Corporate Social Responsibility in Pakistan’s Banking Sector: A Critical Analysis, SDG Alignment and Way Forward
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https://doi.org/10.22555/pbr.v27i2.1390Keywords:
CSR, Banking Industry, Pakistan, SDG alignment, Workable SolutionsAbstract
This case study is an exploratory study of the current CSR environment in the Banking Industry of Pakistan. The inclusive case studies that present the critique, way forward, and SDG alignment for the banking sector of developing economies has been a literary gap. This creates a high call for case studies that could pave the way forward for inclusive theoretical as well as empirical sense for the concerned problem. The observations, experience, insight, and pattern extraction from primary as well as secondary data on the subject concerned in terms of the Pakistani Banking sector were the building blocks and method for the research case study. The findings are presented in the form of workable solutions. The value of this research endeavour is depicted through the implications that could be inferred from the workable solutions for steering the positive impact of CSR by the Banking sector towards the overall society.
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