Starbucks and Corporate Social Responsibility Robin Rieske‚ CPP‚ BA Southern New Hampshire University Starbucks‚ an international coffee store‚ began in Seattle in 1971 as a collaborative of three business partners. In the 1980’s Starbucks began to expand beyond Seattle and the chain began to go internationally. It is reported that as of August‚ 2012‚ Starbucks is now located in 58 countries making it an extremely viable force
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a method in which organisations “give back” to society. This can be done through various means such as charity donations‚ sponsorships‚ becoming partners with schools etc. CSR is something that not only benefits the organisation but also benefits the public. An example of this is Mcdonalds Restaurants putting bins on areas surrounding their restaurants. Due to people buying food from their Drive-Through service‚ costumers will
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Corporate social responsibility is a business philosophy that stresses the importance of keeping the best interests of the wider society in mind. 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
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Social Responsibility and Regulation The purpose of this paper is to determine how governmental Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies assist consumers and organizations; to evaluate if government polices differ throughout the world; to show ways that politics shape the regulation of businesses. CSR Policies and Consumers/Organizations Governmental CSR policies were developed to assist consumers and organizations. For example there was a government regulation enacted to protect the financial
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Organizational Responsibility and Ethics Paper HCS/545 June 21‚ 2010 University of Phoenix Organizational Responsibility and Ethics Paper Introduction According to the Census Bureau in the United States 41.2 million American or 14% don’t have any “health insurance” in comparison “to 14.2% or 40.1million” for the year 2000. Therefore‚ of the uninsured population they are 28.2% who are children’s and most of the populations are low income families and minorities. “In 1995‚ sixteen to nineteen
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reports that showcase companies’ social and The Ratings Game environmental good deeds. Of the 250 largest multina- tional corporations‚ 64% published CSR reports in 2005‚ either within their annual report or‚ for most‚ in separate sustainability reports – supporting a new cottage indus- Measuring and publicizing social performance is a po- try of report writers. tentially powerful way to in uence corporate behavior – Such publications rarely offer a coherent framework assuming that the
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Corporate Social Responsibilities Tony Fernandes‚ CEO of Kuala Lumpur-based Air Asia started a low-cost airline at a time when everyone thought he would fail. He placed high emphasis on his workforce and flexible HR strategies. During the past few years‚ Air Asia has become one of the best low-cost airlines in Asia and it has also boosted its CSR efforts. Fernandes’ basic sense of CSR starts with his people: Air Asia was one of the first airlines in Asia to hire female pilots. He says that his staff
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Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities An individual decides to become a counselor‚ the counselor is willing to work with individual who come from all walks of life‚ the counselors responsibility is to treat all clients with respect and equality (Corey‚ Corey‚ Corey‚ & Callanan‚ 2014). Counselors are taught to remove his or her personal values and beliefs so the focus can be place on the client and the need for services for the client. The discussion
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the six key strategic building blocks of successful organizations. There are five key aspects of culture and these include customer-client orientation‚ employee orientation‚ performance standards‚ openness to change and company norms. Culture is the social glue that helps hold an organization together by providing appropriate standards for what employees should say or do. In this module‚ Values were also discussed. The values of an organization express what it stands for and guide everyone’s behavior
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General Motors Company has a very detailed and organized balance sheet and income statement in which all of the company ’s information is listed in the proper order. The balance sheet can be viewed annually or quarterly and all amounts are in US dollars by millions except for per share amounts. The balance sheet first begins to lists the company ’s assets. The assets section is broken down by current assets‚ cash‚ net receivables‚ inventories‚ and other current assets. The balance sheet then lists
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