documentary “Food‚ Inc.” portrays the dangers and the transformations in the American food industry‚ saying its harmful effects to public health‚ the environment and the rights of workers and animals. Large corporations such as Monsanto‚ producer of genetically modified foods‚ the U.S. meat companies Tyson Food Inc. and Smithfield Foods and poultry producer Perdue Farms refused to be interviewed for the film. The industry did not remain silent. Associations representing the U.S meat industry‚ which
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Working In an International Context How CSR is your company Mike Plummer BURBERRY What is Corporate Social Responsibility? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a self-regulated system that companies use to ensure that their operations are in line with ethical standards‚ the law and the norms of society. CSR aids companies in taking responsibility for their actions and “encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers‚ employees‚ communities‚ stakeholders and
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awareness? 1. Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by a company is seen through the public as a way of providing to the society through goodwill and donations. In actual fact‚ CSR means much more than that. (Hopkins 2007) defines CSR as “treating the stakeholder of the firm ethically or in a responsible manner”. To expand on what Hopkins mention‚ (Wan-Jan 2006) describes CSR as a combination of a business and ethical strategy. By not expecting anything in return
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TOYOTA RECALL: An issue that put its aim of “moving forward’’ to a standstill CSR‚ Corporate Social Responsibility‚ is currently a fashion in the business world. Many corporations and/or organizations set up divisions of CSR and have been publishing reports of their CSR activities in the past decade. To explain and understand this concept further let me tell you about the most talked about organization in the past few years‚ Toyota Motors which has been facing certain criticism in its business
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CSR Initiatives by ONGC The major CSR initiatives taken by ONGC are as follows: ONGC subsidiary MRPL has taken CSR initiative “Samrakshan”. Under this initiative the company has done construction of an Anganwadi building‚ donating scientific teaching aids‚ providing infrastructural facilities including cupboards to schools. This initiative also covers 53 schools around MRPL and 16 schools around sarpadi village. ONGC has started an initiative called “PURA”‚ concept put forth
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Academy of Management Review 2012‚ Vol. 37‚ No. 2‚ 300–326. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amr.2010.0522 UNDERSTANDING ATTRIBUTIONS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY DONALD LANGE Arizona State University NATHAN T. WASHBURN Thunderbird School of Global Management Notwithstanding the significance to organizations of external reactions to bad behavior‚ the corporate social responsibility literature tends to focus on the meaning of and expectations for responsible behavior‚ rather than on the meaning
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and the environment. Primewater Infrastructure Corporation ABOUT US PRIMEWATER Infrastructure Corp. PRIMEWATER has gone from the traditional service of providing basic utility to one of the top service provider of its kind in the industry. Central Water System‚ Inc Northwell Waterworks‚ Inc‚ Basic Utility Southwell Waterworks‚ inc. Providing safe water for the people and the environment. Providing safe water for the people and the environment. Primewater
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the world had realized the importance of being associated with socially relevant causes as a means of promoting their brands. Cause-related marketing and corporate social responsibility has provided companies with a new tool to compete in the market. CSR refers to the corporation’s obligation to all the stakeholders. It stems from the desire to do good and get self satisfaction in return as well as societal obligation of business. This could be a strategic marketing activity a way for a company to do
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CSR impact on customer:- TSFIF has six main focus areas: * Maternal and Child Health: TSFIF(Tata Steel Family Initiative Foundation) addresses family planning concerns through the use of communication media. This programme has successfully destroyed prejudices created by myths and traditional beliefs. TSFIF focuses on reproductive health services and creates awareness on spacing methods and family planning options. * Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health: TSFIF has four projects —
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CSR Apple is making genuine strides in the direction of environmental friendliness by designing for energy efficiency‚ reducing packaging‚ and using recycling materials. Its websites also releases an extensively breakdown of company’s annual corporate carbon emissions. Apple says it emits 10.2 million tons of carbon emissions annually. Meanwhile‚ HP says it releases 8.4 million tons annually and it was just named the best S&P companies for the planet by Newsweek. Dell came in second and
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