Research indicates that HR is very rarely involved in devising CR strategy. The CIPD’s report The Role of HR in Corporate Responsibility surveyed 353 HR professional and 523 middle and senior managers and found that only 13% of business leaders reported that HR was responsible for setting CR strategy. When it came to implementing CR strategy, only 26% of business leaders thought that HR was responsible for implementation. The report revealed that the biggest driver for an organization’s increased focus on CR was greater pressure from governments or regulators.
It’s time for the HR profession to move out of the shadows and take an active role in an organization’s CSR strategy. Many elements of a CSR strategy involve people and it’s an opportunity that the profession should grasp now.