CSR and Lawyers

The scope of law has affected corporate social responsibility as a result of it now each company requires the advice of lawyers on such issues. Lawyers counsel their corporate clients on CSR issues including human rights and anti-corruption issues. The increasing role of lawyers in CSR business decision has brought a positive impact on the global governance.

The legal business is changing at a rapid rate around the world including a number of lawyers around it. In country like UK lawyers have been overlooked in corporate social responsibility where in professionals from the fields of financial services have contributed to sustainable development. But now as lawyers are making equal contribution in CSR. The legal press has issued many articles on corporate social responsibility.  Big law firms are making advertisements as they want to provide CSR advisory services to different firms which can be a good client of theirs in future also.