EST1 – Task 1 Social Responsibility Western Governors University A community consists of organizations and citizens that are all tied to one certain area. What makes a community successful and effective is when both the companies and citizens work together with the same values and interests. When both organizations within a community and its citizens work together‚ it is a win-win situation. It makes for a better place to run an organization and a better place for its citizens to live
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company that brought us V8 Splash‚ Pepperidge Farm and Campbell’s Soup‚ has become known for a bit more - their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Campbell Soup Co. has consistently made the top ten list of Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens - placing second in 2011 and eight in 2012. The company was also the only food and beverage company in the US to make Corporate Knights’ 2012 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporation rank. Indeed‚ Campbell Soup Co. has seemingly embraced
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Business must embrace social responsibility as a requirement‚ a duty in the present world as business has a huge impact on the society and the environment. To work responsibly and ethically should be the values of a business because social responsibility can be directly associated with a good profitable business. Social responsibility creates a win-win situation for a business organization. First and foremost it must be stressed that social responsibility is a must for all
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Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Firms’ Performance?1 Laura Poddi2 Sergio Vergalli3 July 28‚ 2008 Abstract In the last two decades in the OECD countries there have been a raising development of firms certified as Social Responsible (CSR is the acronym of Corporate Social Responsibility). This kind of certification is assigned by private companies that guarantee that the behaviour of a certain firms environmentally and sociologically correct. Some papers (among others Preston
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The question‚ I learned‚ is harder to answer than you might expect‚ principally because most corporate do-gooders approach their social good efforts with more of an eye toward impact on the community than on the firm. With some effort‚ however‚ I’ve pulled some meaningful responses from corporate leaders I’ve reached and learned a great deal in the process. Garratt Hasenstab‚ Director of Sustainability at the Verdigris Group Garratt Hasenstab‚ Director of Sustainability at the Verdigris Group
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Why did Prohibition fail? During the early 1900’s American citizens were becoming more worried about the effects of alcohol. Men were often spending the majority of their paychecks on alcoholic beverages instead of setting it aside for the family. Not only would men waste all their money at these taverns and such they would return home very polluted (drunk). While they were intoxicated they would often abuse their wives and children. This started to make women angrier and upset. Americans
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Archie Carroll’s View of Corporate Social Responsibility 1 By Rodolfo Arango Archie Carroll’s hierarchical chart depicting the four components of his view on corporate social responsibility is sketched out as a pyramid for ease of use and understanding. The pyramids wide base‚ and the foundation of this theory‚ represents “economic responsibility” the basic building block for a positive corporation. This layer of the pyramid makes the distinction that it is the responsibility of an organization is
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involved and some who were not involved in CSR activities at Infosys. CSR Activities at Infosys All surveyed respondents acknowledged the increasing importance of CSR to a company both from the image and goodwill point of view as well as from the responsibility they believed a company had to the society. However a number of the respondents were not aware of the initiatives being carried out by Infosys except for passing mention in mails and newsletters of the company. Inferences drawn Infosys has set
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importance of corporate social responsibility relative to other corporate objective” (40 Marks) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a firm’s decision to accept responsibility for its social‚ environmental and ethical actions. A firm’s decisions whether to adopt and rank importance to CSR should be due to a variety of reasons‚ like the financial stability of the company aswell as the culture of the organisation. But one definitive factor would be a firm’s corporate objectives‚ corporate objectives
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official group of people which has common objectives to achieve with their own system. Some organizations accomplished their goal and succeeded but some failed. What makes this difference? Failed organizations have a lack of leadership skills which corporate vision and establish strategy to achieve their aims. It is needed that the leader of organizations presents very clear vision to their members and set up specific strategies with their members to realize the vision. The members will conduct their
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