Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business By Thomas Malthus (See note at the bottom of the page) Thirty-five years ago‚ Milton Friedman wrote a famous article for The New York Times Magazine whose title aptly summed up its main point: "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits." Friedman had no patience for capitalists who claimed that "business is not concerned ’merely’ with profit but also with promoting desirable ’social’ ends; that business has a ’social conscience’
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Introduction TVS group of companies is name synonymous to social consciousness‚ quality and commitment to the welfare of underprivileged rural citizens. This report analyzes the various corporate social responsibility services of the group done under the umbrella of Srinivasan Services Trust (SST) in light of the documentation provided. Specifically‚ we cover how SST practices strategic CSR‚ how it is organized in order to execute the various social projects‚ where it gives‚ how it gives and how the
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The Warehouse Group Ltd is a typical half-hearted company that does not do what it preaches in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. From the Warehouse Annual Report and Social and Environment Report 2009‚ I found that the company is not only focusing on its financial performance‚ but also on social and environmental external effects. A critical analysis of this reporting practice suggests that the Warehouse is not truly responsible socially and environmentally but more a public relation exercise
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� INTRODUCTION: _"There is a big disconnect between the vast potential of the global economy and what it does for ordinary workers. Finding solutions to these new global realities is very difficult but not impossible; it just requires some hard thinking and some hard decisions. Where are the leaders with the vision to take up the challenge?"1_ The keywords in the above excerpt are "workers"‚ "solutions"‚ "leaders" and "challenge". Nike Inc.‚ the world _LEADER_ in the athletic footwear‚ apparel
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1.1 What is Corporate Social Responsibility? The theory of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is best elucidated by the statement that a company should take a wider view of how its actions and success impact society and stakeholders. CSR identifies that "doing well" and "doing good" go hand in hand. (Leadership and CSR: a Perfect Match). A commonly used definition provided by the World Business Council for Sustainable Developement states that CSR is "Continuing commitment by a business to
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listings on the London‚ Hong Kong‚ New York‚ Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges‚ shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 220‚000 shareholders in 119 countries and territories. The shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts. Activities: Through an international network linked by advanced technology‚ including a rapidly growing e-commerce capability‚ HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services: personal financial services; commercial
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With the recent corporate scandals involving such companies as Enron and Martha Stewart‚ the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has once again made its way to the forefront of contemporary management ideologies. However‚ CSR itself is not a new concept. In fact‚ societies as far back as the Ancient Mesopotamians (circa 1700 BC) incorporated CSR in their businesses. "King Hammurabi introduced a code in which builders‚ innkeepers or farmers were put to death if their negligence caused
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What is Corporate Social Responsibility and how could this influence the organizational behavior of “BreadTalk”? Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a company’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment in which it operates. Companies express this citizenship through their waste and pollution reduction processes‚ by contributing educational and social programs‚ and by earning adequate returns on the employed resources. CSR is also considered as a strategy to create‚ develop
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issue: What is the Social Responsibility of Business? Back up your argument with information from these 2 articles as well as using information from at least 2 other websites you have located. The support in your paper must be documented using in-text citations and a Works Cited page (MLA format). For proper documentation format‚ you may refer to these links as well as those found in the Webliography link under "Research/Documentation." What is the Social Responsibility of Business? After
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Americans attitudes towards food could be said that it varies towards different groups such as: race‚ age‚ lifestyles‚ etc. one thing could be said that at a point they all eat fast food for different reasons. Even though some might eat more than others fast food has became a part of the American culture. As it was mentioned in ‘Super Size Me’‚ in the American culture‚ Americans like everything big. “We have the biggest cars‚ biggest houses‚ biggest companies and now the biggest people”‚ seems that
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