Chapter 5 Social Responsibility and Ethics What is Social Responsibility?: Discuss what it means to be socially responsible and what factors influence that decision. Managers regularly face decisions that have a dimension of social responsibility in areas such as employee relations‚ philanthropy‚ pricing‚ resource conservation‚ product quality and safety‚ and doing business in countries that devalue human rights. From obligations to responsiveness to responsibility Social obligation: when
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MODES AND ROLES Social responsibility is an ethical ideology or theory that an entity‚ be it an organization or individual‚ has an obligation to act to benefit society at large. Social responsibility is a duty every individual or organization has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystem. A trade-off always exists between economic development‚ in the material sense‚ and the welfare of the society and environment. Social responsibility means
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Overview of Organizations Shataun Hailey September 7‚ 2015 I will be doing my course project on General Motors and the Chrysler Group. I have decided to use these companies to discuss the changes that each company endured during the most recent credit-driven recession. The automobile industry was one of the most effected sectors during that recession. Chrysler and General Motors were pushed into bankruptcy and 276‚000 jobs in the automobile and parts industry were destroyed. That equates
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General Motors Revonda McGaha Wilmington University General Motors Company‚ known as GM‚ was founded in 1908 in Flint‚ Michigan by William C. Durant and Charles Stewart Mott. The present chairman and CEO is Daniel Akerson. Akerson joined GM ’s board in 2009 as the company went through a bankruptcy reorganization. He became CEO Sept. 1‚ 2010‚ and led GM ’s 2010 return to the stock market — at the time the largest initial public offering in U.S. history (Detroit Free Press‚ 2013). The
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ID: 11203215 COM 440 Media Ethics - Reaction paper #4 – 4. Explain how Social Responsibility’s conceptions of freedom‚ morality and duty differ from those of libertarian theory. Which theory fits your understanding better and why? Firstly‚ social responsibility gives enough freedom to the media. However‚ expect it to act responsibly in its news report‚ act as watchdog to the society. Secondly‚ social responsibility theory mainly leads itself in a free circumstance
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Miles Enterprises: Code of Ethics Keidra Miles OMM 640: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Dr. Onatolu March 16‚ 2015 The fictional Company Miles Enterprises will be the corporation discussed in this paper. Miles Enterprises is a multi-city management consulting firm based in Louisiana. The company will soon venture abroad. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines created by the United States Sentencing Commission in 1991 presented a detailed set of guidelines to govern the sentencing
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thank Mrs. M. V for giving us this opportunity to study the Social Responsibility in business. We would like to thank Mr. Rajesh Thomas (DGM - Compass Group Pvt. Ltd.) ‚ Mr. Senthil Kumar (Manager -Lovely Offset Printers Pvt. Ltd.) ‚ Mr. Ramachandran (Director – Kaushalya Aqua Marine Products Exports Pvt Ltd.) for their valuable time and their cooperation in sharing the necessary information. We would also like to thank the employees and customers of all the
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The social responsibility concept is based on the premise that business has greater impact on society than can be measured by profit or loss. As a participant in society‚ business should contribute to the human and constructive social policies that guide society. The concept of social responsibility is merely a first step towards social effectiveness of business. It is the underlying value which gives businessmen a sound basis for social action. It is the philosophy which justifies business involvement
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Cases General Motors Like a Rock General Motors provided a videotape of the Harry Pearce press conference with retractions by NBC and acceptances by GM. Also available from GM were two videotapes of Michelle Gillen’s interviews with a GM engineer and an attorney representing GM in the Moseley case. The contact was: Mr. Ed Lechtzin‚ Director of Legal and Safety Issues‚ GM Communications Staff‚ New Center One Building--7305‚ 3031 West Grand Boulevard‚ Detroit MI‚ 48202. A segment on the GM
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Social Responsibility What Definition Making a profit within the ambit of the law and to make decisions that will benefit not only the interest and welfare of society but also that of the organisation Origins of Social Responsibility • Entrepreneurs recognised a responsibility to employees. This refers to an act of paternalism to act in a fatherly way‚ caring and taking responsibility • Josesph Rowntree – Paternalistic Chief Executive – provide generous medical and dental schemes. Not possible
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