CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS CSR? eople create organizations to leverage their collective resources in pursuit of common goals. As organizations pursue these goals‚ they interact with others inside a larger context called society. Based on their purpose‚ organizations can be classified as for-profits‚ governments‚ or nonprofits. At a minimum‚ for-profits seek gain for their owners; governments exist to define the rules and structures of society within which all organizations must operate; and nonprofits
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Case 2- Nike’s CSR Challenge 1. The challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in their supply chain around the world is very complex. Apparel is something that everyone can make‚ so for companies they need to find a way to keep their prices competitive but also provide quality products. In this case we see some evidence of what was going on in The South Asian plants that produce Nike’s shoes. These poor conditions are not caused by Nike but
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individuals can have social responsibilities and that the purpose of a corporation is to provide the highest possible returns to shareholders while obeying all the laws and regulations. There are 5 main arguments against CSR. First of all‚ it lowers economic efficiency and profits. CSR also imposes unequal costs among competitors and imposes hidden costs which are passed on to stakeholders. Also‚ more often than not‚ carrying out these social responsibilities require skills which businesses may lack
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report states that about 25% - 50% of plants restricted their employees from drinking water & accessing toilet during the working hours. Almost the same percentage of factories denied workers at least a day off of the seven days that they work. Nike’s CSR Challenge highlighted the difficulties of bringing change to a company that isn’t centralized. In fact‚ the challenge was to alter the way business is done. Traditionally‚ leadership was seen as guidance to steer your employees towards the company’s
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CSR ACTIVITIES OF ITC ITC Limited was incorporated on August 24‚1910 under the name of ‘Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited at Radha Bazar Lane‚Kolkata.Later it was renamd as “Indian Tobacco Company.”in 1974.It is one of the Indias’s foremosrt private sector companies with a market of approx $14 billion.Its range of products includs:Cigerettes & Tobacco‚Hotels‚Information Technology‚Paperboards & Speciality Papers‚Agri-Exports‚Foods‚Lifestyle Retailingand Greeting
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Beverages like Bournvita Cadbury delight Candy like Cadbury halls Gums like Bubbaloo Commitment to the environment Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is at the heart of their success. At Cadbury India have always believed that good values and good business go hand in hand. It’s part of their heritage and the way they do things today. CSR is about growing our business responsibly. Migratory birds stop over at Bangalore factory Water is a precious resources. As
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* CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY * Sociology Case Study: Nike * 1. Friedman Approach: Friedman believes that the only responsibility of the company is the increase of its profits for itself and its shareholders so long as it engages in free and open competition without deception and fraud. NIKE CASE: To shave cost‚ Nike outsources all manufacturing and cost savings go to marketing which aims at increasing sales revenue; achieve maximization of profits. No responsibility so long as
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In our group opinion‚ we think that Starbuck is not doing the CSR only for marketing their company but however one of Starbuck CSR like Starbuck shared planet which focus on recycle and reducing waste‚ Energy conservation‚ Water conservation‚ Building greener store which provide benefit to both environment and community. Now I will show you what have Starbuck been successfully done on each categories that helps to preserve the environment and Starbuck Company not to be considered as a green wash
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CSR of STAR CEMENT Corporate Social Commitment – Sustainable Development Star Cement gives prime importance to sustainable development for sustainable economic performance in the entire North East‚ India. CMCL is committed to communities in remote areas of our geographical map where the company essentially operates. In this region of North East‚ CMCL has undertaken number of initiatives under its corporate social responsibility programme for the upliftment of society culture and employability
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thing” by Jon Carroll is that I thing that having failure in your life is good because when you fail you can always learn from what you did wrong in order to have success. You have to live and go through life expecting to fail because like Jon Carroll mentioned in his story first success is usually a fluke. He mentions that Success is boring Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do. You would never think of success as being a bad thing. I think Carroll was trying
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