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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Q. Corporate Social Responsibility is one of the hottest issues in corporate boardrooms these days‚ partly because it is becoming increasingly important to employees and other stakeholders. In your opinion‚ why have stakeholders given CSR more attention recently? Does abiding by CSR standards potentially cause companies to have conflicting objectives with some stakeholders in some situation? Yes. It is very much true that CSR is one of the hottest and limelight issue in corporate world. Organization
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In the second module‚ Organizational culture was discussed. It is said that culture is corporate personality. Culture includes the underlying values‚ beliefs and norms which govern the behavior of people as members of an organization. I have learned that it so important in an organization for it influences success of people in organizations and it is also considered as one of the six key strategic building blocks of successful organizations. There are five key aspects of culture and these include
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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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environmental concerns when making business decisions. And this has makes CSR integral to the way of the business related to the world and potential of being success. As there is no universal standard for CSR‚ CSR can be defined by actions such as integrating social‚ environmental and economic terms into business value and actions. One of the examples would be treating the employees from foreign countries fairly as the local employee. Many businesses believe that by implementing CSR activities they will be able
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Richie Dunn 2/4/2006 ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Ethics and Social Responsibility in business and government today are very important subjects. There are numerous reasons for businesses to operate in an ethical and socially responsible manner. There are government regulations‚ corporate belief systems‚ and basic common sense. There needs to be a overall intent to be ethical and socially responsible in today ’s business environment in order to stay successful. Ethics in Business In business
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consistent management‚” M&T Bank demonstrates how doing ordinary business benefits society around them. M&T Bank’s policies on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complete the necessary requirement of Mandated Actions under their scope of Corporate Social Responsibility. They state‚ “it is the policy of M&T Bank to provide equal employment opportunities – without regard to race‚ color‚ national origin‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ sex‚ gender identity‚ age‚ disability‚ citizenship‚ pregnancy‚ veteran status‚
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in which they operate. Businesses and professionals (e.g. accountants‚ lawyers etc.) are usually held to some ethical standard (code of conduct) and are considered to have an obligation to contribute to the betterment of society. Separate codes of ethics govern their operations which enables them to play by the rules of fair competition. Research has shown that businesses and professionals have not always adhered to the ethical standards they have set for themselves. From the dawn of written history
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Introduction Definition of the business Retailing encompasses the business activities involved in selling goods to consumers for their personal‚ family‚ or household use. It includes every sale to the final consumer—ranging from apparel to movie tickets to books to home appliances. Retail stores include diverse sorts of shops‚ from kiosks and small groceries to supermarket chains and large department stores. Retailing is the last stage in the distribution process. In addition to traditional bricks-and-mortar
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Ethics and Social Responsibility History In a business sense ethics emerged in the 1970s but social responsibility actually emerged in the 1950s when organizations began believing that they should be operating in a way that would increase the benefits and reduce or eliminate harms caused by their operations (Perks‚ 2011). In light of the recent ethical scandals of organizations such as Enron this has really become a vital part of organizations. Further‚ over the last 60 years businesses have
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