Overview
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a term that describes the arguments that large corporations have become one of the dominant structures of social organization and so they are obligated to be aligned with the social values of the communities they operate in.
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) can be argued to be a form of CSR. Although employers benefit from retaining a productive employee who might struggle with their substance use, including EAPs and addiction treatment within health insurance plans also goes a long way to legitimizing substance use disorders as a health issue within public perception.
History and Etymology
The idea of philanthropy or paternalism from powerful leaders is nothing new; whether assumed under a mantle of stewardship or PR for a personal legacy, those like Carnegie and Rockefeller have stamped their names across countless projects, including the Oxford Group that laid the theoretical and philosophical foundations of AA. CSR was coined by Howard Bowen in 1953 in Social Responsibilities of the Businessman as an argument that