Corporate Responsibility: Burden or Opportunity?

In 2007, Grant Thornton, LLP, in partnership with BusinessWeek Research Services, surveyed 510 business leaders to determine their views on corporate responsibility and the value companies derive from corporate responsibility initiatives.

Among the questions the study explores are:

• Will corporate responsibility have a major impact on business strategies over the next several years?
• Who should ultimately drive corporate responsibility?
• Should companies be responsible for affordable health care?
• What are the greatest benefits of different types of corporate responsibility initiatives?
• Should government regulate companies for their environmental impact?
• What criteria should be used to measure corporate responsibility?

To see a presentation of survey results, use this link.

View the press releases:

• Executives say corporate responsibility can be profitable
• Grant Thornton LLP survey finds that manufacturers credit corporate responsibility with enhancing profitability and business strategy
• National survey finds strong support for government regulation of companies’ environmental impact