Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Economics iiiii Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Theory and Practice in Pakistan
Syed Kamran Hameed
Master’s thesis · 30 hec · Advanced level
Degree thesis No 634 · ISSN 1401-4084
Uppsala 2010 ii Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Theory and Practice in Pakistan
Syed Kamran Hameed
Supervisor: Karin Hakelius, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Department of Economics
Examiner: Jerker Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Department of Economics
Credits: 30 HEC
Level: Advanced E
Course title: Degree Project in Business Administration E
Course code: EX0536
Place of publication: Uppsala
Year of publication: 2010
Name of Series: Degree project
No: 634
ISSN 1401-4084
Online publication: http://stud.epsilon.slu.se
Key words: CSR, multinational companies, domestic companies, Pakistan
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Economics iii Acknowledgements
“In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful”
I would like to express my gratitude to all who support me from the begining of my studies to till its completition. Especially, great thanks to my beloved parents, prayers from my mother, moral, and financial support from my father.
The special thanks go to my supervisor “Karin Hakelius” whose kindness and support makes me to complete my thesis. I would like to give thanks to the persons in the companies’ espacially Mr. Yawar Mian (CEO) of Capital Business Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. for providing me the data of all the companies that I have selected in this research.
In the end i would like to thank my brothers, sister, relatives and friends. Whose endless prayers and support encourage me to get my degree from Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences (SLU) Uppsala Sweden. iv Abstract/ Summary
This master
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