1. Introduction Social responsibility of business has been a subject of intense controversy and interest over the past four decades (Jamali 2008). The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the two different views of social responsibility of business among scholars and business practitioners. The first is the shareholders view of Milton Friedman and another one is the stakeholder view of Bob Dudley‚ Group Chief Executive of BP Corporation. I will outline key arguments and point out drawbacks
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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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Journal of Business & Economics Research – June 2012 Volume 10‚ Number 6 Brand-Consumer Relationship And Corporate Social Responsibility: Myth Or Reality & Do Consumers Really Care? Elias G. Rizkallah‚ Ph.D.‚ La Sierra University‚ USA ABSTRACT Companies are claiming that they are being challenged to maintain profitability and behave in socially responsible ways. The question is how much “the social responsibility” is a real pressure. Do consumers really know what the companies‚ producing
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What does it mean to be a virtuous company? In fact it is a hard question for all the people who involved in doing business. Perhaps corporate social responsibility (CSR) can answer for that question clearly. By applying CSR into business‚ organizer can reduce a lot of risks which are linked to the issue of social‚ environmental‚ and money. However‚ not everyone care about that. There are a lot of costs and benefits of CSR if company does not provide a CSR policy in their organization. This paper
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analyse and discuss the debates on corporate social responsibility. Take a position on these debates and justify your point of view. Critically evaluate what the implications of your position would be for managers who are concerned about the impact of their organisation’s activities upon the environment. This assessment item is designed to allow you to demonstrate your capacity to understand and evaluate debates around the topic of corporate social responsibility and the implications of these debates
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Corporate Social Responsibility Q1. Discuss the CSR Practices of any one organization of your choice. A: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development in its publication "Making Good Business Sense" by Lord Holme and Richard Watts‚ used the following definition. "Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the
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Description of Reporting Practices Including Reporting of CSR Activities 12 * Part Two: Statement of the Problem Emphasis on Business Involvement in CSR Activities 15 Theoretical Discussion on CSR Practices 19 Why The Reporting Necessary in relation to CSR Practices 22 Standard of Listed companies in Bangladesh with Regard to Social Audit 23 * Part Three: Objectives‚ Scope & Methodology of the Study Objectives 26 Scope
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Does CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) help firms increase sales and contribute increasing market share in retail sector? CSR - A new business strategy! A Dissertation Acknowledgment The researcher wishes to acknowledge the following people who extended assistance in the preparation and realization of this research up to its completion: Name Position or Occupation or Vocation Abstract This dissertation explores the relevance of social corporate responsibility (CSR) to business
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(Reporter #1; additional input…) Corporate Social Responsibility The broadest definition of corporate social responsibility is concerned with what is - or should be - the relationship between global corporations‚ governments of countries and individual citizens. More locally‚ the definition is concerned with the relationship between a corporation and the local society in which it resides or operates. Another definition is concerned with the relationship between a corporation and its stakeholders
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Week 3 Assignment Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Professor Michael Wasson BUSN-115-61763 Introduction to Business & Technology Rosalind M. Stift 03/23/2014 The United States has several laws that are intended to further fair‚ balanced‚ and competitive practices. I do feel that these laws are effective in many ways. Some of those ways I will pin point in the next few paragraphs. These laws include some major concepts of law. Some of these
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