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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Corporate Responsibility And Marketing Strategies Larri Alston Michael Laverty Contemporary Business October 26‚ 2014 Apple’s current position on ethical and social responsibility is located on their website which state “Apple is committed to ensuring the highest standards of social responsibility wherever our products are made.” You can also access the company’s 2011 Supplier Responsibility on its website. This is their official stance on the matter but the company has
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4708 Intl Expansion Anglo American PLC in South Africa: What Do You Do When Costs Reach Epidemic Proportions? 1. The pros would be: a) The early adoption strategy of ART can help the company to prevent and combat the spread of the disease not only on its workforce but also the populations of surrounding communities. This early initiative can also help to prevent further loss in operating expenses and declining workers’ productivity in the company. b) Anglo American became a de facto leader
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Running a business requires adequate consideration to a number of issues outside the traditional scope of making money‚ of which ethics is most certainly one. As our business grows and becomes more significant‚ we impact on the lives and circumstances of people in ways we can only imagine - through bringing jobs‚ creating wealth and inspiring others to grow their businesses. An important part of engaging in this process is understanding your business ethics‚ which if not up to scratch can leave you
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Portfolio Project: The Legal Environment of Business “What specific changes‚ if any‚ would you recommend to a policy maker to increase the effectiveness of corporate governance in this post-Enron era? Due to corporate scandals‚ most notable the Enron scandal there appears to be a decline in the confidence of leadership in the American business. The first round of scandals saw Congress pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which “requires companies to set up confidential systems so that employees and others
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Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Wanda Joyce McGhee Dr. Malinda Swigart Business 508 July 13‚ 2014 Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies There is no question that Apple is a remarkable company. In addition to its business turnaround‚ its innovative design‚ and its media content and apps‚ the unadulterated sexiness of all its products makes Apple hard to resist. For me‚ what isn’t hard to resist‚ is asking: How can a company that is this extraordinary in other
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Briefly outline what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is and how the initiatives on reporting CSR have developed over the past few decades. Explain what the Global Reporting Initiative is. Social responsibility has been a term used in business since the 1700’s with to focus then being child labour and increasing working conditions. It was only during the 1970’s when social responsibility gathered pace and a definition was given “The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic
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PHIL320-1204A-09 Phase V Individual Project Robin Tolbert November 12‚ 2012 University of Colorado Technical Online Educationalist Russell Fail Corporate and Professional Ethics Part I. Classify the Ethical Issue Kellogg‚ Brown and Root (KBR) Charged with Suborning Nigerian Governmental Officials to Acquire Contracts. As early as the 1900 KBR began their business quest. The renowned KBR is ranked as one of the world largest top performance engineering and construction industries. Their employee is
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Social Responsibility (CSR) is simple‚ according to the book: “Distinguishing right from wrong and doing right”. Social responsibility benefits both individual and companies as well. Luo and Bhattacharya (2006) address the fact that companies are increasingly taking direct steps to communicate their CSR to customers and stake holders to increase factors that will benefit the company. As we can see in this movie most of the actors or bosses are not that ethical. Before they engage in a journey of
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COURSE BUSINESS ETHICS COURSE CODE PB503 CREDIT 3 SYNOPSIS BUSINESS ETHICS is about relationships‚ values‚ justice‚ and culture (personal‚ professional‚ corporate‚ national and global). It also provides a basic framework for examining the range of ethical issues arising from a business context. This course also discusses on the issues of right and wrong actions or decisions from all levels of decision making. It also explains ethical leadership‚ employee responsibilities‚ diversity
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