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CSR has acquired a central theme on the agenda of organizations today but has not been able to acquire a center stage in the realms of corporate strategy. There has been a definite lack of understanding of the concept of CSR and Competitiveness.

CSR and Competitiveness relate through a learning and innovation cycle where values, policies and practices of a corporate body are re-defined. Embedding of CSR in the business process leads to innovation and ultimately results in competitiveness.

In this conference through presentations and panel discussions we would explore the concept of competitiveness in relation to CSR. Industry experts would enlighten us as to how competitive advantage can be generated through creating stakeholder engagement. Case studies shall be produced elaborating the contribution of CSR to short term profits as well as to long term competitiveness.

Integrating CSR in the strategic management process helps in developing a simple and consistent long term goal improves the understanding of the complexity of a competitive environment and aids in development of capacities and resources to learn change and enhance key stakeholder relationships. The theme gives us a scope to debate and discuss several possibilities and will provoke some unexpected transformative business solutions leading to a third wave sustainable organization.

This conference aims to address some of the main barriers for managing and developing CSR and aligning it with current business process and sustainability objectives. Enlightened speeches and discussions would guide us towards the path of reinventing the organization into a learning and innovative organization.