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INTRODUCTION

This chapter will provide a deep insight into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in

The hospitality industry in India and the last part will establish the importance of CSR in

the hospitality industry.

1.2 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

1.2.1 Origin and Development

The concept of CSR was first used in Barnard's book "Functions of Managers"

published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge in 1938. Later, other writers used

CSR in different forms." CSR analyzes the cultural, legal, political, social and physical

facets of the world" has been evolving in recent times and has created an ethical

edifice for various factors to be accountable for their corporate responsibility and their

subsequent effect on the global climate in which they function and work.