Corporate Social Responsibility: HR's Leadership Role

In a global economy, increasingly organizations have a responsibility to facilitate, demonstrate and promote corporate social responsibility (CSR). Long-term sustainability demands that organizations rethink their business goals and objectives from solely focusing on making a profit to corporate citizenship and employee involvement.

Today, the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is beginning to be seen in communities throughout the world--from human rights and labor practices to health care and the environment. At home and abroad, human resources heads play a critical role--that of leading and educating their firms regarding the importance of CSR while at the same time strategically implementing sound HR management practices that support the company's business and CSR goals.

Do you as a human resources leader fall into this cateory, if not why not?