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Chapter 8 PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Quiz & Tricks

For each one of the following Sustainable development Goals write an example of concrete action that you
think you could do as a youth. How do you think that you can act, at your level, to achieve those goals?

1. Please underline the actions you can undertake to apply CSR to work standards:
a. Reducing working hours
b. Including diversity in your recruitment process
c. Recruiting a person because she is a woman
d. Organizing team building actions
e. Offering your employees chocolate in the morning
f. Improving the comfort of chairs.

2. True or false: CSR applied to community relations is equivalent to philanthropy

3. Can you recall the definition and main elements of CSR?

4. Among the benefits of CSR, which ones have been proven?

a. Considerable financial gains
b. Better reputation
c. Gains in productivity
d. Trust and loyalty
e. Societal benefits

5. True or false: Transparency and accountability are only relevant for multinational companies

Quizz & Tricks answers

1. a. Reducing working hours: This statement is a bit reductory. Working hours is indeed an important sub-
ject and you should make sure to follow your national legislation. You can also adapt the working hours to
your employees’ needs but this doesn’t mean an automatic reduction. What is essential is to improve the
working environment and conditions respecting the health and well being (physical and psychological) of
employees.

b. Including diversity criteria in your recruitment process: Having a diverse workforce will strengthen your
team with diverse skills set and ideas. When recruiting, make sure you target sources where diverse
candidates congregates, if possible offer internships to a diverse target group, use blind resumes etc.