CSR Gap Analysis of the GAP Gap Inc prefaces their 2004/5 CSR report with the question: what is a company’s role in society? Their answer is that a company ‘only realizes its full potential when it embraces its role as a global citizen’. This raises two interesting points; the first is that the answer to the question ‘what is a company’s role in society?’ will be conditioned by normative assumptions about business/government relations in a firm’s country of incorporation. David Detomasi
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CSR as Social Obligation Over the last century‚ many scholars tried to conceptualise CSR and its management applications. Bowen (1953) was the first to launch the concept of CSR as a social obligation. According to him‚ CSR is a social obligation “to pursue those policies‚ to make those decision‚ or to follow those lines of action which are desirable in terms of objectives and values of our society”. Carroll (1979)‚ following Bowen’s thinking‚ identified four stages of CSR development: economic
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4. Assurance on CSR/Sustainability reporting a) In recent years there have been a growing number of organisations voluntarily reporting on their non-financial performance. KPMG’s International Survey of Corporate Responsibility (2011: 6) found that: ‘95% of the 250 largest companies in the world (G250 companies) now report on their corporate responsibility (CR) activities‚ 66% of non-reporters are based in the US.’ There has been a growing trend in companies (especially in Europe) wanting to
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and a variety of accessory‚ service and support offerings. The Company also sells and delivers digital content and applications through the iTunes Store ‚ App Store‚ iBooks Store‚ and Mac App Store. CITATION Opp13 \l 2057 (Oppenheimer‚ 2013) Industry/Market trends Apple Inc. operates in a range of different markets; including; smartphone‚ pc‚ tablet‚ TV and electronic services & apps. The current market trends suggest that PC sales seem to be dropping and Tablets seem to be the up and coming
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5 Marketing’s Impact on Individual Consumers 5 Marketing’s Impact on Society as a whole 7 Corporate Social Responsibility 9 Definition of Social responsibility 9 Incentives of Corporate Social Responsibility for Businesses 11 Examples of CSR Initiatives in Egypt 12 Vodafone 12 Etisalat Egypt 13 Coca Cola 14 Chipsy 14 Telecom Egypt 15 Sodic 16 P&G 17 Henkel 18 References 19 Sustainable Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility Introduction Sustainable Marketing:
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Negative Effects of Alcohol Team Two University of Phoenix Negative Effects of Alcohol Many alcohol consumers only think about the positive effects of consuming alcohol‚ the pleasurable time they will have with their friends. Little do they know‚ about the negative effects alcohol carries with it. This research will discus the negative effects alcohol has regarding: addiction‚ genetics‚ health‚ family‚ and advertisement. “Alcohol addiction is a physiological dependence on alcohol” (National Institute
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1. In referring to the opening profile and the closing case for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? In 2005‚ Nike released reports of multiple audits it conducted in its supply chain. Said report brought to light serious unethical violations. In half of the shops visited‚ workers were being poorly treated. The victims have little or no access to water and restrooms during
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social responsibility (CSR). In this article‚ the author traces the evolution of the CSR construct beginning in the 1950s‚ which marks the modern era of CSR. Definitions expanded during the 1960s and proliferated during the 1970s. In the 1980s‚ there were fewer new definitions‚ more empirical research‚ and alternative themes began to mature. These alternative themes included corporate social performance (CSP)‚ stakeholder theory‚ and business ethics theory. In the 1990s‚ CSR continues to serve as
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to convert over 20m garments to Fairtrade cotton; every store has a dedicated "Plan A" champion. The M&S ticker says a lot about the current state of what is commonly known as corporate social responsibility (CSR). First‚ nobody much likes the CSR label. A year ago M&S launched not a CSR plan but Plan A ("because there is no Plan B"). The chief executive’s committee that monitors this plan is called the "How We Do Business Committee". Other companies prefer to describe this kind of thing as "corporate
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Use of Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Figure 2 79% of binge drinkers are members of the workforce (Drug-Free Workplace) {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Drug and/or Alcohol Use Seriously Threatens Organizations {draw:frame} Excessive absenteeism‚ which holds a significantly percentage of occurrences of drug users as cited above‚ costs an organization lower productivity‚ damaged moral and consequently lower product quality. The US Dept of Labor reports
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