UK: Primark cuts three suppliers following child labour claims A News item from Business Respect‚ Issue Number 130‚ dated 17 Jun 2008 UK clothing retailer Primark has ended its contracts with three suppliers in India following allegations channelled through a BBC documentary that they used child labour to finish garments with embroidery and sequin work. The company said that the work had been improperly sub-contracted against the company’s code of conduct‚ and it had taken action accordingly
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Corporate Social Responsibility Being a company that prospers is very much different than a company that is consistently following a guided work ethic while making revenue. Companies these days may participate in under the table schemes or anything to make that extra buck. Very a few industries willingly follow corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility (which will now be referred to as CSR) is a business firm’s intention‚ beyond its legal and economic obligations‚ to do the
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PULMUONE A way to feed “My family” safe food BACKSTORY Pulmuone is a famous Korean food-related company that focuses its business on producing healthy food such as tofu‚ vegetable juice‚ and bean sprout etc. In 2004‚ one of Pulmuone’s suppliers had confessed that it had scattered pesticides on vegetables to look good. In addition to Pulmuone’s incident‚ other food-related business revealed unsafe issues. As a result‚ Pulmuone’s sales had dropped down. Consumers’ distrust in food industry was
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Today‚ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is much wider concept than just donations and philanthropy. It is viewed as a way of doing business‚ identified with the strategies and standards of business conduct that companies follow in their business. While focused on creating shareholder value‚ the companies seem to be equally focused on CSR for various reasons like - attracting socially responsible investors‚ customer group‚ marketing‚ branding‚ enhanced employee relations and Tax incentives.
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Corparate Social Responsibility Background Lord Holme and Richard Watts from The World Business Council for Sustainable Development in its publication Making Good Business Sense defined Corporate Social Responsibilty as the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large (Corporate Social Responsibilty 2004). UMW’s Corporate
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Morrisons recently published last April its "Corporate social responsibility report" (CSR report‚ 2006) for the previous financial year. The report puts high regard on Morrisons’ effort to minimise the impact of its business operations on the environment. Moreover‚ the report stresses the catering of the interests of its "key" stakeholders‚ namely its customers‚ suppliers‚ colleagues and shareholders. Recalling way back before it completely took over the ownership of Safeway in 8 March 2004‚ Morrisons
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Corporate Social responsibility at McDonald’s McDonald is one of the most renowned fast food restaurants across the globe. The vision of McDonald’s was coined by Ronal McDonald who identified the need of its target audiences and tailor made the products as per them. The organization has established a value proposition for the target audience on the basis of a penetration pricing strategy that has appealed to the people in almost every country. Being a tough competitor to many fast food
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The Warehouse Group Ltd is a typical half-hearted company that does not do what it preaches in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. From the Warehouse Annual Report and Social and Environment Report 2009‚ I found that the company is not only focusing on its financial performance‚ but also on social and environmental external effects. A critical analysis of this reporting practice suggests that the Warehouse is not truly responsible socially and environmentally but more a public relation exercise
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Abstract Corporate social responsibility has taken on a very important role within the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). A number of scandals have rocked the organisation in recent years and the credibility of the organisation has been placed in serious doubt. This essay evaluates the organisations commitment to corporate social responsibility and to its stakeholders. The essay concludes in the past the UCI was dominated by its board of directors while not considering the views of stakeholders
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TIMBERLAND Q : 1 : In what ways does Timberland fulfill its responsibility to consumers‚ employees‚ investors and society as a whole? A : 1 : Timberland’s mission has been to equip people to make their difference in the world. Let them be consumers ‚ employees ‚ investors or society as a whole. Timberland ‘s business is a model for both commerce and justice having a long history in this regard. While continuing to build its reputation as a brand that
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