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“Social Accounting Practices in India as a Corporate Social Responsibility” soniuttranchal@gmail.com Concept: The concept of Social Accounting originated in different forms by Adam Smith in 1776‚ Later on‚ Karl Marks and Engel also expressed their views about social costs in 1844. Pigou in 1920 also elaborated the divergence of Social and Private Costs. The concept of social accounting was clearly introduced in the 1970’s and later this concept received serious consideration from
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an increasingly important issue for all businesses around the world. CSR covers economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities of firms. Explain the factors that may motivate an MNE to adopt CSR in its international business strategy and operations. How might the country context influence the types of CSR initiatives undertaken? Support your answer with real world examples or cases. While corporate social responsibility (CSR) has existed for
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Week 3 Assignment Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Professor Michael Wasson BUSN-115-61763 Introduction to Business & Technology Rosalind M. Stift 03/23/2014 The United States has several laws that are intended to further fair‚ balanced‚ and competitive practices. I do feel that these laws are effective in many ways. Some of those ways I will pin point in the next few paragraphs. These laws include some major concepts of law. Some of these
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Bimbo‚ was founded in 1945 by a Spanish immigrant to Mexico‚ few months after ending World War II. By 2016‚ the company produces more than 10‚000 products and has 171 plants in Mexico‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Central and South America‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ the United Kingdom and China. From the year 1997‚ Grupo Bimbo began an aggressive expansion process thought two forms: direct investment and acquisition (purchase of companies). In 1980‚ the company was listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange as a
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UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS USED IN BIOREMEDIATING OIL SPILLS BY UPORO VICTOR BARIBEFE U2006/5581377 COURSE CODE: ICH 400.2 COURSE TITTLE: UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR COURSE LECTURER: MR. GODSON IWUOHA SEPTEMBER‚ 2010 Table
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Mahalia Gauld January 18‚ 2011 MGMT 2850 Case Study #1- Exxon Valdez Situation in Brief: On March 24‚ 1989‚ an Exxon supertanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil while traveling through the pristine waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The consequences of this spill were detrimental and continue to affect life today. The oil spill killed thousands of wildlife‚ extensively damaged a portion of the beautiful Alaskan environment‚ and eventually affected the economy to global proportions. Unfortunately
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Social responsibility is defined as the organizations obligation to maximize their positive impact on stakeholders‚ and to minimize their negative impact on stakeholders. Social responsibility embodies what is fair as well as represents stakeholder’s rights. Companies have the social responsibility to be profitable‚ to obey the law‚ to be ethical‚ and to be philanthropic. For example‚ social responsibility has a strong relationship with profitability because if a company’s image or conduct is questionable
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21st century has proven to be an interesting period for businesses. With the invention of social media and the availability of information on-demand through the internet and mobile devices‚ businesses are constantly facing scrutiny from the public eye in regards to how they conduct themselves. Gone are the days of the 90’s when a business didn’t have to place much emphasis on their ethical responsibilities. Today however‚ a business must be very precise and careful in how it operates. Whether it
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relevant to CSR‚ such as labor‚ environmental protection and social welfare‚ is in place‚ there are many problems with compliance‚ such as difficulty with enforcement‚ frequent changes to the content of laws and regulations‚ and interpretation of laws being left up to regional governments. As solving those problems will strengthen corporations’ international competitiveness‚ achieve sustainable economic growth and increase corporate value‚ every company as well as the Chinese government is taking
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