Alibaba Social Responsibility Case Study

Corporate Social Responsibility is a form of corporate action enforced both by the firm’s regulation and sometimes government law to increase beneficial social impacts of a firm’s behavior. When doing so, Companies usually synergize their business goals with the CSR goals. However, some companies announce false CSR values in order to gain social reputation and government support, thus it is necessary to assess the authenticity of corporate CSR. The main goal of this Corporate Social Audit is to identify the specific CSR aspects that Alibaba Group claims to contribute, assess whether or not it is doing what it claims to do, and make a statement on its major strengths and weaknesses when fulfilling their social responsibility. As the largest …show more content…
Nowadays, Chinese society doesn’t pay much attention to the disabled and provides far less help and resources to these disadvantaged people than some developed countries, such as America, do. According to related statistics, there are around 85 million people with disabilities in China and it’s really hard for them to find a stable job. Most of them can even hardly to have a minimum standard of living. Faced with this situation, Alibaba wants to give these disabilities a favor. By means of the advantage of a huge market share and the power of internet, Alibaba aims to creating more job opportunities and providing necessary vocational trainings to the disabled to help them get over the difficulties and shift for …show more content…
At the present day, in China women are facing tougher difficulties in finding jobs. In order to provide a platform where women entrepreneurs can enjoy the equal opportunities as men entrepreneurs and redefine the role of women in the public, Alibaba hosts the World Conference on Women. In 2018 February, British Prime Minister Theresa May praised Alibaba for their contribution to supporting women’s employment. Alibaba helps women to establish their own online business by offering them training and other aids as well. In fiscal year 2017,almost half of the annual active sellers on retail marketplaces were