Empowering Dignity Through
Purposeful Social Action
The Center for Social Responsibility (CSR) is the social extension arm of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P).
It aims to maximize the synergy of the faculty, students, and partner institutions in uplifting the social and economic conditions of marginalized groups in society. This is borne out of the Christian doctrine that every person has the social obligation to reach out the needy. “Social responsibility” is not “charity” commonly understood as dole-outs or “big brother helping little brother”, but an effort to help everyone recognize his own worth and value as a productive member of society.
In the case of the University, social responsibility is exercised not only by but also for its members, utilizing their professional expertise, resources, and entrepreneurial abilities in a process of synergy to create greater impacts and sustainability.
The Center for Social Responsibility of the UA&P is the only Philippine university that has been in the GRI Stakeholder Council since 2007. The council is GRI’s formal stakeholder policy forum that debates and provides input on key strategic and policy issues related to governance, building constituencies and network, reporting framework, future policy, business planning and activity. Membership in the council is geographically diverse and represented core constituencies within the GRI Network including business, civil society organizations, labor and mediating institutions.
In the University therefore, the CSR utilizes its professional expertise, resources, and entrepreneurial abilities to create greater impacts and sustainability.
OUR COURSES
The Center for Social Responsibility offers two subjects at the UA&P
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Introduction to People Development – Corporate Social Responsibility (IPD-CSR)
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National Service Training Program (NSTP)
Introduction to People Development – Corporate Social Responsibility (IPD-CSR)
IPD-CSR is a 3-unit course that focuses on the study of the proper role of corporation in society and on how best it can contribute to economic, social and environmental sustainability. The course framework is anchored on the social doctrine of the Church.
National Service Training Program (NSTP)
The NSTP law or Republic Act 9163 is an act establishing the National Service Training Program (NSTP) for tertiary level students. It is also known as the NSTP Act of 2001. It states that all freshmen students, male and female starting AY 2002-2003, enrolled in baccalaureate and in at least 2-year technical-vocational courses in public and private institutions are required to take NSTP. National Service Training Program is aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing ethic of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three (3) program components:
• Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
• Literacy Training Service (LTS)
• Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
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