Assignment 1: Apple Inc. - Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Amber Craggette Instructor: Dr. Jean Fonkoua BUS508- Contemporary Business 07/19/2014 Apples ethics and social responsibility In researching the Apple Company’s Social (Supplier) and ethical responsibilities I found that their initiatives are geared toward Empowering Workers‚ Labor & Human Rights‚ Health & Safety‚ Environment and Accountability. I think their approach is interesting but I feel that a large company
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� INTRODUCTION: _"There is a big disconnect between the vast potential of the global economy and what it does for ordinary workers. Finding solutions to these new global realities is very difficult but not impossible; it just requires some hard thinking and some hard decisions. Where are the leaders with the vision to take up the challenge?"1_ The keywords in the above excerpt are "workers"‚ "solutions"‚ "leaders" and "challenge". Nike Inc.‚ the world _LEADER_ in the athletic footwear‚ apparel
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general news HONDA Corporate Social Responsibility March 24‚ 2008 Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd (Japan)‚ the mother company of the Honda Group of Companies in the Philippines was established in 1948. Since then Honda Motor has continuously sought to contribute to society by creating products of the highest quality and advance technologies. It has also undertaken Social Responsibility initiatives‚ seriously. Thus‚ the Honda Group of Companies in the Philippines composed of Honda Philippines‚ Inc.‚ (HPI)
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AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Introduction/Summary Often times‚ many business decisions are not always black and white and there are ethical dilemmas that leaders sometimes face. “Leadership must know how the myriad human behaviors and interactions fit together like puzzle pieces to create a whole picture” (Kehoe‚ pg. 201). Ethics is the study of honest behaviors and decisions‚ examining what should be done in relation with Corporate Social responsibility (CSR)
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sending a Executive Summary to our Organization Head on the need for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting. Introduction A Sustainability Report essentially sums up a company’s propensity to develop while reconciling contemporary environmental‚ social and economic demands - the "Triple Bottom Line (People‚ Planet & Profit)" of sustainability. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) details one of the world’s most prevalent standards for corporate sustainability reporting. More than 1‚500 organizations
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General Mills is a U.S based‚ multinational company that aspires to manufacture nutritious food for the world. They are heavily invested in corporate social responsibility by ensuring that their raw materials come from sustainable sources and by promoting human rights. General Mills and Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability Goals: General Mills pledges to source raw materials only from sustainable sources. By 2020‚ they plan to sustainably source 100% of the top ten raw materials they
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Mission-Vision-Social Responsibility UMUC Management and Organization Theory BMGT364 Professor Contee-Borders March 30‚ 2013 Mission-Vision-Social Responsibility Southwest Airlines: The Mission of Southwest Airlines “The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and Company Spirit”. (Southwest Airlines‚ 2008‚ p. 23) The Mission of Jet Blue Airlines Customer Bill of Rights Jet
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For my purpose here‚ I would like to examine the case for which the two views of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are positioned in. One of these viewpoints is that CSR is practiced ethically in businesses simply because it is the right thing to do‚ through being moral and just by following a Values-based management system. The other perspective on CSR is that it is simply a ‘do-gooder’ ploy‚ and that it is only practiced within firms to impress society and those around them. For the duration
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Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility Case Analysis: BP (Beyond Petroleum) Beyond Petroleum (BP)‚ one of the world’s largest energy companies has seen many highs and lows over its 100 history. Throughout BP’s 100 year history there have been numerous questions about the company’s ethical conduct. These ethical misconducts include fraud‚ environmental crimes‚ regulatory negligence‚ and the endangering of habitats (Thorne‚ D.M.‚ Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ & Ferrell‚ L.‚ 2011). With the multiple
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With the recent corporate scandals involving such companies as Enron and Martha Stewart‚ the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has once again made its way to the forefront of contemporary management ideologies. However‚ CSR itself is not a new concept. In fact‚ societies as far back as the Ancient Mesopotamians (circa 1700 BC) incorporated CSR in their businesses. "King Hammurabi introduced a code in which builders‚ innkeepers or farmers were put to death if their negligence caused
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