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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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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1980s ‚ IKEA face a legislation in Sweden about the decrease of the Formaldehyde emission used in the Furniture. IKEA faced this issue and went deep beyond its suppliers and worked with Chemical companies to develop Glues which are in line and meet the standards and stopped all suppliers which couldn’t meet this standard. In 1992‚ a new legislation came to Germany about a specific product of IKEA “ Billy”. Which used Lacquer for those bookshelves and this article in the magazine / Newspaper accusing IKEA
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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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Social Responsiveness from CSR perspective Introduction This paper will first briefly discuss the CSR theory by reviewing its development history. Focus will then be paid on the study of organizational social responsiveness‚ which includes two basic processes‚ namely first monitoring external social demands and expectations and then developing internal social mechanisms (Bartol‚ 2011). To be more precise‚ the author would like to study the social responsiveness from a CSR perspective. The following
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WBuilding a pyramid was no easy task in Ancient Egypt‚ it would be a real challenge to build the Great Pyramid‚ it would probably still take at least a year to build these up-to-480-feet giants. It actually took two years to construct the sixth biggest pyramid‚ the Luxor Pyramid in Las Vegas. “On November 14‚ 1991‚ at the Excalibur Hotel‚ Chairman of Circus Circus‚ William Bennett announced plans for construction of a new pyramid-shaped resort in Las Vegas . . . On October 15‚ 199‚ Luxor opened
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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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February 24.) In Wikipedia‚ The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 28‚ 2013‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%26M “H&M Enters Dow Jones Sustainability Index” (2012‚ September 19.) In 3BL Media. Retrieved March 1‚ 2013 from http://3blmedia.com/News/CSR/HM-Enters-Dow-Jones-Sustainability-Index
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