com/research_registers The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emerald-library.com/ft How important are ethics and social responsibility? A multinational study of marketing professionals Anusorn Singhapakdi and Kiran Karande College of Business and Public Administration‚ Old Dominion University‚ Virginia‚ USA How important are ethics? 133 Received September 1998 Revised March 1999 June 1999 September 1999 College of Administrative Sciences‚ Kuwait University
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www.thetimes100.co.uk Business ethics and corporate social responsibility Introduction Anglo American is one of the world’s leading mining companies. It is a UK public limited company and operates on a global scale. Anglo American operates mainly in the primary sector of the world economy. This‚ as the name suggests‚ covers industries involved in the first stage of economic activity‚ such as mining and agriculture. Anglo American operates throughout the world. It has extensive operations in
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process. Because of recent well known corporate scandals‚ business organizations have incorporated business ethics codes and social responsibility programs as part of their strategy to boost their public image and reputation in the community along with the reduction of potential legal fees or financial settlements resulting from legal actions against the organization. Ethics refer to the fundamental principles of an individual or a group. Social responsibility is how a business performs its activities
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and focus on the interests of society. In doing so‚ they must perform corporate social responsibility that will help improve the community‚ society’s youth‚ charity‚ education‚ and also our planet. This corporate social responsibility should not be an option but rather an obligation‚ as that they play an essential role in creating goodwill‚ a positive image‚ and a competitive edge for the industry. Corporate social responsibility also increases sustainability by assisting the industry in achieving
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competitor in the industry‚ Time Warner. Disney’s net income was $4.427 billion in 2008 compared to Time Warner’s net loss of $14.648 billion (T‚ 62). We see the greatest disparity in net income between the two companies between 2008 and 2009 as the net income for Disney decreased by 25.3% to $3.307 billion in 2009‚ while Time Warner’s net income increased by 582% to $2.468 billion (T‚ 62). If we were to solely examine the percentage increase in net income for each company‚ Time Warner would clearly be the
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Organizational Justice‚ Ethics‚ and Social Responsibility Chapter discussed Organizational Justice‚ Ethics‚ and Social Responsibility. While watching CNBC on television‚ I viewed a documentary on the energy company Enron. Their practices and ethics‚ or lack thereof are an excellent example of the topics contained in this chapter. Their disregard for ethical behavior and social responsibility‚ ultimately led to the demise of the company and also caused several members of the company in management
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relevant to CSR‚ such as labor‚ environmental protection and social welfare‚ is in place‚ there are many problems with compliance‚ such as difficulty with enforcement‚ frequent changes to the content of laws and regulations‚ and interpretation of laws being left up to regional governments. As solving those problems will strengthen corporations’ international competitiveness‚ achieve sustainable economic growth and increase corporate value‚ every company as well as the Chinese government is taking
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huge success and it still being used around the Globe even today. By 2010‚ with more than 90‚000 employees and anticipated year-end revenues of up to $38 billion‚ Microsoft continued to hold a strong lead in the computer software industry. Social Responsibility a. Since 1999‚ Microsoft has worked closely with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide people in dozens of countries with access to technology tools‚ skills training and other essential services. Microsoft
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the foundation‚ which is to help‚ improved the quality of education. We want to clarify how Insular Life Foundation is related to over all mission and vision of the company? Answer: The foundation has its own vision‚ which is aligned to the corporate mission. “Committed partner for self-reliance and helping communities we served.” The key words in our vision are commitment‚ self-reliance and helping communities. When we say commitment‚ it refers to longevity. We make sure that in every project
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