A study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become the subject of research for many academias in the field of business studies. Despite increasing attention has been accorded to CSR in developed countries, very few is known of the research of CSR in developing multicultural, multiethnic country like Malaysia. With about 27.5 million people, Malaysia is made up of three main ethnic populations, namely; Malays, Chinese and Indians. The fact that Malaysia has diverging ethnic groups and cultural system, this study addresses an insight analysis of CSR from a different perspective. The study seeks to find out the level of CSR understanding of the Malaysian executives in the financial services sector across different ethnic groups. A total of 376 responses were collected and analysed in this study. The questionnaire was used to measure the perceptions of the respondents towards several CSR issues. The findings across ethnicity of the respondents revealed that in general, there is no homogenous consensus. The finding clearly demonstrates differences of perceptions among Malay, Chinese and Indian respondents. This is potentially a significant finding, since culture gives a significant impact on people attitude, behaviour and perception. � Medwell Journals, 2013.

Background. Anaemia is a global health problem including Malaysia. In adults, anaemia may affect work productivity. Iron deficiency anaemia and thalassaemia are common causes of anaemia in Malaysia. However, there is scarcity of data on national prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia and thalassaemia, especially in young adults. This cross sectional study was performed to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia and thalassaemia among medical students of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC). Materials and Methods. Blood samples collected in EDTA tubes were analyzed for haemoglobin level and red cell parameters such as MCV, MCH and red cell counts. Samples with abnormal red cell indices were sent for analysis of RBC morphology, iron status, haemoglobin analysis and DNA analysis. Results. A total of 400 samples were available for this study. Fiftyeight (14.5%) students had hypochromic microcytic red cell indices in which 44 (11%) showed thalassaemia red cell indices while 14 (3.5%) had iron deficiency red cell indices which were finally confirmed by serum iron/TIBC analysis. Amongst those suspected to have thalassaemia, 12 (27.3%) were confirmed as alpha thalassaemia trait (??/--SEA), 11 (25%) as Haemoglobin-E trait, 8 (18.2%) as beta thalassaemia trait and 2 (4.5%) as Haemoglobin Constant Spring (??/?CS?). However, eleven students (25%) with thalassaemia red cell indices could not be confirmed with the common thalassaemia primers available, thus causes have yet to be established. Conclusion. Our prevalence of thalassaemia was high and thus we opine that better screening methods should be adopted. � Societ� Editrice Universo (SEU).