Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Classical Ethics Stephen J. Ward‚ the director of the Center of Journalism‚ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison‚ defines ethics as "the analysis‚ evaluation‚ and promotion of correct conduct and/or good character‚ according to the best available standards (Ward‚ 2012). Personally‚ I believe that ethics is the foundation of how an individual behaves and thinks towards himself and others. Ethics can also be defined as the "systematic and critical analysis
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility is defined in several ways. Some of which are the following: A concept of business ethics based on the idea that companies have stakeholders who are broadly defined as anyone or group affected by the activities of the company. The idea of CSR is that a company should be accountable to its stakeholders. For this reason the subjects of CSR focus on how companies should identify and “engage” stakeholders and how they should determine
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Ethics Paper � PAGE * Arabic �2� Running Head-THE ROLE OF ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The importance of ethics in developing a strategic plan Jaime Enriquez MGT 498 January 24‚ 2011 Eligah King THE IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN Business ethics are becomingly more effective in the modern world of business‚ yet ethics and social responsibility are concerns misunderstood today. Organization’s when confronted with issues that become more significant as the organization
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with social responsibility in its overall corporate strategy? “I think that Starbucks has been concerned with social responsibility in its overall corporate strategy because in the long run it affects the bottom line. By being socially responsible‚ the business is also showing that they care about more than their profits. Caring about more than just profits allows for greater employee commitment‚ investor loyalty‚ as well as higher customer satisfaction. Research has also shown that social responsibility
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discussion of corporate responsibility: stockholder theory and stakeholder theory. Stockholder theory maintains that profit for stock owners represents the main moral obligation of the corporation. Stakeholder theory takes the view that groups other than the stockholders‚ such as the community at large‚ have a vested interest in the management of the corporation. The types of corporate social responsibility typically align with the stakeholder theory that corporations have responsibilities beyond profit.
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organizations like Royal Dutch Shell and BP will employ intermediaries for more than just legal or financial necessities. On this large business scale‚ intermediaries are drawn upon for many forms of negotiation. For example‚ Royal Dutch Shell intermediaries have been involved with settling the Sakhalin II project for the past four years. The Sakhalin II project is made up of four oil companies‚ Shell being one of the four‚ who are locating and producing oil and gas on the Sakhalin Island in Russia
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Corporate Social Responsibility Being a company that prospers is very much different than a company that is consistently following a guided work ethic while making revenue. Companies these days may participate in under the table schemes or anything to make that extra buck. Very a few industries willingly follow corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility (which will now be referred to as CSR) is a business firm’s intention‚ beyond its legal and economic obligations‚ to do the
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1. Why is business so important to a country’s economy? Business is important to a country’s economy because it is its backbone. It is a constant battle for a better means of living. The economy gives individuals jobs and the ability to sustain themselves. 2. What is a private enterprise? What four rights are critical to the operation of capitalism? Why would capitalism function poorly in a society that does not ensure these rights for its citizen? An economic system that rewards
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PULMUONE A way to feed “My family” safe food BACKSTORY Pulmuone is a famous Korean food-related company that focuses its business on producing healthy food such as tofu‚ vegetable juice‚ and bean sprout etc. In 2004‚ one of Pulmuone’s suppliers had confessed that it had scattered pesticides on vegetables to look good. In addition to Pulmuone’s incident‚ other food-related business revealed unsafe issues. As a result‚ Pulmuone’s sales had dropped down. Consumers’ distrust in food industry was
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CSR as a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with stockholders on a voluntary basis. ___2. It is very important to emphasize that the debate between the voluntary compliance and legislation depends on how we understand CSR. ___3.The term co-responsibility involves firstly the existence of common objectives‚ secondly the assuming of specific responsibility for their attainment and thirdly the effective
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