CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) help firms increase sales and contribute increasing market share in retail sector? CSR - A new business strategy! A Dissertation Acknowledgment The researcher wishes to acknowledge the following people who extended assistance in the preparation and realization of this research up to its completion: Name Position or Occupation or Vocation Abstract This dissertation explores the relevance of social corporate responsibility (CSR) to business
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Corporate Social Responsibility CSR is a win- win opportunity for companies‚ financial investors and society at large * Corporate Social Responsibility * “CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society.” Business has a responsibility to give it back to society * Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR): * An obligation‚ beyond that required by the law and economics‚ for a firm to pursue
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organizations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply
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CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A. Background of the study Management performs a vital role in any organization. It is responsible for planning and organizing the creation of goods and services. There are several definitions of management; one popular definition of management which is the “art of getting things done through people” is that of Professor Mary Parker Follet. Resources like men‚ machine‚ money and materials can only be used to its maximum potential if these are properly managed‚ in fact‚
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An organization that is able to handle change throughout its internal & external environment is meant to succeed. Corporate Social Responsibility is one paradigm that is the first to get affected with any kind of change in the organization. This study will relate whether strategic changes in an organization with respect to Corporate Social Responsibility activities are easily taken by the internal and external environment of an organization just because it is a Corporate Social Responsibility activity
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Fundamentals of Social Responsibility: Corporate Social Responsibility: The managerial obligation to take action that protects and improves both the welfare of society as a whole and the interests of the organization. Davis Model of Corporate Social Responsibility: Keith Davis: A generally accepted model of corporate social responsibility. List of 5 propositions that describe why and how business should adhere to obligation to take action that protects and
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Social Responsibility in Supply Management PROC 5000 - OA S1 2011 Procurement and Acquisitions Professor Claude Wiedower Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………….1 Technology and ethical behavior...............................................................................1 Overcoming the perception of unethical behavior ...................................................2 Establishing
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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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1. Introduction Social responsibility of business has been a subject of intense controversy and interest over the past four decades (Jamali 2008). The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the two different views of social responsibility of business among scholars and business practitioners. The first is the shareholders view of Milton Friedman and another one is the stakeholder view of Bob Dudley‚ Group Chief Executive of BP Corporation. I will outline key arguments and point out drawbacks
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Communication Barriers and the Role of Social Media Communication as defined by Robbins‚ DeCenzo and Coulter (2013) is the “transfer of understanding and meaning from one person to another” (pg 328). Barrier‚ as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary is “a natural formation or structure that prevents or hinders movement or action”. Thus‚ communication barriers are obstacles that prevent information from being communicated effectively. In our current workforce‚ communication is single handedly
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