Lesson 4 Social Responsibilities of Business You know that business is an economic activity‚ which is carried out on a regular basis to earn profit. However‚ you must have seen businessmen spending money on different aspects‚ which is not going to give them any profit straightway. For example‚ you must have seen businessmen maintaining and developing gardens and parks on streets and squares in cities. Some businessmen engage themselves in research for improving the quality of products; some
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UNIT 008 – ROLES‚ RESPONSIBILITIES AND BOUNDARIES Every profession has roles‚ responsibilities and boundaries; governed by copious legislation and directed through company policies/ procedures. These ensure objectives are met and identified persons can be made accountable for their functions. In the teaching/ learning sector however‚ roles can be blurred and legislation somewhat confusing‚ suggested by Holtrop (1997) “Obviously teachers wear many hats; friend‚ counsellor‚ judge‚ mentor‚ hundreds
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Corporate social responsibility(CSR) is the corporation ’s way of giving back to the community. This research paper will discuss and analyze the benefits and problems of corporate social responsibility to see if the community is really benefiting from it or if it is just one of those things the corporation has to do to get credit on their tax return or as check mark. This paper will also discuss the incentives for company to engage in CSR ‚how consumers responds to CSR and their expectations from
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University of Phoenix Material Strategic Human Resource Management (HRM) Plan Overview Strategic Planning Purpose Strategic planning is a necessary process to ensure an organization understands its future‚ and emerging operational environment and issues. Strategic planning also develops measurable plans‚ processes‚ and procedures to prepare for that environment and the future. Context Strategic planning examines all business aspects and is more than envisioning the future‚ because
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Riordan Strategic Plan MGT/498 April 29‚ 2013 Riordan Strategic Plan Strategic planning is the process of developing strategies for a business to achieve the greatest success possible with the best information currently available. The idea is to build a solid structure and plan of action to meet the objectives of the business. Additionally‚ a strategic plan focuses on the necessary guidelines the plan must have to ensure the organization meets set objectives. In connection‚ Riordan
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Review what your role‚ responsibilities and boundaries as a teacher would be in terms of the teaching/training cycle The Teaching/Training cycle is a model of assessment of needs‚ planning and review set out to guide teachers in their roles‚ responsibilities and boundaries. Initial assessment and the identification of individual learners needs is a crucial part of the learning journey. The initial assessment of individual needs helps to identify both learners’ skills against national standards
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responsible to others‚ if you cannot sustain yourself economically enough? Let’s face it: not all of us are rich. Even business needs profit. The term CSR or "corporate social responsibility" is often used interchangeably with corporate responsibility‚ corporate citizenship‚ social enterprise‚ sustainability‚ sustainable development‚ triple-bottom line‚ corporate ethics‚ and in some cases corporate governance. Nonprofit organizations such as charities‚ foundations‚ religious organizations
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In the recent history‚ corporate social responsibility became one of the standards that companies are trying to achieve. According to Reference for business (ND)‚ corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organizations at a given point in time". Moreover‚ there are several key principles of CSR that have importance to the stakeholders. Stakeholders can be defined as “individuals or groups how depend on the
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SOCIAL NEEDS Because of the social nature of humans and the long developmental period from birth to adulthood‚ the need for love and belonging is closely linked to the need for survival. Desire for closeness and bonding results in the creation of family and social structures that bring new members of the species into existence and nurture and support them on an on-going basis. Glasser believes that successful relationships are key to a person’s happiness. The need for love and belonging includes
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THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PROMOTING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS IN ZIMBABWE 1. InTRODUCTION This study will critically analyse how industry in Zimbabwe is exploiting the strategic role of Human Resources Management in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in order to give their business organizations competitive advantage. This introduction presents a context of the research proposal and helps to clarify how fulfilment of
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