Corporate Social Responsibility of Selected Private and Public Colleges and Universities in Batangas City Basis for Enhancement

This paper presents a discussion on corporate social responsibility of Higher Education Institutions. More specifically, it purported to describe the profile of the respondents; assess the CSR approaches in terms of UN Global Compact Principles and Local receptivity; determine the factors affecting the implementation of CSR in terms of Philanthropic, Ethical, Legal, Economic, Discretionary, Cultural and Managerial Components; test the significant difference on CSR implementation when grouped according to profile variables and propose a plan of action to further improve/enhance CSR of different Universities and Colleges. Descriptive type of research was used to assess the CSR approaches. Significant results showed that majority of the respondents are female, 26-30 years old and are working in a private college/university. Public and private colleges/universities in Batangas City assessed CSR approaches in terms of UN global compact principles and local receptivity as very highly evident. Philanthropic, economic, legal, ethical, cultural, managerial factors are very highly evident in the CSR implementation while discretionary factor was highly evident. Private and public schools have different approaches on UN global compact principles on CSR implementation.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Society; CSR Approaches; CSR Implementation