Status of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices

Socially responsible performance of business activity is getting more importance and interest now-a-days. This paper explores the existing status and the key areas of corporate social responsibility practice in Bangladeshi business enterprises. An extensive desk study has been conducted to gain a detailed view of the current status and the key areas of CSR practices in the enterprises of Bangladesh. This study also focuses on the problems those are facing by the organization in performing CSR. Based on the secondary data the paper argues that social responsibility is inevitable for the success of Bangladeshi business enterprises. The paper concludes that Bangladesh lags behind in making the expected headway because of the existence of several obstacles. It also suggests some policy prescriptions for the success of business enterprises.