responsibility and why an organisation like Adidas chooses to deal with the externalities in the organisation‚ the drives of Adidas’s values and ethical approaches will also be assessed‚ including an overall conclusion based on my opinion of Adidas as a sustainable organisation. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined by Carroll as being split into four possibilities‚”it is economically profitable‚ law abiding‚ ethical and Philanthropic” (Visser. W‚ 2005). Economic responsibilities is defined as being
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Golden Rules of Safety [pic] Golden Rules of Safety Study Guide 1. Purpose of the Golden Rules of Safety The Golden Rules of Safety address the eight highest risk activities‚ that as a company‚ we perform. Many of our 2000 incidents directly involved these areas. The purpose behind the Golden Rules is to provide employees and contractors with a comprehensive understanding of these risk areas. The Golden Rules are standards that we will not violate. By enforcing and emphasizing
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Ethics and CSR Chapter 9 Ethics Connock and Johns (1995) define ethics as the following 3 elements; • Fairness • Deciding what is right and wrong • Practices and rules which underpin responsible conduct between groups and individuals Billington (2003) lists five distinctive features of ethics; • Nobody can avoid ethical decisions‚ we make ethical decisions every day of our lives • Ethical decisions matter‚ they affect the lives of others • Although ethics
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The European Union defines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as “a concept that an enterprise is accountable for its impact on all relevant stakeholders. It is the continuing commitment by business to behave fairly and responsibly and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community and the society at large.” In broader terms‚ CSR means a collection of policies‚ programs and practices adopted
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Introduction: - Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart in the year 1962. He started as a small store‚ which served cheap products to the local people. (Hamilton‚ 1976) Gradually Wal-Mart became big in America and soon due to globalization the Wal-Mart expanded to many countries now. They give importance to the price strategies. They follow the concept called “Everyday Low Pricing”. (Richards & Hamilton‚ 2006) This is the reason for their success as world’s number one retailer. It employees around 2.2 million
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contains a critical review of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)‚ which is one of strategy being adopted by businesses to address some of the challenges they confront in their external environment. This paper examines various arguments from proponents and critics of CSR. In addition‚ this paper examines the case of oil Multinational in Nigeria as way of ascertaining the validity of the different positions in the CSR debate. Introduction Historical evidence suggests that societal
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share. By dominating the market‚ Baidu becomes one of the most successful IT companies. . However‚ by applying Carroll’s three dimensions model of CSR with combining stakeholder management approach into the corporate social performance assessment‚ it is questionable to say whether Baidu is qualified to be a good corporate citizen. As Baidu’s CSR report doesn’t reveal the most critical issues or related solutions‚ such as censorship and key word bidding promotion system. By implementing four
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the community. Ethical issues As stated in Alec‚ Gonca & Efe’s (2011) journal‚ “the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the concept of Corporate Sustainability (CS) have converged resulting in a similar objective of achieving the balance between economic prosperity‚ social integrity and environmental responsibility” (Alec‚et al.‚ 2011). CSR is the concept coined to describe how organizations now consider the welfare of the people by being responsible for the impact of their
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Operations Management: Why are operations the most vulnerable sector of any company when considering CSR? I. Introduction As globalization continues‚ the earth ’s natural processes transform local problems into international issues along with the development of international commercial activities. Few communities are being left untouched by major environmental issues and social problems. As one of the most active and influential elements of the human society‚ the business world has been
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How to Implement CSR How organizations implement CSR depends on how they define it‚ whether as a moral obligation and a rational approach to stakeholder satisfaction. It serves best when it is part of organizations’ culture‚ planning‚ and management. It has implications for budgeting‚ return on investment‚ and measures of effectiveness. As mentioned above‚ public relations practitioners not only participate in the dialogue to define CSR standards but they also play a crucial role in helping markets
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