Find two examples of companies‚ products or organizations which display social responsibility: one which displays good social responsibility and one which displays poor social responsibility. For each‚ explain why you have this opinion of these firms. Read all posts before yours - no duplicates allowed‚ so if another student has already posted about your choices‚ change your example to some other firm. Early posts have priority. Then come back to the discussion and comment on the examples given
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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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Considered as one of the top five deadliest storms in America‚ Hurricane Katrina was a tropical cyclone that engulfed the United States and killed close to 2000 people. It also destroyed property and goods worth billions of dollars. Though it began far in the Bahamas‚ the storm left a trail of devastation along the Gulf Coast‚ Florida‚ and Texas‚ but most of the damage occurred in Louisiana (Hartman and Gregory 24). Katrina traveled along the coastal region of Mississippi leading to massive flooding
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dimishes the necessity of a common and shared territorial basis for social economic and political activities‚ processes and relations Globalization include cultural‚ legal and accountabiliy issues for business ethics Who are the key actors and stakeholders? Environmental pollution and destruction of local cultures Many companies have sustainability statements We need to combine the economic‚ social and environmental – therefore we focus on the triple bottom-line as
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resources which are mostly essential elements in maintaining the global ecological balance. Therefore‚ it is crucial for these forestry companies to consider measures on their corporate social responsibility while pursuing further development in this industry. This report first outlined the corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) issues that may arise from the investment in a privately–owned timber flooring company (the “Company”) in China. Then‚ it discussed in detail each strategic issue beyond
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POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF ACCOUNTANCY STA. MESA‚ MANILA CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE NORTHERN CEMENT CORPORATION Group 5 Bergonia‚ Noel A. Labiste‚ Janet T. Manarang‚ Shalla Marie C. Maestrecampo‚ Diana A. Miguel‚ Sherelyn A. Mora‚ Angelina G. Rance‚ Sarah Jane M. BSA H 3-2D PROF. GLORIA TOLENTINO-BAYSA PUP‚ CoA INTRODUCTION One of the important components in constructing a house is cement. It binds the materials to build houses
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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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Companies have a social responsibility to perform and behave in particular ways. A company has a responsibility to ensure that any stakeholder’s needs are being met. The Toyota Corporations history and goals are as follows; “Toyota Motors is a Japanese automobile manufacturer founded in 1933. Toyota accounts for 78 percent of all the hybrid gas/electric cars sold in the United States. They are working to become the largest car-seller in the world‚ and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007‚ for
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Hurricane Katrina 800‚000 Houses‚ This is the sum of how many homes were destroyed and lost. I’m sure no person could imagine waking up with everything they needed and then the next day wake up with absolutely nothing. Hurricane season if from the beginning of June and until the end of November. In this time in 2005 one of the world’s worst natural disasters occurred on August 23 and ended August 31 and it destroyed everything in it’s path like office buildings‚ local restaurants‚ businesses‚ many
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