Ethics and Social Responsibility History In a business sense ethics emerged in the 1970s but social responsibility actually emerged in the 1950s when organizations began believing that they should be operating in a way that would increase the benefits and reduce or eliminate harms caused by their operations (Perks‚ 2011). In light of the recent ethical scandals of organizations such as Enron this has really become a vital part of organizations. Further‚ over the last 60 years businesses have
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Ethics and Social Responsibility STR/581 Mr. Welcher Ethics and Social Responsibility The essential principles of an individual or a group are known as ethics. Social responsibility is how a business performs its daily procedures to meet their obligations toward society. Both ethical values and social responsibility serve an important role in the strategic planning process. “Strategic planning is known as an essential preliminary step in the corporate world in which senior management defines
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Corporate Governance Emerald Article: Corporate socialresponsibility and labor turnover Donald F. Vitaliano Article information: To cite this document: Donald F. Vitaliano‚ (2010)‚"Corporate social responsibility and labor turnover"‚ Corporate Governance‚ Vol. 10 Iss: 5 pp. 563 - 573 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14720701011085544 Downloaded on: 09-11-2012 References: This document contains references to 22 other documents Citations: This document has been cited
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IBM Global Business Services IBM Institute for Business Value Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility IBM Institute for Business Value IBM Global Business Services‚ through the IBM Institute for Business Value‚ develops fact-based strategic insights for senior executives around critical public and private sector issues. This executive brief is based on an in-depth study by the Institute’s research team. It is part of an ongoing
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Corporate Social Responsibility that have flourished. These theories have help corporations to understand the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility. Other theories have provided an explanation of beneficial or damaging effects. Most importantly‚ each theory provides a different perspective on applying corporate social responsibility. Overall‚ corporations need to understand how both theories‚ Systems Theory and The Triple Bottom Line theory‚ relate to Corporate Social Responsibility within
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reports that showcase companies’ social and The Ratings Game environmental good deeds. Of the 250 largest multina- tional corporations‚ 64% published CSR reports in 2005‚ either within their annual report or‚ for most‚ in separate sustainability reports – supporting a new cottage indus- Measuring and publicizing social performance is a po- try of report writers. tentially powerful way to in uence corporate behavior – Such publications rarely offer a coherent framework assuming that the
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Birch (2002). Social‚ Economic and Environmental Capital. Corporate Citizenship in a New Economy. Deakin University‚ Melbourne J.M. Darley (2005). How Organizations Socialize Individuals into Evildoing In recent years‚ Corporate and Social Responsibility has become an ever increasing concern and source of community debate. It is now socially accepted that corporations have some ongoing responsibility‚ though sometimes ignored‚ to set a good example‚ make decisions based on social good and on
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Mushtaque Ali Jariko‚ PH.D student‚ Aalborg University‚ Denmark. ABSTRACT: The role of business in society has been debated in economic literature for a long time. Corporate Social Responsibility requires companies to acknowledge that they should be publicly accountable not only for their financial performance but also for their social and environmental record performance. More widely‚ CSR encompasses the extent to which companies should promote human rights‚ democracy‚ community improvement and sustainable
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SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PRIORITY 7 ‘Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge Based Society’ Understanding and Responding to Societal Demands on Corporate Responsibility (RESPONSE) Contract no.: PL 506462 Final Report DRAFT – Comments Welcome RESPONSE RESEARCH TEAM: Maurizio Zollo‚ INSEAD‚ Academic Director‚ MC chair Valeria Berchicci‚ INSEAD Adri Tolstrup‚ CBSc Lourdes Casanova‚ INSEAD‚ MC member Katrine Goul Dueholm ‚ CBS Donal Crilly‚ INSEAD
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Company Q’s attempt to make logical day-to-day business decisions‚ they have created tension in the communities that they thrive in. With the intention of protecting the company and its assets‚ they have unintentionally created a imbalance of social responsibility within the company and community. Closing stores in major metropolitan area is a formula for disaster. These stores could have been where most foot traffic potential is located. That can lead to hight revenues. Company Q has shown that they
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