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According to ethical theory, every entity, be it an individual or organization or government owes certain responsibility towards society. This is because society helps them attain what they desire and deserve. Consequently, it becomes logical that some returns are provided to the society also.
In a quest to distinguish oneself from the crowd, companies are increasingly looking for newer options. One such method that has paid tremendously is 'developing or increasing the sense of social responsibility'.
Such good deeds contribute significantly in helping organizations sketch a picture 'that connects with the clients'. Such 'positive image creation' demands infusion of funds for conducting studies as to know the ways by which they attain this objective.
However, to draw maximum benefits from this act of 'showing societal responsibility, one needs to structure sets of useful and relevant metrics. This helps them render a 'quantitative' touch to the whole process. By collecting these indicators called KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) on a Balanced Scorecard (BSC), one can easily evaluate the procedure and steps being undertaken to make a mark in 'social responsibility area'.
Ending it all, by choosing relevant set of indicators one can smoothly devise route for 'en-cashing' social responsibility acts.
This is the actual scorecard with Social Responsibility Dashboard and performance indicators. The performance indicators include: employee perspective, health and security, diversity supportive ratio, respect ratio, satisfaction ratio, environmental perspective, product recycling, green house gas emissions, quantity of waste, efficiency in energy usage, social policies followed, social contribution, strategic partners, responsibility percentage, time spent in volunteering, management perspective, management initiatives, recognition achieved, effectiveness in communication, number of social activities.
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