ASESSMENT ON LEVEL OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AMONG PUBLIC LISTED COMPANIES (PLCS) IN MALAYSIA: A STUDY FROM COMPANY SECRETARIES

Abstract

Corporate Social Responsibility has attract numerous research study since its inception. Although, CSR practice has been dominated westerners corporation, the application and practice remains lagged in Malaysia. Several local researchers has called CSR practice still at infancy stage with solid evidence shows that there is low level practice of CSR among public listed companies, despite several initiatives have been implemented by authority bodies. This paper is deals with investigation on assessment of level of CSR practice among PLCs in Malaysia from views of company secretary. Company secretary is selected as respondents due to rich information they possess on the CSR matters and close relationship with company management. This paper begins with literature reviews on the study that has been done on area of CSR, the advantage of CSR, CSR in Malaysia and the background and roles of company secretary. The study hope to uncover gaps and contribute on the development of study in area of CSR

Keywords

• Corporate Social Responsibility,Company Secretary,Sustainability,Public Listed Company

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