Responsibility Analysis of The Body Shop Date 29 January 2010 Word Count 5477 Grade 75% Table of Contents Preamble 1 Introduction 1 Corporate Social Responsibility 2 Opposition to Animal Testing 3 Support for Community Trade 6 Environmental Protection 9 Evaluation 11 Conclusion 13 References 16 Appendix 1 20 Preamble The objective of this piece of work is to undertake a critical analysis of the cosmetics company The Body Shop‚ in terms of its philosophy
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COSMA ZONE EXPANSION TO CHINA Submitted To: PROF. MUBASHIR Submitted By: RAMSHA KHALID 10 MAHWISH IJAZ 32 SHAZMIRA AHMAD 40 MBA 1.5 (2ND Semester) 2012-2014 INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB WHY GO GLOBAL? Business has to scale up to meet the demands of this global market. The scaling-up process is unavoidable. - Richard Parsons‚ former CEO and Chairman of Time Warner
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Strategic Marketing Management: The Body Shop UK Organisational Culture The Organisational culture at Body Shop UK‚ is all based on morals and ethics‚ it is not solely concerned with making profits‚ as quoted by the founder of Body Shop "The business of business should not just be about money‚ it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good‚ not private greed." Dame Anita Roddick. Human Rights Activist. Founder of The Body Shop Handy (1993) believed that there are four
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The Body Shop: Ethical Issues in Business It is nearly impossible to pick up any newspaper and avoid reading a section that deals with the unethical or even illegal conduct of the people who run our companies. Whether it’s stock manipulation‚ dubious accounting practices‚ or discarding of environmental waste‚ the stories keep on emerging. Ethical standards mostly relate to performance or behavior that is not covered by law‚ and the rule of law covers behaviors that may not necessarily be covered
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------------------------------------------------- Body Shop ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Anita Lucia Roddick‚ née Perilla‚ was born in Littlehampton‚ England in 1942‚ one of four children of Italian immigrants. Her parents settled in Littlehampton to run the Clifton Cafe. Her father died when she was ten and the children then helped to run the cafe. From school she went to Bath College of Education where she took a Teacher
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THE BODY SHOP L’Oreal is one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world. It produces and markets a range of make-up‚ perfume‚ hair and skin care products. The company’s products are sold under well-known brands such as L’Oreal Paris‚ Garnier‚ Maybelline‚ SoftSheen Carson‚ CCB Paris‚ L’Oreal Professionel‚ Kerastase‚ and Redken. It markets 19 global brands through three divisions: cosmetics (comprising of skincare‚ haircare‚ make-up‚ hair colorants‚ perfumes and other products)‚ The Body Shop
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SWOT and TOWS Analysis The Body Shop retailer shops have a competitive advantage by being the only shops that sell quality natural-based products which respect the planet. The Body Shop has clearly a strong brand and socially active image that customers recognize and identify with. These strengths will help the company to better penetrate and win a share in the US cosmetic market‚ as its competitors do not profit from these advantages. Even though the US society is still not environmentally
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Body shop white The Body Shop Moisture White Shiso Whitening Night Treatment Company Background The Body Shop is a cosmetic International Company that has 2400 stores in 61countries. The company is now part of the L’Oreal corporate group. The Body Shop carries a wide range of products for the body‚ face‚ hair and home. The Body Shop claims its products are "inspired by nature" and they feature ingredients such as marula oil and sesame seed oil sourced through the Community Fair Trade program
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The Body Shop International Case Study 1. The assumptions that were used to derive the numbers in this forecast were found by taking the averages of the historical data that was given for 1999-2001. Instead of using the assumptions that were given by The Body Shop‚ I thought it would be more practical to use the trends shown in the historical data since that is more relevant to what might happen‚ rather than what The Body Shop wants to see happen. Of course it is possible to take reducing
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serve a considerable discussion on the latest triple bottom line or sustainability conception; then leads to examine and evaluate The Body Shop Corporation because the Body Shop has claimed its title of the ‘Green’ corporation‚ and has been reportedly a pioneer in acting sustainably to communities where its businesses operate. Inspiration to examine the case of Body Shop will hence satisfy the purpose of this essay. Deriving from the idea that corporate has its absolute obligation to foster social
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