ABSTRACT
The Human Resources (HR) function is the key partner in embedding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability initiatives in any organisation, as this can be achieved only when a company educates, engages and empowers its entire workforce. This chapter proposes that the HR function has a responsibility to be proactive in leading the way in establishing a company-wide CSR-enabled culture. CSR needs employees to be engaged and at the same time it helps to engage employees. A corporate social human resources (CSHR) manager would want to know if the company values are aligned with company practices, and if employees are positively engaged in a values-based and CSR approach. The CSHR manager would want to know if the employee feels the company is behaving ethically. So in any survey, the CSHR manager includes a section about values, and the way the employee sees these values in play in the day-to-day business.
