CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A TOOL IN CREATING CORPORATE BRAND IMAGE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY IN GHANA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study It is universally recognized that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an indispensable tool in the growth and profitability of businesses throughout the world. Accordingly‚ corporate managers now have the difficult task of balancing business priorities with that of CSR activities in the creation of
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Final Exam Different committees have to be established and put into process in order for a company to represent good corporate governance. The Audit Committee is significant in regards to corporate governance because it assist the board of directors in achieving the fiduciary and financial responsibilities to shareholders as well as assuring corporate governance accountability. Audit committees are mainly accountable for the quality connected to such matters as: • Regulatory and legal
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Corporations practicing stakeholder management will be more sustainable. Discuss. Introduction The perceptivity of sustainability is both in the sense of achieving long-term success and as survivability of a corporation (Zink‚ Steimle & Fischer 2008). Dunphy‚ Griffiths and Benn (2003) conceive corporations as channels of social purpose‚ constructed within society to attain useful social objectives. Henceforth‚ corporate social responsibility commits a significant role towards the sustainability
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Introduction Corporate social responsibility is a concept that has been around for decades. It emerged as an issue when law makers‚ stakeholders‚ and the general public began focusing on ethical and responsible corporate behavior‚ also referred to as “corporate citizenship” (Carroll‚ A.‚ 1998). According to Carroll (1998)‚ there are four facets of corporate citizenship. These facets are: 1) corporates fulfilling their economic responsibilities and be profitable‚ 2) corporates obeying the law
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Definition:- [Carroll‚ 1979; 2008‚ 500]: "The social responsibility of business encompasses the economic‚ legal‚ ethical and discretionary expectations that a society has of organizations at a given point in time." EU Definition of CSR: "A concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis." The World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Corporate Governance Practices in China Scope Statement Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Corporate Governance is important because it is part of the institutional infrastructure (laws‚ regulations‚ institutions and enforcement mechanisms) underlying sound economic performance. I would like to perform my research on the topic of corporate governance practices in China for the following reasons: The political system in China is unique‚ not like
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ESSAY Can Corporate Governance Mechanism Prevent Corporate Fraud? Executive Summary This paper will reviews the extent to which corporate governance acts as efficient tool to protect investors against corporate fraud‚ thus contributing to summarize the literatures on role of corporate governance on preventing occurrence of corporate fraud. In a more recent study‚ corporate fraud is part of earnings manipulation done outside the law and standards. Whereas‚ the activities
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University of British Columbia Corporate Social Responsibility BASM 580B – Period 5 Instructor: Office: Phone: Email: Office Hours: Angela Kelleher HA 563 (604) 454-2243 Angela.Kelleher@sauder.ubc.ca Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pm‚ or by appointment Overview This course is designed to engage students in a discussion of Corporate Social Responsibility through a series of interactive learning activities. The course will begin with preparing the students to discuss and debate the definition and importance
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L ’Oréal’s Corporate Social Responsibility Abstract This paper is about L ’Oreal‚ which is worldwide known beauty product brand. Their corporate social responsibility has huge concerns about the globalization. The company is not facing any global problems‚ moreover‚ it is trying to make the world better. In addition‚ L ’Oreal is concerned about the society and environment. Because of these issues the company ’s focus is on innovations‚ saving resources and trying to replace toxic waste usage
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would you calculate them for a project? (10 marks) 2. Discuss five general rules for incremental after-tax free cash flow calculations and explain why cash flows stated in nominal (real) money terms should be discounted using a nominal (real) discount rate. (15 marks) 3. Briefly explain two methods of comparing projects with different useful lives. (10 marks) 4. a) Whizzo Ltd is considering 3 independent projects which are expected to last 10 years each and generate the following
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