Introduction Strategic ethics and social responsibility are two of the most important‚ yet perhaps most misunderstood concerns in the world of business today. By their very nature‚ these fields are controversial‚ and there is no universally accepted approach for solving their questions. On the other hand‚ government is encouraging organizational accountability for ethical conduct‚ and organisations are being asked to prevent and control misconduct by implementing ethics programs. By defining strategic
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businesses focus mainly on social issues‚ the economic stability will be influenced. Whether businesses should help or should put less effort or help society in any way they can is always discussed. Personally‚ I agree that businesses help society in any way they can. I am going to discuss my views with the provision of examples. Businesses are closely related to citizens’ livings. We need necessities to make our living and get them from trade. Trade is a kind of business activities. It is no matter
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Corporate Social Responsibility This essay will be based on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It should allow the reader to understand what CSR is‚ the importance of CSR and how it would influence customer activities. Themes that would be included in this essay will be the background of corporate social responsibility‚ history and the development of corporate social responsibility. The key concepts will also be explained and the different stakeholders which will be linked to corporate social
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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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L ’Oréal’s Corporate Social Responsibility Abstract This paper is about L ’Oreal‚ which is worldwide known beauty product brand. Their corporate social responsibility has huge concerns about the globalization. The company is not facing any global problems‚ moreover‚ it is trying to make the world better. In addition‚ L ’Oreal is concerned about the society and environment. Because of these issues the company ’s focus is on innovations‚ saving resources and trying to replace toxic waste usage
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outsource its production to another country. Some may think that companies only outsource for inexpensive labor. This could in fact be the situation for some businesses. Those businesses do not take into consideration the need to uphold their social responsibilities. Patagonia does outsource its production to other countries. This company is not only considering discounted labor. They do take into account the working conditions of its employees. Also‚ they take into consideration the conditions of the
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Corporate Social Responsibility‚ it is usually described in terms of a company considering‚ managing and balancing the economic‚ social and environmental impacts of its activities. The notion of corporate social responsibility should be a part of the core business operations of a company‚ rather than a separate ‘add on’.[2] Given that socially responsible organizations should seek ‘minimize their negative impacts and maximize their positive impacts’‚ the fast food industry provides an important
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named Frederick Taylor known as the father of scientific management who described management as a science with employees having specific but different responsibilities; encourage the scientific selection‚ training and development of workers and equal division of work between workers and management thus sparking an important evolution to the business world making a dramatic increase in productivity (Estrada). The economic progress brought by scientific management was not all good; labor/management
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political (noble virtues for citizens)‚ of life of thought (contemplation) (Arthur & Scalet‚ 2009‚ p. 51). He states “every scientific inquiry‚ and similarly every action and purpose may be said to aim at some good”. What he is saying is that everything has an end point which is something good. Everything we want to accomplish is for some good. The ends are many‚ and he goes on to say the end of the medical art I health‚ the end of the shipbuilding is a vessel‚ the end of strategy is victory‚ and the
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a. Corporate Social Responsibility is a management concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and interactions with their stakeholders. CSR is generally understood as being the way through which a company achieves a balance of economic‚ environmental and social imperatives (“Triple-Bottom-Line- Approach”)‚ while at the same time addressing the expectations of shareholders and stakeholders. In this sense it is important to draw a distinction
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