csr

Description
corporate socila responsibility

Presented to Prof Garima Sharma

Group members
? Shivam ahuja 152
? Shradha patil 154 ? Supriya patil 162

? Vikram adhyapak 178
? Usman shaikh 171

cisco
? Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet
? Cisco hardware,software, and service offerings are used to create

Internet solutions that allow individuals,companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. ? more than 34,000 employees worldwide

background
? 1984- Leonard Bosack, Sandra Lerner and three
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colleagues founded Cisco systems 1986- sold first network router 1988- originally targeted universities, aerospace industry and the government, expanded to include large corporations 1989- sales increase to $2.8mn 1990- company went public

? 1993-98 ACQUISITIONS
? Crescendo communications (1993) ? Kalpana(1994) Ethernet switch maker

? Lightstream (1995)
? Stratacom (1996) ? Alcatel(1997) ? Precept software(1998) ? American internet corporation(1998)

? 1999-teamed with motorola to acquire fixed wireless

assets
bought Cerent (largest acquisition to date)

? 2000- acquired more than 20 companies including

wireless network equipment maker Aironet ? 2001- due to economic slump it reduced 15 % of its workforce

Corporate social responsibility
? Triple bottom line ? Profits ? People ? presence

csr
? American red cross disaster relief

to help individuals recovering from major disasters as well as less visible disasters such as house fires
$1mn gift to be divided between two of their local communities: Santa Clara Valley(san José, calf) Triangle area (Raleigh, nc)

csr
? Second harvest food bank ? collects and distributes more than 23.8 million pounds of food/year ? Low income children, adults and seniors ? Serves an average of 1,20,700 individuals/month 50% of whom are children

Vision
Cisco always wanted to contribute its share in building stronger, more productive global communities
Goals:
? Overcome the cycle of poverty and dependence ? Create educational opportunity and foster classroom

innovation ? Promote a culture of volunteerism and social responsibility ? Respond to immediate community needs, particularly crisis

Cisco impact grant program
? global level ? Major non profits with national or multi national scope of operation ? Regional level ? Locally focused non profits in the vicinity of cisco campus ? San José level ? Community based non profits within 50 miles of Cisco's san José headquarters

Product grant program
? Cisco products awarded to non-profit organizations operating in USA and internationally
? The criteria to qualify :
? Non profit tax exempt organization ? Serve community ? Non religious primary purpose

? Overhead expenses
? Product grant ? Additional programs

Community investment
? Focuses on volunteerism and employee giving within
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cisco systems Includes cisco citizens, bridges to community program To promote a culture of charitable giving Connects employees to non profit organizations serving the communities Cisco’s aim is to empower people to help them work better

Volunteer programs
? Bridges to the community program
? Cisco citizen employee volunteerism ? Non profit board service opportunity finder

Bridges to the community program
? To educate , inspire and motivate employees to

become life long volunteers and philanthropists ? Goal is to increase awareness about community issues and stimulate their passion for a cause

Cisco citizen employee volunteerism
? Volunteer opportunities that provide individual cisco

citizens the chance to make a positive and long term impact in their communities ? Projects are done-in-a-day, team building projects

Non profit board service opportunity finder
? Goal is to serve the community while developing one’s

leadership abilities and exploring one’s professional interests ? Partnership with BoardnetUSA, non profit organisation
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employees register with the boardnet system ? Updated about open positions in org of their interest

? Helps in developing professional skills and also non

profits to find leadership to help them grow

On campus events
? Groundhog job shadow day ? Employees volunteer to mentor a student for the day
? Principal for a day ? Business executives look at education issues and the challenges faced by local community schools

On campus events
? Adopted schools program ? Student mentoring, work projects, financial contributions to “adopted” schools in Chelmsford, ma, research triangle park, nc and San José, CA
? Take children to work ? Employees volunteer to be mentor hosts for the day to select students of “adopted” schools ? Interactive activities planned include presentations, tour of facilities etc

On campus events
? Holiday global hunger relief drive

Goal of this annual global campaign is twofold:
? Educate employees about the challenges of working

poor ? Offer the opportunity to give back to the community

? Fundraising activities ? Cash and stock donations to hunger relief agency

through Cisco's online giving program

Cisco systems foundation
? Established in 1997
? Provides grants to organisations on a local or global scale ? Aim is to establish a legacy of trust between the

community and the foundation

conclusion



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