Sustainable CSR for foreign direct investors

By Development Watcher Sunday, 04 November 2012 Malinda Seneviratne’s blog post on CSR projects, titled ‘Corporate Social Rascality’, sheds some light on how corporate aspects of CSR projects override social aspects. He elaborates on how corporate citizens, who are so full of themselves, sometimes turn a blind eye to the needs of the underprivileged –…

Malaysia’s Gandhian Entrepreneur

  Vijay Eswaran helms a business empire that spans the globe, but the Mahatma’s principles are among his most treasured possessions By Manik Mehta Special to Weekend Review Published: 15:08 November 1, 2012 He is a Malaysian by nationality and prefixes his name with the title “Dato’”, the equivalent of a knighthood, bestowed in Malaysia.…

Selling A Better Life

This story appears in the November 5, 2012 issue of Forbes Asia. Donald Frazier, Contributor Eastern Exposure. Asian business, for Americans.   In the Rough-and-Tumble Business of Direct Sales, Malaysia’s Vijay Eswaran Learns from Mistakes and Builds a Movement Thousands have come to Jakarta from all over Asia, waiting with patience and anxiety for this moment.…