A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, Mass Tort And Environment Protection

Abstract

The corporations have weaved a bilateral fibre for itself in the percipience of the critiques worldwide. The
research paper highlights the corporate social responsibility that lies with the corporations examining it
under two different tabs. The first part of the paper provides a critique on some Industrial disaster wherein
the right to health and Clean Environment which forms an integral part of the responsibilities those vests
with industries towards the social stratum were violated at large. The paper further examines the scope of
right to enviornment and the role of industries giving special reference to the liability that has been
brushed off by the industry owners. The first part concludes with a note of conflict. A critical analysis has
been done to examine the liability of the parent company and states whether or not they have adequately
fulfilled their responsibility after the tragedy.The second part highlights the social mandates that the
industries are ought to follow. Witnessing the current status quo the paper relies on primary as well as
secondary data to divulge the concern of these industries in segregation of global poverty and poor health
stipulations. It brings in light the laxity of Private enterprises in maintaining societal mandate or the
organizational capabilities to nourish the underprivileged or provide health care to the ailing citizens midst
the territorial boundaries of developing and under developed nations.The research paper concludes by
providing paradigms and methodology to the issues such as setting the bench mark of the corporate social
responsibilities that a industry should contribute for the protection of the environment and the
consequence of non-fulfilment of the same. It also proposes an effective redressal mechanism that can be
incorporated for the interpretation of existing legislations.