The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. Karnani shows in this article from the Wall Street Journal‚ the pros and cons on whether businesses should be required to implement social welfare initiatives. For some companies‚ this idea is a win-win situation but there are other businesses that in order to promote these initiatives‚ they would have to lose profits. The idea of people helping people sounds very good but we have to be realistic‚ we are living in a capitalist country
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impact a company its size could have throughout the world on a daily basis if it embraced corporate social responsibility" (CSR). ( Ferdinand p. 1) Recently‚ Haiti and Chili were hit with devastating earthquakes. Who is responsible to help? Wal-Mart felt socially responsible to help. Each business is responsible for having a code of conduct and acting in accordance of its economics‚ commercial and social goals. Ethical standards should be a part of all businesses. The goal is to practice ethical
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Corporate social responsibility 1 Introduction Is Corporate Social Responsibility only a splendid expression or also of fundamental importance? This introduction is devoted to define this term on an objective level. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) applies to efforts of companies which go beyond what is required by the environment. Companies take responsibility for their environment and also for the impact on social welfare. The costs which can be caused by CSR promote usually positive
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Petroleum “BP” Oil Spill On April 20th 2010‚ British Petroleum better known as BP had an extremely destructive impact on the environment and the livelihood of those in Gulf Coast area of Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Florida. BP’s Deep-water Horizon oil rig was located offshore‚ 52 miles off the southeast coast of Venice‚ Louisiana. An explosion on the Deep-water Horizon oil rig caused a massive fire that claimed the lives of eleven BP workers. After 36 hours of burning‚ the Deep-water Horizon oil rig sunk
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Halal Business Corporate Social Responsibility Othman Ibrahim*‚ Siti Zakiah Melatu Samsi**‚ Muhamad Fazil Ahmad*** *University Teknologi Malaysia/Faculty of Computer Science and Information System‚ Johor‚ Malaysia. Email: othmanibrahim@utm.my **Multimedia University/Faculty of Business and Law‚ Melaka‚ Malaysia. Email: zakiah.melatu@mmu.edu.my ***Universiti Putra Malaysia/Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia. Email: mfazil@fbmk.upm.edu.my Abstract - Halal industry is
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XEROX CORPORATION (Corporate Social Responsibility) 1. Introduction – Xerox company profile Xerox Corporation is the world’s leading document management company. The company is manufacturing and selling printers‚ digital printing presses and systems‚ photo copiers and related supplies. Xerox started to expand rapidly between 1960 and 1970. In the mid 1980’s Apple decided to buy Xerox but the deal finally did not happen. Xerox sued Apple for stealing and using its graphical user interface on
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with students and parents for at least 6 to 8 years and tracking their educational achievement‚ attendance‚ and thus grooming them into independent individuals. HSBC: CSR for Corporate Sustainability Tushna Mehta Manager - Corporate Sustainability HSBC India e-mail: tushnamehta@hsbc.co.in Aloka Majumdar Head—Corporate Sustainability HSBC India e-mail: alokamajumdar@hsbc.co.in he sustainability movement at HSBC has seen several stages while evolving into what it is today. Over the past decade
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Social Responsibility Journal Emerald Article: Corporate irresponsibility and corporate social responsibility: competing realities Brian Jones‚ Ryan Bowd‚ Ralph Tench Article information: To cite this document: Brian Jones‚ Ryan Bowd‚ Ralph Tench‚ (2009)‚"Corporate irresponsibility and corporate social responsibility: competing realities"‚ Social Responsibility Journal‚ Vol. 5 Iss: 3 pp. 300 - 310 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17471110910977249 Downloaded on: 14-10-2012
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Corporate Social Responsibility Task 1 To find out about corporate social responsibility I researched 3 separate businesses the first being the join Lewis partnership which includes Waitrose (a food retailer) and John Lewis (a department store). They have 336 stores located in the UK which are co-owned by every member of staff. The partnership makes on average £9.5 billion a year. They state that corporate social responsibility has been a cornerstone of their business right from the Partnership’s
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Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)‚ which started voluntarily in some companies‚ caught on with the corporate world over the last few decades. CSR became a norm as per few countries’ corporate governance codes. Many other countries are also contemplating inclusion of CSR initiatives as a standard corporate governance practice. It has become a competitive necessity rather than a nicety‚ which it used to be. Companies saw the benefit. Shareholders supported the initiatives. Stakeholders
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