Preliminary Draft - Comments Welcome CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD?* RAY FISMAN GEOFFREY HEAL VINAY B. NAIR# Abstract We provide a framework for analyzing corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our model of CSR in this paper has two important ingredients – CSR is at least in part a profit motivated decision; and different CSR activities are aimed at different audiences. We examine the implications of our framework using a ‘visible’ CSR index that captures
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opposite lane. The other driver was severely hurt. People who get caught driving drunk should lose their licence for a year because a year is long enough‚ people still drive with a suspended licence‚ and some people should get punished and some should not. A year is long enough for people to know what they have done. Some people think that a
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Chapter 1 Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility is a rapidly developing‚ key business issue. It is a concept that has attracted worldwide attention. Due to the demands for enhanced transparency and corporate citizenship‚ CSR started to embrace social‚ ethical as well as environmental challenges. Today‚ companies are aware of the social and environmental impacts of international production. It is accepted that Companies should not be only profitable‚
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1.6 DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING A business cannot succeed in isolation. There are various stakeholders involved in the success of a business. Sustainability Report though is a form environmental reporting can be effectively designed only with the support of various stakeholders. Following diagram depicts various stakeholders who drive the company in the preparation of the sustainability report. Figure 1.2 Drivers of Sustainability Reporting Source: www.globalreporting.org Gist of G4
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are that responsibilities towards the firm require that managers first conduct themselves morally; and that other stakeholder responsibilities often involve moral and citizenship duties requiring collective action‚ for which business leadership may be crucial. Mutual and joint responsibilities of stakeholders separate into four general categories: with the firm; among stakeholders themselves; common pool resources (especially nature); and the commonwealth. Stakeholder responsibilities are thus
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Research paper CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY/PHILANTROPY A CASE STUDY OF KENYA AIRWAYS Presented to DR. MAGETO By CHRISTOPHER TARUS 09-0478 Date 07TH APRIL 2010 Table of contents Introduction............................................................................................................ 3 Corporate Social responsibility................................................................................4 Good citizenry..............................
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GHANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AMRAHIA‚ GHANA CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) OF ZAIN GHANA‚ A MARKETING STRATEGY FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OR TRULY GIVING BACK TO THE SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF ZAIN’S SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT AT ODUMASI-KROBO. YEBOAH-MANTEY EMMANUEL APRIL 2010 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) OF ZAIN GHANA‚ A MARKETING STRATEGY FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OR TRULY GIVING BACK TO THE SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF ZAIN’S SCHOOL BUILDING
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The term social responsibility means different things to different people. Generally‚ corporate social responsibility is the obligation to take action that protects and improves the welfare of society as whole as well as organizational interests. According to the concept of corporate social responsibility‚ a manager must strive to achieve both organizational and societal goals. Current perspectives regarding the fundamentals of social responsibility of businesses are
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essential for business Introduction The corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports are used in annual report of the company; expressing how caring they have been over the last financial and how they intend to continue to be in the future. One of the most significant corporate trends of the last decade is the rapid growth in activities associated to corporate social responsibility (CSR). According to Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)‚ CSR is defined as “achieving commercial success in ways
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Corporate Social Responsibility CSR is a win- win opportunity for companies‚ financial investors and society at large * Corporate Social Responsibility * “CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society.” Business has a responsibility to give it back to society * Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR): * An obligation‚ beyond that required by the law and economics‚ for a firm to pursue
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