GE 101 – Spring 2010 Chapter 5 Quiz: notes Name: Charisse Ewell Date: 02/21/2010 1. Effective note taking consists of three parts: a) Questioning‚ highlighting‚ and reviewing. b) Abbreviating‚ drawing‚ and summarizing. c) Observing‚ recording‚ and reviewing. d) Abbreviating‚ recording‚ and participating. 2. Note taking is useful only if you a) Use a computer rather than a notepad to take notes. b) Participate as an energetic observer in class. c) Take enough notes
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has progressively become known as a germane issue in the corporate world for the past decade. Making the world a better place‚ socially and environmentally‚ is a global accepted phenomenon. According to Porter & Kramer‚ 2006‚ “corporate social responsibility has emerged as an inescapable priority for business leaders in every country.” The objective of this review is to discuss benefits of CSR on the hotel industry. What is CSR? Corporate social responsibility
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Hopkins (2003) stated that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “is concerned with treating the stakeholders of a company or institution ethically or in a responsible manner.” The fundamental role of any organisations is to protect all stakeholders; within or outside the company while keeping in mind the main reason for undertaking business activities; making profits. INTRODUCTION In 1970‚ Friedman stated that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “hypocritical window-dressing”. Friedman (1970)
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Case 1: GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership-HBS # 9-399-150 1. How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? Jack Welch became the CEO of GE back in April of 1981 when the economy was in a recession. He faced the highest unemployment rate during that time due to the high interest rates during the depression. Several other challenges came along with this position from the increase in competition and also being overshadowed by a longtime
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development defines CSR as ‘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 the local community and society at large.’ Marks and Spencer are the UK’s leading retailer of quality clothing‚ food and home products with over 21 million UK customers. They have a team of 78‚000 employees and over 2‚000 suppliers. In January 2007
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Ethics and CSR Chapter 9 Ethics Connock and Johns (1995) define ethics as the following 3 elements; • Fairness • Deciding what is right and wrong • Practices and rules which underpin responsible conduct between groups and individuals Billington (2003) lists five distinctive features of ethics; • Nobody can avoid ethical decisions‚ we make ethical decisions every day of our lives • Ethical decisions matter‚ they affect the lives of others • Although ethics
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GE Analysis a) Political As a multinational company‚ General Electric has to deal with political systems of different nations. In spite of some of the countries presenting favorable environment for business survival and growth‚ others present difficult conditions. Tax systems and regulations also differ across countries and so does the level of government intervention in business activity. For example‚ in United States‚ the Internal Revenue Authority requires companies to submit tax returns annually
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Coke’s European Scare Nishtha Vyas (80) Question 1. What are the management issues in this case? Answer- The major issue faced by coke was wrong and late anticipation of a problem that led to disastrous consequences. Also‚ the company’s hard earned goodwill was at stake due to poor communication and a lax approach in dealing with an issue of high priority. Coke faced serious issues inside the organization which was the lapse in quality control that contaminated the CO2 content. Coke’s myopic
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by being aware of the effects of their activities in the community and take measures to control them because this can affect the community and the environment by polluting the air‚ destroying the ecosystem‚ over using natural resources and so on. CSR is often called corporate citizen which means that companies should be good neighbors of the community not to work against it but collaborate with the citizen or the society in order to increase their welfare‚ to make a community a better place to live
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symptoms are not always the same. Men are more likely to get life-saving cardiovascular treatments and referrals than women as well. I think that these differences are related to economic background‚ as well as biological differences in men and women. Healthcare has come a long way‚ but still has some room to grow. 2. The depressive disorders: Major depression (Clinical Depression)- This is the most common of the mood disorders and is not something that can be controlled willfully. Approximately 14
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