The Star will be featuring a series of articles in conjunction with the StarBiz-ICR Malaysia Corporate Responsibility Awards 2009. The programme is a partnership between The Star and Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia, and is supported by the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia Bhd. The working partners are Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Securities Industry Development Corp while the official sponsors are HSBC Bank ( M) Bhd and Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd.
KUALA LUMPUR: One of the biggest reasons corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not widely practised by Malaysian companies is because it is seen as nothing more than an unwanted cost.