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 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is variously defined but is generally accepted to denote responsibly grounded business decision-making that considers its impact on people, communities and the environment. The increasing emphasis on CSR has particular importance for lawyers both as advisers to their clients and, in the case of law firms, as enterprises in their own right. The committee's remit therefore includes both an examination of the many CSR-related issues on which business clients may seek legal advice from an in-house counsel or external lawyer and the issues which confront lawyers and law firms in relation to their key stakeholders; partners, staff, clients, their professional regulator and the community in which they practice.
Click here to read the report on the CSR sessions held at the IBA Annual Conference in Singapore, October 2007
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