following broad ethical principles are based on social work’s core values of service‚ social justice‚ dignity and worth of the person‚ importance of human relationships‚ integrity‚ and competence. These principles set forth ideals to which all social workers should aspire. Value: Service Ethical Principle: Social workers’ primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems. Social workers elevate service to others above selfinterest. Social workers draw on their knowledge‚ values
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR‚ also called corporate conscience‚ corporate citizenship‚ social performance‚ or sustainable responsible business/ Responsible Business) is a form of corporate self- regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a built-in‚ self-regulating mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical standards‚ and international norms. CSR is a process
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Katelyn Anderson Corporate Social Responsibility Project – BA 342 FA14 Opening Alcoa is a global front-runner in lightweight metals technology‚ manufacturing and engineering. They are most popular for being a leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum and are ranked 130 on the Fortune 1000. Alcoa revolutionizes multi-material resolutions that directly enhance global progression and expansion. Alcoa’s technologies improve means of automotive‚ commercial‚ air and space transportation. They
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Social and Economic justice The Earth Charter appears on the international scenario at a time when there is a wide spectrum of conditions prevailing in various parts of the globe. From a war ridden country like Afghanistan to a peaceful country like Switzerland‚ we have a wide variation in conditions that prevail throughout the globe. The advent of modern media and communication has led to the concept of a Global Village. So it becomes impossible that a person living on any part of the globe
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its importance Definition Corporate Social Responsibility can be define as the idea that socially responsible companies will outperform their peers by focusing on the world’s social problems and reviewing them as opportunities to build profits and help the world at the same time. In other sentence CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. It means company need to answer to two aspects of
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This essay will discuss social divisions; social exclusion and social inclusion‚ of which there are many definitions and interpretations. Social divisions and Social exclusion has been around for many years. Social exclusion was first noticed in France in 1970s in relation to people who fell outside the range of the social insurance system‚ such as disabled people‚ lone parents and the young unemployed (Townsend and Kennedy‚ 2004). Before 1997 Social exclusion was referred to as ‘poverty’‚ which
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‘Environmental problems can only be solved by transforming our ethical standpoints – once this is achieved our social and political institutions will be transformed as well’ Critically assess the political discourses and ethical approaches that support this claim. Illustrate with reference to environmental problems and policy responses towards them. The transformist political discourse of ecological socialism‚ anarchism and ecofeminism are concerned with human emancipation and incorporate
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Social Business * Tahmid Md. Istiaq Arman Social Business was first defined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus‚ as a non-dividend company that is created to address and solve a social problem. In a social business‚ the investors/owners can gradually recoup the money invested‚ but cannot take any dividend beyond that point. The purpose of the investment is purely to achieve one or more social objectives through the operation of the
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Megan Gardiner Nancy Lloyd GLE 120 03 8 May 2014 Introduction: People are faced with decisions every day and they have the choice to take the high road but often times they chose to take the low road. When it comes to decision making taking the high road is choosing the ethical option while the low road is making the decision to take the unethical option. The article The Psychology of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things‚ by Chana Joffe-Walt and Alix Speigal gets to the bottom of why people‚
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The study on social enterprises and social entrepreneurship INTRODUCTION An indifferent attitude of government and negligence towards the welfare of the society‚ their poorer strategies towards the socially disadvantage peoples‚ this led to the emergence of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship. In past it was the work of NGO’s to set it right‚ but lack of funds kept them away from bringing changes to the society. This made social enterprises to emerge and bring drastic changes
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