What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR

DARE was a charity that was set up in 1983. It sought to educate children about their
personal rights and to deal with issues of drug-taking and violence. My position as
Chairman of the Steering Group is to raise funding for its activities. I'm very happy to
do so, because I think it gives various opportunities for interaction of the business
community with the local community. I gain a huge amount of enjoyment and
pleasure from integrating the two different activities.
Sebastian Oehlert
Partner at Pritchard Englefield
In the past we just supported one or the other initiative at random but we wanted to
have a more coherent approach and that was one reason why we set up our CSR
committee.
Katherine Goatly
Trainee solicitor at Pritchard Englefield
My name is Katherine Goatly. I’m a trainee solicitor at Pritchard Englefield. I’m an
active member of our CSR committee. The CSR committee meets on a monthly or bimonthly
basis to review what we have been doing and also to look forward and look
at new activities that we might want to get involved in. And various members may
have new initiatives that they like to present to the meeting. And people will then
discuss these and hopefully a decision will be made. This way, if you have a
committee and everybody votes on it, you get a more representative view of what
people in the organisation really feel and want to do about a particular situation.
Sebastian Oehlert
Partner at Pritchard Englefield
We have a much more focused approach now. We have our environmental policy in
place. We recycle paper but I believe the main advantage within the firm is that we
cooperate better with each other and that there is just a better mood amongst staff.
Katherine Goatly
Trainee solicitor at Pritchard Englefield
I think it's pretty important. If I were looking for a new job, that’s one of the things I
would look at, is the firm involved in any CSR-related activities?
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