Social Responsibility of Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances‚ with annual sales of more than $18 billion‚ more than 73‚000 employees‚ and nearly 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company’s family of brands‚ including Whirlpool‚ Maytag‚ KitchenAid‚ Jenn-Air‚ Amana‚ Brastemp‚ Bauknecht‚ Consul and other major brand names to consumers in more than 170 countries. Whirlpool Corporation is
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Business Ethics and Legal Issues by Crystal D. King AIU Online BUSN310 – International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Unit 4 Individual Project March 6‚ 2011 Abstract Antitrust laws were primarily created to put an end to businesses that got too large from blocking competition and abusing their power. Choices offered to consumers can be limited by mergers and monopolies because smaller businesses are not usually able to compete in the marketplace. Even though free and open competition
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77002 Adam Gonzalez Engagements‚ Responsibility and Liability: Ethics Implications People act unethically for a number of reasons. Unethical behavior is defined as behavior that contravenes rules designed to maintain the fairness and morality of a situation. The study of business ethics and its implications for different stakeholders have seen tremendous growth in the past few decades. There has also been a rise in the use and development of codes of ethics and announcements for ethical practices
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Social Responsibility of NFL and MLB This week ’s homework is to take two organizations and discuss their social responsibility. The two organizations we choose are National Football League and Major League Baseball. The reason we choose these two was a simple one. When we were children who did not want to be a professional baseball or football player? Here are some of organizations that the National Football League and Major League Baseball are involved with. "The Native Vision Program is head
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resources which are mostly essential elements in maintaining the global ecological balance. Therefore‚ it is crucial for these forestry companies to consider measures on their corporate social responsibility while pursuing further development in this industry. This report first outlined the corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) issues that may arise from the investment in a privately–owned timber flooring company (the “Company”) in China. Then‚ it discussed in detail each strategic issue beyond financial
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non-unionized FedEx and unionized UPS. FedEx continues to show many different fashions of management fundamentals. We will review four concepts that we reviewed in class: Social responsibility‚ corporate strategy‚ diversity‚ and information technology. Social Responsibility: According to our textbook‚ social responsibility is the conscious effort to operate in a manner that creates a win-win situation for all at stake. (Lussier‚ 2008) This means that the company must provide safe products and
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a method in which organisations “give back” to society. This can be done through various means such as charity donations‚ sponsorships‚ becoming partners with schools etc. CSR is something that not only benefits the organisation but also benefits the public. An example of this is Mcdonalds Restaurants putting bins on areas surrounding their restaurants. Due to people buying food from their Drive-Through service‚ costumers will
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relevance of social networking to Starbucks and how to cope with the issues. The types of social networking that will be discussed in this report including social media‚ labor union‚ Fairtrade Foundation and Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA). Social media could be an opportunity to Starbucks to do some viral marketing‚ community marketing‚ and consumer-generated marketing. This kind of social networking helps Starbucks to enlarge its customer basis and retain them. Labor union is a social networking
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Social Responsibility Project Report Submitted in Partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Business Management of Christ University By Under the guidance of Jasmine Simi [pic] Department of Management Studies CHRIST UNIVERSITY Bangalore 2010 – 2011 DECLARATION I declare that this report titled‚ “Social Responsibility Project”‚ is a record of bonafide project work carried
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Corporate social responsibility is a business philosophy that stresses the importance of keeping the best interests of the wider society in mind. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development in its publication Making Good Business Sense by Lord Holme and Richard Watts‚ used the following definition. ‘Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce
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