The case describes the strategic dilemmas involved in making decisions about the method of corporate social responsibility (CSR) department of one of India's leading multinational companies, Tata Power Company (TPC) of the Tata group of companies. TPC held a CSR activity for decades, reflects the company's commitment to sustainable energy production without undue compromise to humans and the environment. These actions were taken as a voluntary initiative of the workers TPC, and there was no separate CSR department. However, with the great expansion of the scope, you must have CSR as a separate entity was felt. The dilemma for the solutions manager was to create a separate department CSR or continue the existing configuration. Other issues to be considered strategically and tactically to maintain a balance between the shareholders interests, and other stakeholders. "Hide
by Ram Deshmukh, Atanu Adhikari Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 18 pages. Publication Date: April 27, 2010. Prod. #: 910M13-PDF-ENG
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