Corporate Social Responsibility Written by Subin Han Introduction CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR has been an essential part in business management (Wood‚ 1991). People can find that the significance of CSR has been emphasized due to ‘social responsibility’ included in the 4 meeting agendas at 2010 G20 Business Summit. In addition‚ the CSR policy ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical
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corporate social responsibility (CSR) by examining six sets of factors conventionally considered as promoting outcomes consistent with core principles of social responsibility: intra-organizational factors‚ competitive dynamics‚ institutional investors‚ end-consumers‚ government regulators and non-governmental organizations. Each factor is addressed conceptually‚ empirically‚ and with respect to its likely future significance in promoting outcomes consistent with CSR. Our overall conclusions are not
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Introduction to corporate social responsibility Corporate social responsibility is a figure of business self-regulation incorporated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a built-in‚ self-regulating mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical standards‚ and international norms. CSR is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment
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| | IKEAMGT301 CSR Case Study Report | | Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Company History and Overview 3 Vision‚ Objective and Values 4 Meaning of Sustainability to IKEA 5 CSR Issues and Criticism 6 Why IKEA sought to address the issues through CSR 12 How IKEA sought to address the issues through CSR 13 The Natural Step 15 Public Response 17 Cultural Change Within IKEA 18 Evaluation of the Strategic Element of IKEA’s CSR Practice 22 Conclusion
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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 Centre for Society & Religion (CSR) marks the 40th year of its existence in 2011. Begun in 1971 amidst and in response to socio-political upheavals and the radically new thinking emanating from the Second Vatican Council‚ the Centre has continued to blaze a trail in taking up the cause of victimized and marginalized sections of the society. As it was then‚ the CSR in our times too finds itself in the midst of anti-people developments and trends. As the CSR reaches its 40th year‚ it is opportune
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emergence of the four corporate entrepreneurship models as defined by Wolcott and Lippitz1. The four models of corporate entrepreneurship are based on research of nearly thirty global companies such as IBM‚ DuPont‚ Google and Cargill. From the study‚ two direct management control factors were identified to have dominant impacts on how CE was approached in the corporation. These two factors form the basis of the two-dimensional matrix for the four CE models‚ are as follow: 1. Organizational ownership
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The Myth of CSR The problem with assuming that companies can do well while also doing good is that markets don’t really work that way By Deborah Doane Stanford Social Innovation Review Fall 2005 Copyright © 2005 by Leland Stanford Jr. University All Rights Reserved DO NOT COPY Stanford Social Innovation Review 518 Memorial Way‚ Stanford‚ CA 94305-5015 Ph: 650-725-5399. Fax: 650-723-0516 Email: info@ssireview.com‚ www.ssireview.com ~ DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ~ FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY ~
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research papers are devoted to the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and a given company ’s financial result. CSR has been identified as the duty of organizations to be responsible for their environment and for their stakeholders‚ in a way that takes into account not only financial aspects (Go ̈ ssling and Vocht‚ 2007). A particularly broad definition of CSR was presented at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development: ‘‘Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing
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still not reporting relevant Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) information. Some studies have found that most CSR reporting is of descriptive‚ self-congratulatory nature‚ alluding more to good intentions than actual CSR programs and rarely reporting any bad news about companies’ relationship with the environment”. Corporations have significant impacts on society‚ people’s life and environment. According to the accountability model‚ the corporation should be responsible for these impacts and
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