fact‚ 95 per cent of the 250 largest global companies now report on their CSR activities (KPMG‚ 2011). The main focus of this paper is to critically discuss corporate social responsibility initiatives of multinational corporations operating in global arena and to build around the idea that in order to stay competitive and at the same time remain as ‘responsible entity’ in the eyes of stakeholders MNCs ought to implement CSR initiatives as an integral part of their business strategies in the context
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CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS CSR? eople create organizations to leverage their collective resources in pursuit of common goals. As organizations pursue these goals‚ they interact with others inside a larger context called society. Based on their purpose‚ organizations can be classified as for-profits‚ governments‚ or nonprofits. At a minimum‚ for-profits seek gain for their owners; governments exist to define the rules and structures of society within which all organizations must operate; and nonprofits
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CSR Activities in Electronic Industry Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………...………2 1. Introduction……………………………………………………2 2. CSR activities of Sony‚ Dell and Apple……………………….3 1. Employees………………………………………...…...……4 2. Environment ………………………………………………..5 3. Consumers…………………………………………………..6 3. Evaluation on CSR activities………………………………….6 3.1 Employees………………………………………………...6 3.2 Environment……………………………………...………7 3.3 Consumers ……………………………………………….8 4. Conclusion……………………………………………………
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COLLOQUIUM REPORT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) Domestic violence has been described as any violent or aggressive behavior within one’s home‚ which involves violent abuse of one’s partner (or anyone in the family). Domestic violence may involve action or words. We have seen a rising trend in such violence‚ but it is also one of the most underreported crimes. So‚ what can companies do to ensure that people don’t keep mum about such violence? Is it at all beneficial
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International Business Research; Vol. 5‚ No. 7; 2012 ISSN 1913-9004 E-ISSN 1913-9012 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education CSR within SMEs: Literature Review Amina Kechiche1 & Richard Soparnot2 1 Department of Law‚ Economics and Social Science‚ Institute of Business Administration‚ University of Tours‚ Tours‚ France 2 Loire Valley University/CRESCEM/ESCEM‚ Groupe ESCEM‚ Tours‚ France Correspondence: Richard Soparnot‚ Professor of Strategy and Management‚ Loire
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Analysis of LOreal CSR report 2011 Table of contents 1. Main facts from the report 3 2. Motivation for choosing LOreal 5 3. Industry Analysis 5 4. Evaluation of the report 7 5. Assesment of the Report (quality principles) 19 6. Assesment of the Report (principles of content) 20 7. Conсlusions 22 1. Main facts from the report 1. L’Oreal has been a member of the UN Global Compact since 2003 2. L’Oreal also works closely with the following major associations
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Economists are of the view that the social responsibility of business should be limited to its economic duty. Discuss. In broad terms‚ social responsibility is an ethical theory that an entity‚ be it a company or an individual has an obligation to conduct its activities to benefit society at large. Carroll‚ in his 1991 article "The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility‚ identifies four areas that make up a corporate social responsibility pyramid: legal‚ economic‚ ethical and philanthropic
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a manufacturer and marketer of basic petrochemicals‚ including olefins‚ aromatics‚ polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and a variety of specialty products. In addition‚ the Company has interests in electric power generation facilities. 1.1. CSR
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Sethi S P (1979).A Conceptual Framework for Environmental Analysis of Social Issues Singhapakdi A‚ Vitell S J‚ Rallapalli K C and Kraft K L (1996) Steiner G A (1972). Social Policies for Business Velasquez M G (1988). Business Ethics Concepts and Cases Walton C (1977). The Ethics of Corporate Conduct Zenisek T J (1979). Corporate Social Responsibility
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Outsourcing Production or Moving Away The Locus of Ethical Accountability? Some Findings about Product Safety Francesca Magno PH.d. candidate University of Bergamo Faculty of Economics Department of Business Administration Via dei Caniana‚ 2 24127 Bergamo ITALY e-mail: francesca.magno@unibg.it Outsourcing Production or Moving Away The Locus of Ethical Accountability? Some Findings about Product Safety ABSTRACT
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