CSR & Sustainability Case Study The LEGO Group CSR & Sustainability Case Study The LEGO Group Introduction The LEGO Group is a privately held company based in Billund‚ Denmark. It was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen‚ initially a small carpenter’s workshop (Lego Group‚ 2011). It has since grown into a modern‚ global enterprise that is now‚ in terms of sales‚ the world’s fourth-largest manufacturer of toys (Keynote‚ 2010). The LEGO Groups core product is a line of plastic
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social responsibility (CSR) within organizations. CSR is an emergent discourse within organizational research and praxis. It has parallels to sustainable development‚ environmental protection‚ social equity and economic growth. Although some organizations consider CSR to be a peripheral and sector speci c issue‚ it is becoming increasingly mainstream‚ supported by government legislation. Key questions arising are‚ is there a con ict between pro t earning and CSR? How can CSR be implemented without
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same thing to everybody.” (Votaw‚ 1972‚ p.25) and from my understanding of the concept‚ CSR to me is “The voluntary business activities within the boundary of law that contributes to the wider community for a more sustainable environment”. Since everyone has a unique interpretation of CSR‚ the range of relevant CSR practices across businesses has been quite diverse as there is no such thing as features of CSR (Marcel van Marrewijk‚ 2003). Rising environmental and social concerns in recent years have
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Faculty Board of Economic Sciences‚ Communication and IT Business Administration Starbucks with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “How Starbucks succeeds in a business world with CSR” 15 Credits Master Thesis (FEAD 01) Thesis Advisor: Bo Enquist Co-reviewer Lars Haglund The Authors: Sornchai Harnrungchalotorn Yaowalak Phayonlerd Karlstads universitet 651 88 Karlstad Tfn 054-700 10 00 Fax 054-700 14 60 Information@kau.se www.kau.se ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Acknowledgements Our
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Archie Smith also well known as R Smith or sometimes Oranges is an odd person. He is your school genius‚ yet somehow he’s managed to get a girlfriend that is extremely dumb and popular. R was known as the “Boy Wonder‚” he was every guy’s inspiration. He makes friends with EVERYONE. I guess that’s why he is a “Wonder.” One morning R awoke with the idea that someone or something had questioned‚ “Is he the one?” Unsure if R had dreamt it or if it was actually said he got out of bed and moved on with
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Csr in Apple Inc. Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 CSR Background 2.1 Definition of CSR 2.2 Evolution of CSR 2.3 Emergence of CSR 3 Literature Review 3.1 Carroll’s CSR Pyramid 3.2 Purpose of the firm and how that shapes views on CSR 3.3 Arguments for and against CSR 3.3.1 Arguments Against 3.3.2 Arguments For 3.3.3 Summary of the key debates 4 Methodology 5 CSR at Apple Inc. 5.1 Apple’s profile 5.2 Reasons to engage in CSR 5.3 CSR policies at Apple Inc. 5.4 Type of CSR approach
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What problems of motivation did Archie Norman discover at ASDA? The staff had a lot of motivation problems‚ starting by the fact that it was a bureaucratic type of company. There was no opportunity for employees to express their ideas and no incentive to advance in their careers. Managers at the top level would decide what to do‚ not taking in account the input from costumers and employees‚ employees under their layer would accept to whatever they would say since they were scared to loose their
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PR…………………………………………………………....2 Public Relations and CSR……………………….................3 CSR and stakeholders’ expectations……………................3 Evolution of CRS and different concepts……….................5 Role of PR firms and PR tools for CSR……………...........6 The impact of CSR on business and society…………........6 Practices on CSR between businesses………………..........6 CSR management skills……………………………….........7 Convergence and Transparency of CSR Practices and tools……………………………………………………..
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Lewis Carroll “I can not go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”- Lewis Carroll. He was a very unpredictable writer in many senses‚ including the characters in his books and their actions. Most people would not know that Alice‚ from the two creatively written fantasy novels‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Through the looking glass‚ was an actual girl. She was a close friend of Lewis Carroll‚ the man behind the two interesting literary works. Little did she know‚ that she
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Lewis Carroll: known to many as being a man of mystery‚ including those who knew him personally‚ and those who only knew him through his pseudonym. He uses nonsensical concepts and words in his stories in order to create a mood of whimsy and fantasy allowing the reader a certain degree of freedom in his or her interpretation of Carroll’s meaning; of all of Carroll’s works‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland stands uniquely in the category of nonsense literature. Many authors argue over the contrasts
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