The corporate social responsibilities in Sri Lankan universities

Authors

Kamal Tilakasiri, University of Wollongong
Grace McCarthy, University of WollongongFollow
John Glynn, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

25550

Publication Details

Tilakasiri, K., McCarthy, G. & Glynn, J. (2008). The corporate social responsibilities in Sri Lankan universities. In P. Ranasinghe & N. Suraweera (Eds.), International Conference on Social Sciences, Sri Lanka - 2008 (ICSSL). Theory and Practice of Social Sciences for Human Wellbeing in South Asia (p. 99). Kelaniya: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Abstract

Public sector universities have certain special characteristics compared to other organisations. As Neave and Pergamon (2000, p. xiv) suggest, such universities are generally known for their "knowledge production" and the fact that their acitivities are substatially funded by the government.