CSRSM Annual Report 2007
This comes a little late, but at least it’s here now. Our Annual Report can be found here. It is downloadable as a PDF file.
I think we made some headway last year in introducing CSR into NUS. Not much headway, but still some. At least now there is wider awareness of the acronym "CSR". The way I see it, there are a number of problems why it is so difficult to ppopularize this and other ideas.
1. Students are extremely busy with studies, work and what little personal lives they have left.
2. After so much studying and working, they want to relax, not read about more ideas.
3. There is not enough free time in the NUS calendar to allow students to explore things other than what’s in their modules.
4. There are too many activity groups in NUS vying for the tiny community’s attention.
5. Many students are materialistic, so unless they stand to gain from an idea, they’ll not want to waste time on it.
How do we go about solving these problems? I’m thinking of getting internships for the Movement’s members, asking companies, certain government agencies and NGO’s to let us try implementing CSR and business strategies for them (helps them and gives us practice), and also getting us into a position to organise sharing and networking sessions for companies. These will allow our members to have practical experience and expand the individual’s network, which I think are what students nowadays want.
Another idea is to make things more fun, but I can’t think how CSR can be made fun.
I am also in the process of getting as many groups in NUS as possible to come together to make an on-line calendar of events wherein we project all our events for the year and so be able to see where there is too much competition or chances for collaboration. That would lessen rivalry, hopefully.
Maybe one day, we can get credits in our modules for doing such CSR activities. That would be great. But that’s kind of a far-off wish at the moment.
Well, if there are any ideas floating around out there, do tell us about them. We are always seeking to overcome our challenges and improve.
All the best in putting together all the ideas and objectives together :) It’s less than a month to the start of the new term… Hope everything can be pieced together coherently by the time the freshies arrive! I’m particularly intrigued by the idea of offering CSR and business solutions to organisations… sounds like a tall order actually, but something along those lines could be rather exciting. Hope everyone’s working hard together on this! :D
Lunch in town next week?
Comment by cuiyu — July 14, 2007 @ 2:40 am
Yep, it’s a tall, tall order. Everyone is working hard… Hehehehehe…
Lunch sounds yummy. The food court in Suntec?
Comment by Alexander — July 14, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
Need not be - my social calendar is a bit more flexible now that work has ended for the time being. Will carry this discussion over to msn :)
Comment by Administrator — July 15, 2007 @ 10:37 pm