most importantly people from different places and backgrounds intermingle (Saldanha‚ 2002). It is a complex concept has several dimensions such as political‚ technological‚ human‚ environmental and cultural (Pais‚ 2006). Identity often refers to the ways in which individuals take to distinguish themselves or are perceived to be distinguished‚ in their social relations with other individuals and collectivities (Jenkins‚ 1996). But James Fearon (1999) argues that the term identity is used in two senses
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technology and people (Daniel et al‚ 2009). Furthermore‚ the developments in technology are perceived as a driving force of globalisation (Denton & Al-Shamali 2000). This tends to be identified and observable in every day to day activity primarily due to the emergence of internet technology. The internet is globally integrating and merging the different nations of the world. The impact of the internet cannot be over emphasized; it has provided a common base upon which countries from the entire world are
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CSR Does social responsibility & morality have a role in business? Yes，I think so. Any business will have various stakeholders such as investors‚ employees and customers etc. Before investment‚ investors will consider the company’s reputation‚ which involves the aspect of CSR.And customers become increasingly care about the environmental and social effect of a business. A company that fulfills its social responsibility will gain a more sustainable future than a company who fail to do so.
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activities as Lever Brothers Bangladesh in past. And they mainly focus their voluntary activities in three different segments. These are ‘Health-nutrition-hygiene’‚ ‘Education’ and ‘Women Empowerment’. They do some activities in climate change issues also. They said these activities as sustainability and responsible business practice. They conducted some movement about health care and launched ‘Lifeboy Friendship Hospital’ in 2002 with a modified floating oil tanker. In 2006‚ they sponsored
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on the environment and impact on social welfare. The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups. Corporate social responsibility may also be referred to as "corporate citizenship" and can involve incurring short-term costs that do not provide an immediate financial benefit to the company‚ but instead promote positive social and environmental change. Mr Koh Juan Kiat explained that adopting CSR brings intangible benefits
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publicly traded companies‚ only goal should be profit. Making money for the shareholders used to be what business was about. Now‚ more and more people are starting to believe that companies should pay more attention to social and environmental concerns that effect not just the shareholders‚ but the stakeholders and even society as a whole. The practice of Corporate Social Responsibility‚ or CSR‚ believes that everything cannot be left up to the market. The market exists to make profits at all
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Responsibility (CSR) can improve the competitiveness of a company and that the CSR activities develop a favourable corporate image and their financial performance (Burke & Logsdon 1996). CSR is defined as the obligation of organisation management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organisation (Samson & Daft 2009). Some say that the significance of social responsibility has been changed up until today in that CSR activity may not
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The drawbacks of Globalisation There are several problems with globalisation. This can be illustrated by the creation of multi-national companies; developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries. For instance‚ the European Union offer subsidies to farmers across Europe‚ which allows European farmers to have increased yields. So for a country like Kenya‚ they cannot export or sell agricultural goods as well as they could have. This economical factor puts
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CSR in Construction Industry CONTENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Corporate Social Responsibility: a Brief History 1.2 Definition of CSR 2.0 DISCUSSION AND INTEGRATION 2.1 CSR Practices and Sustainable Development in Construction Industry 2.1.1 Social 2.1.2 Economy 2.1.3 Environment 2.2 Push and Pull Factors Influencing CSR and Sustainable Development Adoption 2.3 Challenges 2.4 Conclusion PAGE 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 14 15 Module: FEM 205 Page 1 of 15 CSR in Construction Industry
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movements. The first part will briefly look at the current industrial capitalist food system and discuss the issue of scale. The discourse will continue by addressing common perceptions associated with local food. Environmental effects related to the transportation and production methods used by agriculture systems is one of the most common concerns allied with the local food movement. Finally issues relating to consumer practices and the concept of embeddedness of the market in society. The Capitalist
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