The Benita & Catalino Yap Foundation (established in 1993) aims to develop the Philippines, especially the youth, through innovative social solutions based on CSR 3.0 (citizenship, sustainability and social responsibility) and social entrepreneurship.

In the early 2000’s, during the meeting with Dr. Lilia Sison, Dean of the UST Graduate School and the Roundtables with the various sectors involved or interested in CSR, eg. DLSU, UA&P, The Fair Trade Movement, AIM, LCF and UST, Mr. Tony Yap, Chairman of BCYF realized three aspects of CSR in the Philippines that he felt needed to be addressed further:

(1)   Research,

(2)   Youth CSR,

(3)   Integration of CSR in Business, whether as part of the cost of doing business or as an after tax activity—whether through a fixed financial commitment or through personal and monetary commitments made yearly.

Hence the formation for the BCYF Conferences on Research in CSR – a 5-year, 5-part introduction to CSR from historical and traditional understanding (CSR 1.0), to transformative CSR in organizations (CSR 2.0), and will culminate in the concept of personal social responsibility (CSR 3.0), which brings the principles of CSR to the level of the individual. Subsequent conferences beginning 2016 will focus mainly on more research into CSR. This year’s research is the breakout considering the nationwide role of the research and the introduction of the peer-reviewed BCYF Research Journal.

GUIDELINES FOR THE RESEARCH

This year, 2015, BCYF invites various colleges and universities, through the Philippine Association for Colleges and Universities, to undertake a nationwide research on the State of CSR in Philippine Colleges and Universities.

The research aims to gather respondents from the student body, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni of each of the following regions: (1) Northern Luzon, (2) National Capital Region (NCR), (3) Central Luzon, (4) Southern Tagalog Region, (5) Bicol Region, (6) Western Visayas, (7) Eastern Visayas, (8) Northern Mindanao, (9) Southern Mindanao.

At least one university will be in charge of surveying their respective regions.

Responsibilities of Colleges and Universities in the survey

(1)   When the college and/or university accepts to do the research survey, it is responsible for fielding the survey to all its students, faculty, administrators and alumni.

(2)   It should also do its best to contact the surrounding schools in its assigned region to field the survey.

(3)   When the organization is part of a school system, other members of the school system must participate in the survey as well.

(4)   Survey may be done through online means (link is provided in the next page) or through manual printed survey questionnaires, provided results of the survey be submitted electronically to the BCYF Secretariat.

(5)   Deadline for the summary of findings is on July 31, 2015 to be submitted to the BCYF Education and Research Secretariat via

(6)   Each college and university shall can use their respective survey results for whatever purpose they see fit provided they acknowledge that the instrument is part of a bigger research initiated by the Benita & Catalino Yap Foundation.

(7)   Participating colleges and universities will be acknowledged during the research presentation and publication of the survey results.

(8)   The final survey results and research presentation will be presented on the September 28, 2015 Conference on Research in CSR to be held in Metro Manila. Each participating college / university in this research will receive an invitation to attend.

The survey instrument can be accessed through the following links

Northern Luzon (including CAR) – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools1

National Capital Region – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools2

Central Luzon – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools3

Southern Tagalog Region (4a and 4b)- http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools4

Bicol Region – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools5

Western VIsayas (including Negros Region) – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools6

Eastern Visayas (including Central Visayas Region) – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools7

Northern Mindanao (including Caraga) – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools8

Southern Mindanao (including SOCCSKSARGEN and ARMM) – http://bit.ly/CSRinSchools9