“The social responsibility can be defined as the obligation of the organization to act in ways that serve both its own interests (making a profit) and the interests of its stakeholder.” (Sandy Millar‚ Christopher Theunissen‚ 2008‚ P69) Socially responsible organization takes action to ensure that their activities do not affect any of the stakeholders in a negative way. The McDonald’s is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 30‚000 local restaurants serving 52 million people in more
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Social Responsibility What Definition Making a profit within the ambit of the law and to make decisions that will benefit not only the interest and welfare of society but also that of the organisation Origins of Social Responsibility • Entrepreneurs recognised a responsibility to employees. This refers to an act of paternalism to act in a fatherly way‚ caring and taking responsibility • Josesph Rowntree – Paternalistic Chief Executive – provide generous medical and dental schemes. Not possible
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Social Business / Enterprise & Poverty Certificate Project Education and Corporate Social Responsibility HEC Paris 2010 Social Business/ Enterprise & Poverty Certificate Project Education and Corporate Social Responsibility Rong GAO “We cannot afford to create a lost generation of children deprived of their chance for an education that might lift them out of poverty.” – Irina Bokova‚ UNESCO Director‐General 1 Social Business / Enterprise & Poverty Certificate Project
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MODES AND ROLES Social responsibility is an ethical ideology or theory that an entity‚ be it an organization or individual‚ has an obligation to act to benefit society at large. Social responsibility is a duty every individual or organization has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystem. A trade-off always exists between economic development‚ in the material sense‚ and the welfare of the society and environment. Social responsibility means
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Outline: Social Responsibility Northcentral University August 4th‚ 2013 2 I. What is Corporate Social Responsibility? A. How did Corporate Social Responsibility started? 1. What is the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility from a company’s
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Social Responsibility (CSR) is simple‚ according to the book: “Distinguishing right from wrong and doing right”. Social responsibility benefits both individual and companies as well. Luo and Bhattacharya (2006) address the fact that companies are increasingly taking direct steps to communicate their CSR to customers and stake holders to increase factors that will benefit the company. As we can see in this movie most of the actors or bosses are not that ethical. Before they engage in a journey of
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What are the social responsibilities of a business to its community? The social responsibility of a business is to become a major part of its surrounding community. It is an employer of local people and should encourage their involvement in community activities along with the well being of its members. The company should strive to do business in an ethical way. Always making business decisions based on fairness‚ values‚ and its own code of ethics. This will enable employees to be proud of where
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The Social Responsibility of Starbucks Social Responsibility is defined as the duty of a business to make choices and direct actions that will benefit society. Because this definition is so broad‚ the idea is often skewed and many managers are not entirely sure which steps will take them in the “right” direction; however‚ right is a relative term‚ what’s right to the management team may not be what’s right for the company. Starbucks is a one such company whose top-level managers are actively
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Company Q’s attempt to make logical day-to-day business decisions‚ they have created tension in the communities that they thrive in. With the intention of protecting the company and its assets‚ they have unintentionally created a imbalance of social responsibility within the company and community. Closing stores in major metropolitan area is a formula for disaster. These stores could have been where most foot traffic potential is located. That can lead to hight revenues. Company Q has shown that they
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Introduction (Corporate Social Responsibility and the impact it has on society at a global level is studied (discussed/investigated) as we look at whether current regulations are sufficient or mandatory regulations are required in order to sustain our environment in the future.) Since the 1990’s there has been an increasing trend for companies to provide information regarding the environmental implications of their operations (Gozali et al.‚ 2002). This has arisen due to the increasing importance
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