Labourers and CSR

White collars' community remain mum over the violation of laws in industries with respect to contract labourers. Management knows this philosophy of surplus given by Adam Smith and Karl Marx well and if these laws were implemented many contract workers have to be hired permanently reducing the overall profitability of the company which will reciprocate upon white collars' wages. Maintaining silence and overruling the laws is considered as maintaining discipline in industries as it is believed that there is nothing white, nor black but everything is grey. It is also true to some extent as laws is made by keeping ideal situations in mind and it leaves practical aspect on the decision of executives. 

But where is the problem? The same laws, policy comes in picture when the question of giving some facility to these poor labourers arises and management happily barred these facilities giving sweeping statements. Amid such situations, laws like right to information, right to education etc. becomes important for the sake of public cause. Management are happy to compensate by funding crores of rupees to the schools for shortfalls (means schools are unable to attract children to fill the minimum described seats in each section). It simply implies paying fees for empty seats. But management is reluctant to fill these seats by giving opportunities to bright children of its labour community and the poor people in its neighbourhood. This may also be counted as CSR without spending a single penny.

Education and Health should be the prime CSR activities of any industry. There is not much merit in investing money for generating employment as wage labourers as its CSR activities when it is already giving job to thousand of labourers as its core activities. There is need of extending quality education and health facilities to their labour community as they are not getting wages to get all these facilities.

A long way to go ahead for changing the mindset of management who believe that spending on education on labour will create problem in future for labour supply. They should believe that development of country will happen only when all its people will be well off which will lead to peace and security.