What is CSR? Why is it important? Why do companies pursue CSR strategies? CSR is corporate social responsibility. “the organization’s status and activities with respect to its perceived societal obligations.” Most of CSR to date has been from a study of American and Western European large companies CSR goes beyond what is legally required. It is ‘conscience driven’. CSR enhances ‘legitimacy’ of firms Idea is entrenched to different degrees in different places in the world 5 dimensions: 1.)
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the community. Ethical issues As stated in Alec‚ Gonca & Efe’s (2011) journal‚ “the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the concept of Corporate Sustainability (CS) have converged resulting in a similar objective of achieving the balance between economic prosperity‚ social integrity and environmental responsibility” (Alec‚et al.‚ 2011). CSR is the concept coined to describe how organizations now consider the welfare of the people by being responsible for the impact of their
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Hopkins (2003) stated that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “is concerned with treating the stakeholders of a company or institution ethically or in a responsible manner.” The fundamental role of any organisations is to protect all stakeholders; within or outside the company while keeping in mind the main reason for undertaking business activities; making profits. INTRODUCTION In 1970‚ Friedman stated that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “hypocritical window-dressing”. Friedman (1970)
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Research Topic 1.0 Topic A study of corporate social responsibility and its benefits in Starbucks. 2.0 Rationale CSR is one of the most popular issues in companies today. It not only affects society but also the company in a positive way. Most top companies practice some sort of CSR. CSR can be practiced in a variety of ways and we will look into these different methods in this project. 2.1 Company Background Starbucks is based in Seattle‚ Washington but have grown and have outlets
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with the externalities in the organisation‚ the drives of Adidas’s values and ethical approaches will also be assessed‚ including an overall conclusion based on my opinion of Adidas as a sustainable organisation. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined by Carroll as being split into four possibilities‚”it is economically profitable‚ law abiding‚ ethical and Philanthropic” (Visser. W‚ 2005). Economic responsibilities is defined as being for profit purposes‚ managers focus is purely on the
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Disney is a family company – so it’s no surprise that they are committed to strengthening communities‚ and one of those is their ongoing commitment to military and veteran families. Recently‚ they began teaming up with Blue Star Families – a nonprofit for and by military families – to provide support to their Books on Bases events that encourage reading among military children. Just a couple past weekends‚ more than 250 Army and Marine Corps family members from Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall
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The Production Process Part 1 What is the name of the product? The name of the product is the iPhone 5. It is the 6th generation of the iPhone created by Apple Inc. Explain the benefits of the product. The new iPhone offers a new e-mail feature known as VIP inbox. This allows you to mark contacts as VIP and set up an inbox just for those contacts as well as have them appear on your lock screen over other non-VIP e-mails. The i5 comes with a 4.8 x 2.3 inches screen‚ letting you read through
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Corporate Social Responsibility Human Rights: Discrimination and vulnerable groups McDonalds does not discriminate against the vulnerable groups. McDonalds give many working chance to the vulnerable groups in order to accept and help them to be the part of the society. Labor practices: McDonalds dose provide safety workplace to the employees. McDonalds should also give enough resting time to the employees to ensure they will not be too tired and not affect the employees’ health. Environment:
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companies integrate Social and Environmental concerns in their business opearations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis” ( European Commission 2001:8). European Foundation for Quality Management defines CSR as follows‚ “CSR refers to a whole range of fundamentals that organisations are expected to acknowledge and to reflect in their actions. It includes – among other things- respecting human rights‚ fair treatment of the workforce‚ customers and suppliers‚ being
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LLOYD 4 PLL MISSION 5 PLL VISION 5 3. Overview of CSR activities 6 4. CSR ACTIVITIES 10 4.1 Life Enrichment Program 10 4.2 VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 14 4.2.1 Education 14 4.2.2 Economic 16 4.2.3 Health 17 4.2.4 Social 17 4.2.5 Religious 18 5. Recommendations 19 Implementation process: Identification of projects and consult with local communities 19 6. References 23 1. Corporate Social Responsibility CSR‚ also called corporate conscience‚ corporate citizenship
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