UK: Primark cuts three suppliers following child labour claims A News item from Business Respect‚ Issue Number 130‚ dated 17 Jun 2008 UK clothing retailer Primark has ended its contracts with three suppliers in India following allegations channelled through a BBC documentary that they used child labour to finish garments with embroidery and sequin work. The company said that the work had been improperly sub-contracted against the company’s code of conduct‚ and it had taken action accordingly
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ORT Proposal Option 1. • How has Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) in businesses/companies helped the Noordwyk community Option 2. • Study on how Corporate Social responsibility has uplifted/empowered the Midrand community. Chosen Option: How effective has Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) been implemented in the Midrand community. Possible Hypothesis/Focus Question. The Midrand town is one that consists of many highly effective corporates in South Africa. It is due to this factor that companies
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Case In the News: Bob Iger: Disney’s Fun King Beverly Rodriguez Keiser University Fort Lauderdale‚ FL July 6‚ 2014 Bob Iger became Walt Disney’s CEO in 2006. He faced several management challenges. First challenge: Restructuring the gigantic Disney Corporation‚ no longer able to manage it traditionally in the business sense. The next challenge had to do with what made Walt Disney what it is today‚ the leader in film animation. Yet another challenger Iger faced had to do with eliminating
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Week 1 – Welcome / Introduction to Law I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction to Law Not Not Not Not Divine Law‚ law of religion and faith Natural Law‚ justice‚ fairness and righteousness Moral Law‚ norms of good and right conduct Physical Law‚ order or regularity in nature Sources of Law i) i) Constitution – Fundamental Law of the land ii) ii) Legislations – Passed by Senate and House of Representatives iii) iii) Administrative issuances – Quasi Legislative Functions iv) iv) Jurisprudence – Decisions of the
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| * International aspects of marketing‚ * CSR‚ ethical issues and consumer boycotts‚ * Technology applications in marketing‚ * All aspects of services marketing & marketing | Tao Jiang | * Luxury product consumption‚ * International retailing‚ * Multi-channel distribution‚ * Country of origin | Magnus Hultman | * Place/destination branding * International marketing standardization/adaptation * Tourism/hospitality marketing * International brand performance
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Ethics and Social challenges faced by companies today One of the most profound social challenges that companies face today is the hostile free work environment. Millions upon millions of dollars are spent each year on sexual harassment awareness and prevention training‚ and other areas such as cultural awareness training. All this money is spent in an attempt to get all of a company’s employees on the same moral page. Some argue that this is a waste of money‚ and that the company may be better
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John Ferguson BMGT 2216 Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business The ethical issues presented in this case are the different views that each individual has on how the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR). This dispute is between Mr. Milton Friedman‚ John Mackey‚ and T.J. Rodgers; all of which has a different outlook on CSR. The definition of CSR refers to the responsibilities that business has to the society in which it operates and to those actions that a business can be held
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Chapter 4 EXTINGUISHMENT OF OBLIGATIONS Section 1 – PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE Payment It is the fulfillment of a promise; the performance of an agreement. This consists of: a. the delivery of money or its equivalent in specific property or services‚ or b. doing a certain act or not doing a certain act. How payment is made a. The thing or service contemplated must be delivered or rendered. 1. The debtor of the thing cannot compel the creditor to accept a different one although the latter
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CHAPTER 1 General Provisions “An obligation is a juridical necessity to give‚ to do or not to do.” (Art. 1156) * OBLIGATION * obligatio‚ Latin‚ means tying or binding * tie or bond recognized by law by virtue of which one is bound in favor of another to render something * duty under the law of the debtor or obligor - Civil Code * Juridical Necessity * the rights and duties arising from obligation are legally demandable and the courts of justice may be called
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Company Q and Social Responsibility EST1 Evaluation Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility reflects a negative reputation on them as a corporation in their current community. The geographical location in a major metropolitan area should sustain the business with a solid consumer base and maintain reliance of current investors. However‚ they closed two stores in high crime areas for consistently losing profits‚ waning investor trust and damaging employee faith. The decision to close
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