it since everyone’s interpretation of the term is different. “Corporate Social Responsibility means something‚ but not always the same thing to everybody.” (Votaw‚ 1972‚ p.25) and from my understanding of the concept‚ CSR to me is “The voluntary business activities within the boundary of law that contributes to the wider community for a more sustainable environment”. Since everyone has a unique interpretation of CSR‚ the range of relevant CSR practices across businesses has been quite diverse as
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introduced the audio cassette. However‚ it wasn’t until 1979 when SONY Corporation (“SONY’) came along and revolutionized the portable audio industry with its trademark product the “WALKMAN” by providing quality sound through stereo ear phones. Subsequently‚ SONY and PHILPS Consumer Electronics division set up a joint taskforce to create a new audio format (i.e. Compact Discs) and thereon in 1984‚ the second wave of PAP’s were born with SONY introducing the “DISCMAN”‚ a portable CD player. Further
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Business Case for Investment Business Case for Investment Learning Team A has been assigned to put together research‚ facts‚ and supporting documentation for how an organization should consider‚ plan for‚ and implement new technology within the business. The paper will examine different technologies that are available to existing businesses and whether it is worth the effort‚ time‚ planning‚ training‚ and mostly importantly cost‚ for the organization to implement any of these new technologies
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Class Discussion Week 2 Chapter 3 Case Study: Read the case study described at the end of Chapter 3 “Pirates of Globalization” (p.112) and for the class discussion think about discussing your thoughts to the following questions as listed in the case. 1. What actions can companies and governments take to ensure that products cannot be easily pirated? Be specific. 2. Do you think that the international business community is being too lax about the abuse of intellectual property rights? Are
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closing business deals such as selling products or solutions‚ as well as buying parts or services internationally in order to create most value for their customers‚ cross cultural management has an impact on or-ganizational and personal behavior and also takes diversity issues into account. Especially on emerging markets as the BRIC-states‚ integrity and understanding your business part-ners is crucial. The objective of the paper is to construct a scenario and describe a business case where a business
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In the business world‚ people need to comprehend the business law and legal work that applies for all their business activities. Each decision that many industries makes must be considered from a legal point of view in order to ensure that it avoids severe lawsuits and satisfies the law. It is‚ especially‚ essential for people to understand the law applications that goes into a situation because there are many cases where there are various laws included in the matter. Because of those various laws
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illustrate a specific business case where Blockchain technology could disrupt the existing business ecosystem. Blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt many existing business ecosystems especially within sectors that are heavily reliant on costly paper based records. The legal services industry is one of the few industries which has remained largely unchanged since the dawn of the internet but Blockchain has the potential to drive change in the industry. One specific business case where the use
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investigation into Business Case Date: May 02‚ 2013 Acquainted with your Business situation. I see a few problems within your business. One of the problems is changes in economic environment‚ which lead to conflict between stakeholders. The other problem is change of business structure. A success factor for any business is to analyse and understand the external environment in which it operates. Understanding of different types of stakeholders within business is essential too. To analyse business situation
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CSR Activities in Electronic Industry Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………...………2 1. Introduction……………………………………………………2 2. CSR activities of Sony‚ Dell and Apple……………………….3 1. Employees………………………………………...…...……4 2. Environment ………………………………………………..5 3. Consumers…………………………………………………..6 3. Evaluation on CSR activities………………………………….6 3.1 Employees………………………………………………...6 3.2 Environment……………………………………...………7 3.3 Consumers ……………………………………………….8 4. Conclusion……………………………………………………
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------------------------------------------------- “Arauco: Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion” Case Arauco is a major Chilean producer of pulp and wood products. In order to increase its capacity‚ the company has launched in 1980‚ an aggressive expansion plan by purchasing lands‚ plantations and installing new technology equipment. Arauco is today considered as one of the world biggest forestry company with 1.2 million hectares of plantation. Its global strategy is aimed at strengthening
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