Case Preparation Questions:

$1.$ How does CSR defined by the India Companies Act $2013$ differ from the way CSR is generally defined and practiced by business?

$2.$ What do you think of the provision of the act that says a company$$s CSR spending may not benefit its own operations?

$3.$ Is mandating CSR a good idea?

$4.$ Currently Tata Motors is not profitable enough for the CSR provision to apply. Would you recommend it continue to spend on CSR initiatives? Why? Why not?

$5.$ What is the assessment of the TATA CSR initiatives described in Case $($B$)$ and the changes in CSR mad e by Tata Motors since the Companies Act $2013?$Tata Motors $($A$)$:

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