Ethics in Asia Is Asia social responsible? How about the environment?

1. CSR in Asia? Asia ethical?

2. overview Introduction Is the Asian economy social responsible? China suspends nuclear building plants How about the environment? Based on articles: http://www.csr-asia.com/weekly_detail.php?id=12306 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769392 http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-cooperation/environment/index_en.htm

3. Introduction The Asian economy: Comprises 60 % of the world’s population China is the second largest economy worldwide The wealth of Asia divers strongly Different cultures, environment and government systems between regions

4. Introduction The largest economies in Asia are: China, Japan, India, South Korea, Indonesia And the oil riche middle east countries But many other countries are in need of severe assistance

5. The conclusion of the introduction Asia has plenty of opportunities But it has lacks on social level Most enterprises aren’t social responsible Environment pollution No focus on people or planet It can become the new world leader! Only on profit Is Asia improving on social level? Or is there still a long way to go?

6. Examples of social lacks Unethical clinical trials in India Destination for outsourcing clinical trials Testing new drugs on human Growing drug industry Adoption scandal The human baby trafficking scandal The 2008 Chinese milk scandal Food safety incident

7. CSR: corporate social responsibility Its difficult to integrate CSR in Asia Because off the severe price competition Focus on people, planet and profit turns out more profitable

8. CSR Asia ‘CSR Asia’ is a social enterprise that: Promotes and supports corporate social responsibility It battles for sustainable economical, social and environmental develop across the Asia Pacific Region Article: http://www.csr-asia.com/weekly_detail.php?id=12306 Japanese food importers are taking extra safety measures In Cambodia new water plants will be available In Malaysia measures are taking to fight corruption Investigate the low flow in Mekong river

9. China suspends nuclear building plans Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769392 China shows good intentions: They had plans to increase the use of nuclear energy Following the accident at Japan The building of nuclear plans stopped Safety is more important China cares about the people and planet China has plans to develop other energy sources, like solar and wind power

10. Asia’s environment Article: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-cooperation/environment/index_en.htm Asia’s environment is under pressure from: Population growth Economic development Climate change Actions to support Asia’s environment: The EU helps: Starting two programs: SWITCH asia FLEGT asia

11. Conclusion Asia has lots of opportunities: Asian tigers are really booming On the other hand more regions in Asia: Are really poor And in need of assistance On many levels Asia is still unethical Yet there is improvement on ethical level: CSR is on the rise Thanks to enterprise ‘CSR Asia’ China’s government show good intentions The EU supportsAsia’s environment But, there is still a long way to go!