TISS Mumbai Proposed MPhil-PhD Dissertation Title of Proposed Study: BLENDING GANDHIAN CONCEPTS INTO CSR STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT Rationale for Study: The three major concepts which the thesis revolves around are: i) Gandhian Socio-economic Analytical Framework ii) Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and Strategies iii) Integral and Sustainable Rural Development All of these strands are powerful enough in their individual spheres but if these are blended into a concept
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1- Discuss leadership beliefs that guide the socially responsible practices at Lululemon athletica. Lululemon athletica is a Canadian athletic apparel retailer‚ Inspired at designing athletic wear for both men and women who participate in a variety of sport such as yoga‚ running‚ mountain climbing and cycling. Like all organizations leadership beliefs contributed to the behavior and attitudes for their performance and success in the long run. LUlulemon has succeeded in developing both a brand and
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Corporate rise to dominance” from The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power‚ Simon & Schuster‚ 2005‚ 5-27 John Steinbeck. “ The Grapes of Wrath: Chapter 5 “from The Grapes of Wrath‚ Josef Weinberger Plays‚ 2008‚ 32-41 Milton Friedman. “The Social Responsibility of business is to increase its profits” from business ethics: A Philosophical reader‚ Thomas I.White‚ ed(s).‚ Maxwell Macmillan Canada‚ 1993‚ 162-167 Edward Broughton‚(2005‚ may 10) Environmental Health Retrieved
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consider the effects of these products on society? The popular answer would be yes. Every day‚ we see brand development benefits that arise out of an organizations CSR initiatives‚ we cannot argue against their contribution to a company’s profits. Milton Freidman states that the only social responsibility a business has is to increase its profits. It sounds crude and carries an unpopular view in today’s world. But the simplicity of the argument cannot be denied. He argues that businesses are not individuals
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there are three approaches which could be adopted. The first approach is that a business’s main goal could be to maximise profits and nothing more‚ where the ethics of the business wouldn’t necessarily be important. This view is supported by Milton Friedman. Secondly‚ some ethicists believe that businesses have moral responsibility to their stakeholders whether that is the employees‚ consumers or the local community. Finally‚ the last approach is the social contract theory that is based on the ideas
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sixties‚ however‚ as stresses built on the system of fixed exchange rates‚ both economists and policymakers began to see exchange rate flexibility in a more favorable light. In a seminal paper in 1953‚ Milton Friedman argued that the fear of floating exchange rates was unwarranted. By the late sixties Friedman ’s view had become widely accepted within the economics profession and among many businessmen and bankers. Therefore‚ concern over the instability of floating exchange rates was replaced by an appreciation
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is to protect the market; what Smith calls the “watchman state.” While it may be tempting to have a state regulated market‚ government best serves the nation by enforcing societal norm that allows for free trade and compensation for laborers. For Friedman‚ the simple reason for this is that the state often do a haphazard job in its social projects. Classic examples of this are the housing system and tax system. While the state tries to create welfare system for low-income families‚ it often end up
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Case Study Unit I Alfred Elvins Columbia Southern University The article‚ “The NYSEG Corporate Responsibility Program” (Beauchamp‚ T. L.‚ Bowie‚ N. E.‚ & Arnold‚ D. G.‚ 2009) is a writing that addresses the social responsibility program of a major energy provider in the Northeastern United States. The article discusses the implications of a corporation that has addressed
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Business Ethics Business ethics is part of today’s society whether you like it or not. There are many things happening in today’s corporate world that needs to be opinioned. Are ethical judgments merely a matter of personal opinion? Yes because we live in a free society I think that most ethical judgments are based on a matter of what you believe in. Everyone has the right to think differently. There will also be similarities and differences in your ethical point of view because of religion
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1. Were Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield right to accept Unilever’s takeover offer for Ben & Jerry’s in 2000? And what does this case imply about business ethics more generally? Ben and Jerry’s is an ice cream producing company. The first shop opened in Burlington‚ Vermont in 1978. With a $12.000 ($4.000 were borrowed) investment‚ Ben and Jerry opened their first homemade ice-cream scoop shop. Each year the company celebrates its anniversary by having a free cone day. This has been a tradition
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