CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) defined as the ethical behavior of a company towards the society‚ manifests itself in the form of such noble programs initiated by for-profit organizations. The concept has come into knowing trends now‚ but the practice has been on since ages‚ with corporate like Tata Group‚ Aditya Birla Group‚ Indian Oil Corporation‚ to name a few. They have been serving the community ever since their inception and organizations have
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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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Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm‚ 11e (Laudon/Laudon) Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems 1) Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 126 AACSB: Use of information technology CASE: Content Objective: 4.1 2) Professionals take on special rights and obligations because of their special claims to knowledge‚ wisdom‚ and respect. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility is defined in several ways. Some of which are the following: A concept of business ethics based on the idea that companies have stakeholders who are broadly defined as anyone or group affected by the activities of the company. The idea of CSR is that a company should be accountable to its stakeholders. For this reason the subjects of CSR focus on how companies should identify and “engage” stakeholders and how they should determine
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Lululemon Corporate Social Responsibility Community and Partner responsibility is Lululemons department of CSR. They use those words to define the team because their focus is on people and relationships. Their vision is that by supporting community’s goals to create healthy minds‚ bodies‚ and spaces‚ they also inspire personal growth connection and innovation. Community is an integral part of lululemon stores. They have put in place what is called “Grass roots actions”. Each lululemon store has
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This research study is about what the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is‚ how people define and how I understand this term? According to my research and observations‚ CSR does not have only one and constant definition. I have read a lot of definitions of CSR and in fact‚ they are similar but not the same. Briefly‚ definition and understanding of CSR depends on person to person. Thus‚ I am going to talk about definitions of the CSR and I will define my own perspective about the CSR.
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Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Firms and Corporate Image Abstract Corporate Social responsibility is one of the ways for firms to show that they care about their environment‚ employees and customers. Why is this important for companies to show that they care about their environment? Competition is fierce in the telecommunication market having companies like ‘Alice’ an American telecommunication company that entered the German market providing telecommunication services like Internet
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TOPIC: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………3 Framework for understanding ethical decision making……………………………………………………………..5 Understanding the views of corporate governance…………………………………………………………….…...15 Corporate governance as a dimension of ethical decision making……………………………………….………...23 Corporate governance issues…………………………………………………………………………………
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Utilitarianism and Social Corporate Responsibility The principal of Utilitarianism is often cited for grounds in business related decision making. Business ethics is often misunderstood - for if the main purpose of business is to maximize profits‚ then one could argue Westjet had done nothing wrong in trying to gain an advantage in thier industry. Thankfully‚ ethical decision making involves criteria beyond the ’greatest good for the greatest number of people’. Its criteria are as follows - utilitarianism
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Business Research Report Corporate Ethical and Social responsibility Presented to: Western Governors University Assessment Code: RWT1 – Competency 318.2.2 Student Name: Richard P. Shields Student ID: 92502 Date: August 7‚ 2009 Mentor Name: Rungrudee Suetorsak‚ Ph.D. Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 5 1. Organization Environmental responsibilities: 5 2. Organizational image: 5 3. Organization Increase profits: 6 Recommendations 7 Conclusion
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