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Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Essay

   

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Table of ContentsISSUE..............................................................................................................................................1BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................1CURRENT POSITION....................................................................................................................3RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

ISSUEImpact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on environmental sustainability and itslink with Indigenous Australian people in relationship to their land.BACKGROUNDFoundational aspects of Indigenous Australian culturesThe Dreaming: The concept of dreaming derives from personal translation of the Arrenteperception, altrjiranga ngambakal. Thoughts of Indigenous people about their land i.e.Australia are well defined in “The Dreaming” or stories. The term is commonly used incurrent era to describe the prosperous, subtle and encompassing spiritual belief that formsthe foundation of Aboriginal cultures which answer all the universal questions relatedwith humankind. It should not be consider as imagination or hallucination occurred whilesleeping. The dreaming is the combination of many beliefs and its stories are stronglylinked with land. The aboriginal people believe that their land is a sacred place which isthe divine combination of physical and spiritual contours. Further, they also believe thatall the forms of life living through the land are interconnected and share a spiritualrelationship with each other.The Economic Organisation: Aboriginal people were, and are known for efficientutilisation of resources provided by their mother land. Without exploiting resources, theysurvived for more than 40000 years (Gammage, 2011). Thus, this shows the effectivenessin managing resources by Indigenous people. After dislocating aboriginal people inEuropean continent, the indigenous land management practices in Australia came to anend. The overall ecology of country suffered in drastic manner. Many species of plantsand animals that relied upon humans and indigenous people land management practicessuch as fire stick farming or careful habitat manipulation, either became extinct orbecame endangered (Wilman, 2013). With the help of their spiritual connection andspecial ceremonies, the aboriginal people were able to protect their land and specific sitesthat have essential sacred meaning to their country. They believe that their country orland was cultural outcome and aboriginal people were obliged with duty to protect,preserve and reserve their land and resources.The influence of historical colonisation practices, polices and legislation relating toIndigenous Australian people1

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