Hopkins (2003) stated that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “is concerned with treating the stakeholders of a company or institution ethically or in a responsible manner.” The fundamental role of any organisations is to protect all stakeholders; within or outside the company while keeping in mind the main reason for undertaking business activities; making profits. INTRODUCTION In 1970‚ Friedman stated that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “hypocritical window-dressing”. Friedman (1970)
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CMR Enterprises The budding entrepreneur Sam Marcus along with investor Mr. Walter saw the potential of dynamic growth in Mike’s cabinet making company and purchased a small 25 year old cabinet-making company from its founder 2 year earlier. The company competed in basically two segments‚ commercial and residential construction markets. Sam envisioned the company to grow to 70 Million in sales by 2007. Though commercial market offered the growth opportunity‚ the operating cycles were rigid because
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Csr in Apple Inc. Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 CSR Background 2.1 Definition of CSR 2.2 Evolution of CSR 2.3 Emergence of CSR 3 Literature Review 3.1 Carroll’s CSR Pyramid 3.2 Purpose of the firm and how that shapes views on CSR 3.3 Arguments for and against CSR 3.3.1 Arguments Against 3.3.2 Arguments For 3.3.3 Summary of the key debates 4 Methodology 5 CSR at Apple Inc. 5.1 Apple’s profile 5.2 Reasons to engage in CSR 5.3 CSR policies at Apple Inc. 5.4 Type of CSR approach
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Laws and Regulations Team A Linda Lee-Tucker‚ Natalia Alexander‚ Misty Pearson‚ Tiffany Miller HRM/554 February 21‚ 2011 Professor Stephanie Romagnoli Introduction British Petroleum is the US’s largest corporation. One of the largest oil producers‚ BP services globally for billions of dollars each year. BP distributes oil and natural gas all over the world. British Petroleum has run into several problems with federal regulations over many years. Because of safety issues
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RELATIONS 8 7.0 CSR ACTIVITIES PROCEDURES 9 7.1 PLANNING 9 7.2 EXECUTION 9 7.3 POST IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW 10 8.0 APPENDIX 1 11 1.0 PURPOSE The purpose of this document is to clearly identify the objectives‚ structure‚ guidelines and procedures for carrying out Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities in CNOOC Energy services Nigeria Limited. This document is aimed at providing a clear understanding of the firm’s Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities.
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words and phrases to urge people to buy a product or accept an idea. Persuasion is a two-way process. In the case of advertising‚ it involves a recognition or belief on the part of the reader or listener that the advertised product will satisfy a need or desire. When a person is already clearly conscious of some need or want‚ and a product exists that will satisfy that need or want‚ it requires very little in the way of advertising to persuade the person to buy. Under such conditions‚ all an advertisement
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INTRODUCTION Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been defined as many things lately. Simply put‚ it is the commitment of a business or company to continuously upgrade its processes‚ systems‚ products and services by behaving responsibly and creating value for local communities they operate in‚ and by enabling its employees‚ existing and potential customers to improve their standards of living. Companies are said to be able to achieve their business goals in a transparent & ethical manner
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CSR Gap Analysis of the GAP Gap Inc prefaces their 2004/5 CSR report with the question: what is a company’s role in society? Their answer is that a company ‘only realizes its full potential when it embraces its role as a global citizen’. This raises two interesting points; the first is that the answer to the question ‘what is a company’s role in society?’ will be conditioned by normative assumptions about business/government relations in a firm’s country of incorporation. David Detomasi
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THE GLOBALISATION OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ALAN CAMERON‚ AM CHAIRMAN AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION Seminar on the Globalisation of Securities ALLEN ALLEN & HEMSLEY Sydney 16 August 1999 2 Introduction International financial markets have‚ over the last two decades‚ been transferred by a number of key developments which‚ for regulators‚ have posed significant challenges to their traditional notions of jurisdiction‚ regulation and enforcement. The most notable
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BRAC Bank started its journey on 4th July‚ 2001 as a private commercial bank focused on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). In just a decade‚ the Bank has become a leading bank in Bangladesh‚ keeping its core focus in SME yet becoming one of country’s leading financial hypermarket. Today BRAC Bank holds a dynamic network of 157 branches‚ 400 SME unit offices‚ 500 Remittance Delivery Points‚ nearly 350 ATMs and 14 Financial Kiosks across the country. The stakeholders of the bank are BRAC‚ the largest
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