Corporate social responsibility is a company’s obligation to be responsible to all of its stakeholders in all its operations and activities with the aim of achieving sustainable development not only in the economical component but also in the social and environmental dimensions company’s stakeholders are all those who are influenced by and can influence a company’s decisions and actions‚ both locally and globally. Business stakeholders include employees‚ customers‚ suppliers‚ community organizations
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disadvantages of co-operate social responsibility By Mahamed Abdi Studying for Business SM1007 Student Number: 0747672 There is an ongoing debate over business roles in society which revolves around two opposing arguments. On the one hand‚ it is argued that CSR issues are not suitable to corporate agenda. This point of view maintains that corporations and society pursue different goals‚ and that the aims of one can only be achieved at the expense of the other. Companies are profit driven‚ and the sole
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is the increase of profits”. Discuss. Supporters of narrow view agree that the only role of business is the increase of profits. They believe that caring about the environmental‚ social and other problems should be the responsibility of government and non-profit making organizations sponsored by governments. (Pontinen J 2013 ) A bright supporter of the narrow view is Milton Friedman who claims that the only social responsibility a business has is to maximize the profits of its owner or shareholders
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Corporate Social Responsibility This essay will be based on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It should allow the reader to understand what CSR is‚ the importance of CSR and how it would influence customer activities. Themes that would be included in this essay will be the background of corporate social responsibility‚ history and the development of corporate social responsibility. The key concepts will also be explained and the different stakeholders which will be linked to corporate social
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CO-OPERATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Social responsibility is an idea that has been of concern to mankind for many years. Over the last two decades‚ however‚ it has become of increasing concern to the business world. This has resulted in growing interaction between governments‚ businesses and society as a whole. In the past‚ businesses primarily concerned themselves with the economic results of their decisions. “Today‚ however‚ businesses must also reflect on the legal‚ ethical‚ moral and social consequences
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increasingly‚ also for the natural environment (Ethics‚ 2013) Social responsibilities are an organization obligation to make decisions that will enhance the welfare and interest of society within legal and ethical constraints that extends beyond making a profit. Decisions made should not be unethical so that the reputation of the corporation is not jeopardized. Even though part of social responsibility is to increase profits by doing so organization have to stay within the rules of game which
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Corporate Social responsibility Introduction A few years ago firms only goal was to gain economic profit from their businesses. In recent times it has been discussions if economic profit are the only reason for businesses to exist (Klonoski 1991) In modern society the belief that businesses have responsibilities against the society they operate in have grown bigger‚ but there are still people and organisations who believe that gaining economic profit from their business are the only thing they
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Ethics and Social Responsibility: In Business Ethical behavior and social responsibility are very different‚ but are commonly confused. A standard of moral behavior‚ behavior that is accepted by society as right or wrong that is ethics. Social responsibility is about improving the quality of relations with key stakeholders. Novo Nordisk defines it as putting values into action in the perspective of human
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(Reporter #1; additional input…) Corporate Social Responsibility The broadest definition of corporate social responsibility is concerned with what is - or should be - the relationship between global corporations‚ governments of countries and individual citizens. More locally‚ the definition is concerned with the relationship between a corporation and the local society in which it resides or operates. Another definition is concerned with the relationship between a corporation and its stakeholders
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to make a profit‚ but to help others. It is a rarity for a company to go as far as Timberland has gone to make a huge difference in society. Whether participating in its City Year to Service program that serves its communities; or becoming carbon neutral‚ Timberland has paved the way and reflects a company that not only cares about its communities‚ but also cares about the environment. I would characterize Timberland’s exercise of its corporate power in society as “Corporate Social Responsibility”
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