Preliminary Draft - Comments Welcome CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD?* RAY FISMAN GEOFFREY HEAL VINAY B. NAIR# Abstract We provide a framework for analyzing corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our model of CSR in this paper has two important ingredients – CSR is at least in part a profit motivated decision; and different CSR activities are aimed at different audiences. We examine the implications of our framework using a ‘visible’ CSR index that captures
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY By Vasantt K. Jogoo Introduction 1.0 Concern over environmental issues has definitely reached new heights if judged by the headlines it is making in the press and the number of international meetings devoted to its debate. The natural resource base of most countries continues to be degraded at an alarming rate. While the state has a major role to play in the arbitration of conflicts that arise between environmental and developmental goals‚ it is becoming obvious
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not play the role of an elected political official and by not having the complete control in navigating the economy through inflation or deflation. • Thus‚ as indicated by Freidman (1970)‚ this is the basic reason why the doctrine of "social responsibility" involves the acceptance of the socialist view that political mechanisms‚ not market mechanisms‚ are the appropriate way to determine the allocation of scarce resources to alternative uses.(p.3) • Therefore‚ Friedman shares this concept with
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MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Moral responsibility is directed not only at judgments concerning right or wrong. Sometimes‚ they are directed at determining whether a person or organization is morally responsible for having done something wrong. Here we are discussing ‘Moral Responsibilty’ as a term which is used to express that a person is to blame for an action. A person is morally responsible only for those acts and their foreseen injurious effects which
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Assignment 1 The Role & Responsibilities of a Tutor As a tutor‚ within my Pre-Release Advisor position‚ my role‚ responsibilities and boundaries will fall into the following five categories which make up the key elements of the training cycles. Identify Needs: I will need to know the ability of my learners in order to plan a scheme of work; this would be evaluated through a 121 assessment prior to the workshop and obtaining results from numeracy and literacy tests carried out during induction
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Jonathan Desear Marketing Management Precise: The Responsibility Revolution By: Richard Stengel The Responsibility Revolution talks about how American consumer had change over the period of time from the Great Depression to the Great Recession of 2009. How social responsibility is growing in the hearts of Americans as evident with their spending habits on organic products and green products which corporate America is now exploiting because they knew this will attract investment and customer
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Marquise Moore University of Phoenix 16 May 2013 Personal responsibility is a term that is defined individually and varies from person to person. A general definition used by most describes this term as taking responsibility for your actions‚ accepting the consequences that come from those actions‚ and understanding that what you do impacts those around you. There is only one person responsible for your life and how you choose to live it. That one person is the individual that is seen in the
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Responsibility is one of the most important things in the Army. Accountability is also a very important part of being in the army and it goes hand in hand with responsibility. I failed to maintain accountability of my weapon while at Yakima Training Center. This was not an example of being a responsible soldier. This essay will explain what happened and why I think responsibilty is so important in the US Army. I had set my weapon down in the tool room so that I can go grab a couple of things
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Personal Responsibility Alysia Frederick Gen 200 June 24‚ 2013 Al Wilfong Personal Responsibility Achieving college success can be accomplished in several ways by oneself. Taking steps to exceeding‚ developing set goals‚ time management‚ and personal responsibility goes hand in hand. Although‚ if one does not follow these steps or stays true to themselves‚ life could become overwhelming‚ stressful‚ and chaotic. By doing this he or she cannot only achieve success in college‚
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Marketing: An Integrative Framework Isabelle Maignan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam‚ the Netherlands O. C. Ferrell Colorado State University This article introduces a conceptualization of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that emphasizes the role and potential contribution of the marketing discipline. The proposed framework first depicts CSR initiatives as the actions undertaken to display conformity to both organizational and stakeholder norms. Then
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