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Gazing round the Buick showroom with my psychiatrist friend to choose the final finishing on his new land cruiser, I realized that not every business was doing badly in the recession.  Psychiatrists who treat angst ridden CEO’s in the central business district of Beijing are doing a roaring trade.  One area on which China CEO’s are currently schizophrenic is in their approach to CSR. Multinational companies operating in China have taken two approaches; 1) Sack the CSR manager; or 2) sack just about everyone else and invest in CSR. (more…)

Vimbayi is the first African woman to be a news anchor on CCTV (China’s central TV).  She has studied and worked in Beijing for four years.  She agreed to share some insights into the world of work in China.

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A PRC Government body has released draft guidelines with potentially far-reaching ramifications for foreign investors’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.  The guidelines raise the possibility that foreign companies will be required by law to adopt CSR initiatives at a later date.  A subsidiary of the Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese Academy of International Trade & Economic Cooperation (CAITEC), issued the draft document in late August 2008, known as Guidelines on Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance for Foreign Invested Enterprises (CSRC).

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