) is an Indian multinational
corporation.
• The company designs and deliver technology enabled business
solutions.
• Provides business consulting, information technology, software
engineering and outsourcing services.
• Infosys is the third-largest India-based IT services company by 2014
revenues.
 CSR activities
One percent of Infosys’ profit goes to the foundation annually(post
taxation).
 INFOSYS FOUNDATION:
• The foundation was started as a support to the underprivileged in the
society in Karnataka (1996).
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5. • Through its projects across India Infosys Foundation has made small, but
effective strides in the areas of:
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6.  SOCIAL REHABILITATION AND RURAL UPLIFTMENT
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Help destitute women
Conducted relief work
after natural disasters.
Made donations
towards mid day
meal.
It has worked in the tsunami-affected
areas of Tamil Nadu and
the Andaman Islands, earthquake-affected
areas of Kutch, cyclone-devastated
areas of Orissa, tribal
areas of Kalahadrought-hit areas
of Andhra Pradesh.
Distribute sewing
machines to
destitute women
and help them
earn a livelihood.
Helped children
with leprosy.
Compensation
to families of
martyrs.

7. ART AND CULTRE
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The Foundation has
helped revive the art of
the weavers of
Pochampalli village in
Andhra Pradesh.
Today, the scope of
the foundation's
activities has
widened to
identifying under-privileged
artists
from different walks
of like, be it writers,
painters, poets or
musicians, who don't
have access to
contacts or help.
In Karnataka, the
Gamaka form of music
was fast disappearing. A
few years ago, The
Foundation coordinated
a project to donate
more than 200 sets -
comprising a Gamaka
cassette and record
player - to 100 rural
schools in Karnataka, to
bring the dying art.

8.  HEALTHCARE
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The Foundation constructed the Infosys Super-specialty
Hospital on the Sassoon Hospital
premises in Pune . This hospital caters to poor
patients It has spread its donations for
medicines to aged and poor patients suffering
from cancer, leprosy, defects of the
heart/kidney, mental illnesses and other major
disorders.
The Foundation installed office management
software at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai. This
enables the hospital to manage store
requirements, keep accounts as well as publish
hospital papers and other information on the
Web Additional blocks have been built at the
Swami Sivananda Centenary Charitable Hospital
at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu.
The Foundation has made
donations to the Drug
Foundation for Nuclear
Medicine at the cancer hospital
in Miraj and the Kidwai Hospital
It helps this section meet substantial medical
expenses and assures them of a steady source
of income for their treatment.
The Foundation constructed a
pediatric hospital at the Capitol
Hospital in Bhubaneswar, which
caters to poor patients.
in Bangalore.

9.  LEARNING AND EDUCATION
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The Foundation
constructed a science
center at a rural school in
the Kolar District of
Karnataka, a one-of-its-kind
center in the entire
district. It caters to the
students of the school, as
well as schools in the
neighboring villages
The Foundation has also
made donations towards
the reconstruction of old
school buildings. For
instance, 14 government
schools in slum areas of
Hyderabad were
reconstructed
The Foundation donated
study material, including
science kits, to 20 schools
in rural Karnataka
Donations have also been
made towards computer
centers in rural areas of
Karnataka.
The foundation has donated
10,200 sets of books in
Karnataka alone, and in
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Orissa and Kerala, under its
Library for Every Rural School
project. Through this
program, the Foundation has
set up more than 10,150
libraries in rural government
schools.

10.  ENVIROMENT
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The Health, Safety and Environmental Management System (HSEMS) at Infosys is
called the 'Ozone Initiative‘. This project spreads environmental awareness and
implements eco-friendly practices across development centers worldwide.
Water Management :- Potable water is a depleting resource. It harvest
rainwater and consistently reduce the use of fresh water. In addition, it
recycle waste water to be reused for primary and secondary purposes.
Waste Management :- Waste is recycled scientifically. It
reduce waste, segregate it at the source and dispose it
at dedicated waste segregation and processing plants at
each development center. Control-Climate :-Infosys
hosted the Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change at
Hyderabad under the auspices of the Indian Youth
Climate Network. Delegates discussed how India can be
powered by 100% renewable energy and signed a
declaration on climate change .
Energy Conservation :-
Infosys uses energy
responsibly. It measure
our utilization of
energy through energy
audits. The data
collected is used to
achieve increasing levels
of energy conservation.

11. Other Major Contributions.
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Infosys Technologies
donated $50 million to
the Prime Ministers
relief fund, to assist the
tsunami victims.
Offered funds to 5 IITs
and 3 IIMs for PhD
programmes, granting
Rs.900,000 per
fellowship.
Along with Microsoft,
Infosys launched a
programme,
computer@classrooms,
giving away old
computers to
educational institutions.

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