Business Research Report Corporate Ethical and Social responsibility Presented to: Western Governors University Assessment Code: RWT1 – Competency 318.2.2 Student Name: Richard P. Shields Student ID: 92502 Date: August 7‚ 2009 Mentor Name: Rungrudee Suetorsak‚ Ph.D. Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 5 1. Organization Environmental responsibilities: 5 2. Organizational image: 5 3. Organization Increase profits: 6 Recommendations 7 Conclusion
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Sihan shawkath Ali Yeleyarmane prabhakar‚ Nischal International business firms must be ethically and socially responsible." Discuss. Many ask the question that why companies should follow social responsibilities and why should they be ethical. But ethical business helps the company to be competitive at national and international levels. Recently‚ multinational companies have been encouraged by many scholars to
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In normal times‚ examining the changing nature and purpose of business firms would be a very challenging assignment‚ but we are not living in normal times. As well as all the usual topics globalisation‚ sustainability‚ ethics and stakeholders‚ there is a need to assess the impact of the recent global recession on the nature and purpose of business firms. As business has moved from bartering rabbit skins for sacks of potatoes‚ to electronic trading of mortgage back securities‚ the purpose of business
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Laissez-faire (French for "leave it be") economic theory argues that the economy works best when it is governed solely by market forces. There should be no government intervention in the form of taxes‚ unions‚ duties‚ tariffs‚ quotas‚ restrictive laws‚ monetary policy‚ etc. The market is left to run on its own. Mercantilism is the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the military security of the country one of a school of political
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affection of stakeholders to an organisation‚ we should firstly take into consideration about the category of stakeholders and consecutively find out what do these individuals and groups enforce to influence organisations’ activities. Subsequently‚ we will also acknowledge what could organisations do to understand and control stakeholders. Classification of stakeholders We assume that the organisation we are talking about is a firm. So that we can separate the parties involved with a firm into at
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Media and Its Ethical Responsibilities SOC120 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Charles Kaye March 19‚ 2012 Media and Its Ethical Responsibilities Mass media has become a major influence in our lives throughout the years. We live in a society that is dependent on information and communication. We rely on these daily for direction and help to accomplish basic activities such as work‚ education‚ traveling‚ etc…. Due to the advancement of technology‚ life has become much easier
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Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Firms and Corporate Image Abstract Corporate Social responsibility is one of the ways for firms to show that they care about their environment‚ employees and customers. Why is this important for companies to show that they care about their environment? Competition is fierce in the telecommunication market having companies like ‘Alice’ an American telecommunication company that entered the German market providing telecommunication services like Internet
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Basic Concepts The economics of business enterprise‚ an introduction to economic organisation and the theory of the firm Martin Ricketts (chp. 1-5) …and more… Aida Isabel Tavares Economia da Empresa 1 Quick review about the basics of theory of the firm Firms under the neoclassic view are treated as a production black-box: input → firm → output Fundamental issues about firms: Why do firms exist? How different are firms versus markets? What determines firm’s scope or boundaries? M&As; Spin-offs;
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Do celebrities have ethical responsibilities to set good examples to young people? Aainaa Azmi Abigail Palmer Raveena Devi Soon Tsuey Jing Sanjeetha Raja Segi University College American Degree Program Summer 2012 Do celebrities have ethical responsibilities to set good examples for young people? Young people nowadays need role models more than they ever needed before. We can see that crimes rates involving youngsters are increasing worldwide. One of the possible causes is that
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in warring nations. From broadcasting the casualties on the battlefield to airing hostage torture videos‚ Al-Jazeera and other news channels are airing more graphic footage‚ and this has many negative effects on the viewing public. Terrorists make use of this extra publicity that these networks give them‚ to promote their message that they will kill if their demands are not met. Also children are adversely affected by the violence that is shown on television. Therefore‚ the media should ban the broadcasting
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