quarter of its South Asian plants.And in 2005 Nike returned to report its social and environmental practices. It said that staffs and employees work in a poor environment .Between 25% to 50% of its employees and staffs in the region restrict access to toilets and drinking water during the workday. Besides ‚ a lot of staffs have to work for extra hours per week and wage level is lower than other industries. These kind of social and environment issues not only happen in Nike ‚but also in many other industries
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EST1 – Task 1 Social Responsibility Western Governors University A community consists of organizations and citizens that are all tied to one certain area. What makes a community successful and effective is when both the companies and citizens work together with the same values and interests. When both organizations within a community and its citizens work together‚ it is a win-win situation. It makes for a better place to run an organization and a better place for its citizens to live
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What does it mean to be a virtuous company? In fact it is a hard question for all the people who involved in doing business. Perhaps corporate social responsibility (CSR) can answer for that question clearly. By applying CSR into business‚ organizer can reduce a lot of risks which are linked to the issue of social‚ environmental‚ and money. However‚ not everyone care about that. There are a lot of costs and benefits of CSR if company does not provide a CSR policy in their organization. This paper
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dimishes the necessity of a common and shared territorial basis for social economic and political activities‚ processes and relations Globalization include cultural‚ legal and accountabiliy issues for business ethics Who are the key actors and stakeholders? Environmental pollution and destruction of local cultures Many companies have sustainability statements We need to combine the economic‚ social and environmental – therefore we focus on the triple bottom-line as
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The social responsibility of business is to increase profit As an individual living in a unified society‚ everyone has certain social responsibilities to play. Businesses too‚ as parts of society‚ as they utilizes the available resources like water‚ land‚ roads and power of the society and depend on the society for its functioning. This creates an obligation on the business part to look after the welfare of society that it operates in and is indebted to. It should take care of those who are involved
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“Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics” Social responsibility is an idea that has been of concern to mankind for many years. Over the last two decades‚ however‚ it has become of increasing concern to the business world. This has resulted in growing interaction between governments‚ businesses and society as a whole. In the past‚ businesses primarily concerned themselves with the economic results of their decisions. “Today‚ however‚ businesses must also reflect on the legal‚ ethical‚ moral and
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The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. Karnani shows in this article from the Wall Street Journal‚ the pros and cons on whether businesses should be required to implement social welfare initiatives. For some companies‚ this idea is a win-win situation but there are other businesses that in order to promote these initiatives‚ they would have to lose profits. The idea of people helping people sounds very good but we have to be realistic‚ we are living in a capitalist country
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its importance Definition Corporate Social Responsibility can be define as the idea that socially responsible companies will outperform their peers by focusing on the world’s social problems and reviewing them as opportunities to build profits and help the world at the same time. In other sentence CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. It means company need to answer to two aspects of
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 1. INTRODUCTION Over the past several years the sports industry has grown phenomenally‚ and it now ranks among the largest industries in the world. Concomitant with its growth is an increase in the importance of a element of value which is the corporate social responsibility which has become a necessity in terms of the bottom line. Illegal and immoral activities in all settings have emerged to the point that some factions of the society have made efforts to
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Essay: Why are ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ strategies important for enterprises? Prof. Dr. Jose M. Magone LV 400591.01 Work‚ Business & Society Berlin‚ 2011 Abstract Nowadays‚ the importance of social responsibility activities is growing awareness for companies.It is directly related to your business and if you want to have long term business success‚ you have to create value for the society.People are aware of the social and environmental problems
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