Outline: Social Responsibility
Northcentral University
August 4th, 2013
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I. What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
A. How did Corporate Social Responsibility started?
1. What is the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility from a company’s view?
i. How do companies educate associates about the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility and how everyone can be involved? ii. How do companies educate the community about the contributions to them? iii. An example of a Social Audit and how it measures Corporate Social Responsibility.
2. What is the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility from a stakeholder’s perception? i.How is Corporate Social Responsibility measured from a stakeholder’s perspective? ii.How are ethics measured with Corporate Social Responsibility?
B. Why is there a need for Corporate Social Responsibility to be present in organizations?
1. What would be the result if Corporate Social Responsibility wasn’t practiced? i.Employee’s moral ownership placement.
3 i. Profits equal a happy company with engaged associates.
A. Examples of organizations with good Corporate Social Responsibility practices.
1. Carnegie Steel –Giving back to the community.
2. Sears- Creating strong structural practices that made them invaluable to merchants. II. Management Experts and their views of Corporate Social Responsibility
A. Peter Druker “The Father of Modern Management” and his
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