analyse and discuss the debates on corporate social responsibility. Take a position on these debates and justify your point of view. Critically evaluate what the implications of your position would be for managers who are concerned about the impact of their organisation’s activities upon the environment. This assessment item is designed to allow you to demonstrate your capacity to understand and evaluate debates around the topic of corporate social responsibility and the implications of these debates
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Respondents Agree CHAPTER 1 Social Responsibility Framework • U.S. corporations should have more than one purpose. They also owe something to their workers and the communities in which they operate‚ and they should sometimes sacrifice some profit for the sake of making things better for their workers and communities. Source: "How Business Rates: By the Numbers‚ Business Week‚ Sept. 11‚ 2000‚ pp. 148-149. Social Responsibility Defined • Social responsibility What do you believe organizations
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Ethic and Compliance FIN/370 Ethics and Compliance Starbucks celebrates 40 years with 17‚000 stores in more than 50 countries (Goals & Progress‚ 2010). Starbucks thrive on their values as a company to improve the lives of people who grow their coffee‚ neighborhoods where the company does business‚ and they care for the environment (Goals & Progress‚ 2010). Starbucks strives to incorporate good business practices and ethics across the globe not only for the enhancement of the company but
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Introducing Business Ethics Is it an Oxymoron? Is Business Bluffing Ethical? Definition of business ethics: Business ethics is the study of situations‚ activities and decisions where issues of right and wrong are discussed! And business ethics is the study of ethical dilemmas! – what do you think about the dilemma in the book? Legal and ethical Legal and unethical Illegal and ethical Illegal and unethical Law Ethics Ethics Law Ethics Law Business
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In examining the mission statements of multiple companies‚ it is apparent that corporations claim to prioritize social responsibility. Companies like Whole Foods‚ Ben &Jerry’s‚ Camano Island Coffee Roasters all actively contribute to different social causes. Even Philip Morris prioritizes “actively [participating] in societal concerns that are relevant to [its] businesses” over generating returns for its stockholders (Philip Morris‚ 2011). There are many different views on the extent to which
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LEGAL STUDIES AND BUSINESS ETHICS (WH) {LGST} 101. Introduction to Law and Legal Process. (C) Staff. This course presents law as an evolving social institution‚ with special emphasis on the legal regulation of business. It considers basic concepts of law and legal process‚ in the U.S. and other legal systems‚ and introduces the fundamentals of rigorous legal analysis. An in-depth examination of contract law is included. 202. (LGST802) Law of Corporate Management and Finance. (C) Constan‚ Orts. This
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Chapter 1 Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility is a rapidly developing‚ key business issue. It is a concept that has attracted worldwide attention. Due to the demands for enhanced transparency and corporate citizenship‚ CSR started to embrace social‚ ethical as well as environmental challenges. Today‚ companies are aware of the social and environmental impacts of international production. It is accepted that Companies should not be only profitable‚
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Starbucks Corporation is a multinational coffee conglomerate that opened their first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market in Seattle‚ Washington in 1971. Over the course of the next 40 years‚ Starbucks has grown in leaps and bounds in not only opening more stores domestically and internationally but also in selling a variety of some of the world’s best coffee and tea blends available. The selling of Starbucks products does not only happen in their stores‚ it also happens in grocery‚ convenient‚ and
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Social Responsibility 1. If you were the manager of “Bally’s Grand Casino”‚ would you treat Elaine Cohen any differently? What would Friedman (“Increase Profits”) and Allen (“Schizophrenic Conception”) advise the manager to do? Use ethical methods and legal concepts to support your position. Elaine Cohen‚ a 73 year old widow‚ is a consistent gambler who spends her retirement savings on casino gambling. The Bally Grand casino‚ where Elaine spends her money‚ is treated very well. The casino “comps”
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have obligations in regards of protection‚ promotion and optimization of health abilities to prevent from illness. It helps to guide in focusing the normal principals of care and justice and also motivates certain civic action. Social responsibility is “strongly linked to the values of professions in general and nursing in particular” and that “the underlying constructs of social responsibility‚ communication and teamwork are woven into the fabric of nursing ’s history and its code of ethics”(Kelley
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