Corporate Social Responsibility in UAE: Jumeirah Group and Analysis

This report examines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with a specific focus on the Jumeirah Group. The report highlights the importance of CSR in the UAE context, particularly for multinational corporations. It discusses the role of business ethics, environmental regulations, and the impact of cultural diversity. The report also touches upon the challenges, such as unregistered economies and corruption, and the need for expertise in areas like logistic analysis to improve CSR practices. The analysis references Hofstede's framework and the broader trends in CSR implementation within the GCC region. The report also points out that CSR in UAE is observed as large number of business policies that are related to employee health, behavior and safety are implemented.

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United Arab Emirates is a country that known for its multinational companies.
Therefore, the values of Corporate Social Responsibility is highly essential for the UAE
rulers in the global context. Following it, the UAE rulers, for example, Jumeirah Group, an
organization that put stress to incorporate corporate social responsibility and preserve natural
resources of the country with the help of environmental laws and regulations provided with
the support of business ethics in the required transactions and acts in accordance with the
standards of global contexts.
In the dynamics of GCC international trends of implementing CSR, UAE significantly
marked its relevance in its sustainability in the corporate sector. In reference to Hofstede,
societies that are already developed are likely to be rule oriented with rules and regulations
that reduces the uncertainty in the environment as well as in inequalities of wealth and power
(Al-Jenaibi, 2017). In Jumeirah Group, unregistered economy and corruption is a prime
issue. Philanthropist activities are more focused in academics, health care and social welfare.
Furthermore, subsidiaries of multinational corporate sectors provide examples of CSR
through implementing business policies. Dubai is one of the striking example of luxury that
exercise CSR in order to promote lavish lifestyle with profitable economy and cultural
diversity (Al-Jenaibi, 2017).
In the UAE, the practice of CSR is observed as large number of business policies that
are related to employee health, behavior and safety are implemented. Apart from these, it is
recorded that UAE faces a serious issues against environmental impacts. Following it, UAE
need expertise who would incorporate logistic analysis in order to improve the practices of
CSR.

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