The Centre for Society & Religion (CSR) marks the 40th year of its existence in 2011. Begun in 1971 amidst and in response to socio-political upheavals and the radically new thinking emanating from the Second Vatican Council‚ the Centre has continued to blaze a trail in taking up the cause of victimized and marginalized sections of the society. As it was then‚ the CSR in our times too finds itself in the midst of anti-people developments and trends. As the CSR reaches its 40th year‚ it is opportune
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Introduction Our assigned company‚ Netflix‚ does not have a sustainability report in their form 10-K‚ nor do they have any mention to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that can be located on their webpage. After an exhausting search through third party sites‚ it has been determined that Netflix has no mention of CSR. So‚ in that vein‚ we accepted the challenge in designing a CSR report for Netflix. CSR can be dissected into three broad categories; Social Responsibility‚ Economic Responsibility
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Measuring Enterprise Impact BIS/221 January 12th‚ 2015 Christopher Parent Measuring Enterprise Impact Measuring Enterprise Impact is the recognized way in which a company shows the value their organization is delivering to its beneficiaries and society as a whole. In week four we discussed different ways in which organizations are greenwashing. Example given by Dawn Stanley "My company‚ recently went completely solar energy‚ reducing its footprint in electricity by 80% or better. The initial
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(Craig‚ Bhattacharya‚ Vogel and Levine‚ 2010)‚ so one significant issue that most firms have been actively involved in is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Some may debate that it decreases company’s profits by spending much money on CSR. However‚ according to Needle (2004)‚ ‘good’ CSR is also good for business‚ a firm could benefit from doing CSR. Thus‚ this paper aims to explain its importance. It begins with the definition of CSR and its four responsibilities‚ then presents how it influences
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Corporate social responsibility: is an investment in this beneficial to your organization? 1.1 Introduction The population of the planet rising rapidly and it impacts on the environment. The balance between society‚ environment and the world economics is the challenge for sustainable development. The decade of the 1970’s was a watershed year for International Environmentalism. The first United Nations (UN) Conference on Human Environment was held in Stockholm in 1972 which lead to the formation
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and capital flows. • To a political scientist‚ globalization refers to an integration of a global community in terms of ideas‚ norms‚ and values. Because of these differences in perspectives‚ globalization has been defined in many different ways. The following are the widely used definitions of globalization: • "Globalization is a free movement of goods‚ services‚ people‚ capital‚ and information across national boundaries." • "Globalization is a process by which an activity or undertaking
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problems they created. Then‚ business should be socially responsible to fulfill the expectation of today’s socially conscious consumers. Last but not least‚ CSR is the essential key to sustainability and success in the future. To begin with‚ business should take a significant role to maximize its positive impacts and minimize its negative impacts in the society‚ using their rich resource and technology. No firm should neglect the social problems they created in the manufacturing process‚ in particular
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Initiative at Roche Table of Contents Introduction 3 Sustainable development: the triple bottom line 3 Economic‚ social and environmental responsibility 3 Social responsibility: the key elements 5 Corporate Responsibility Innovation at Roche 5 What is corporate responsibility? 5 Corporate responsibility according to the Roche corporate brochure 6 Target of responsibility as reflected in reported organizational structures‚ policies and practices. 7 Gaining competitive advantage through Corporate
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between the ‘globalists’ and ‘sceptics’ as to what extent national actors determine the employment relations and work policies. Throughout this essay I will look at how capital‚ labour and the state have played a part in moulding Ireland’s employment relations model in recent decades and whether or not I favour the ‘globalists’ or ‘sceptics’ view on just how great there influence has been . Firstly I need to establish what globalisation is. Globalisation connotes the stretching and intensification
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Globalisation is Westernisation Globalisation is Westernisation‚ and aspects of ‘the West’ can be found all around the world today – from the consumer culture of Western capitalism (with cultural icons such as McDonald’s‚ Coca-Cola‚ Levi Jeans and Starbucks)‚ the spread of European languages (such as English)‚ styles of dress‚ eating habits and TV viewing habits (Tomlinson‚ 2002). Tomlinson (2002) notes that globalisation is “the rapidly developing process of complex interconnections between
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