Corporate Social Responsibility and the Empowerment of Women: An Indian Perspective

The purpose of this paper is both to argue that CSR has a role to play in the empowerment of women in India and to show that this is actually happening.

The research is based on reported information from Indian companies.

The paper makes a link between these two topics which has not been made before.

The paper has a practical implication both for Indian companies and for companies elsewhere in the world in terms of their concern with corporate social responsibility.

The paper's value is in broadening and defining the concept of CSR and its implications.